The orchestra was conducted by Emil Młynarski with Ignacy Jan Paderewski appearing as a solo artist, playing his own piano concerto as well as several pieces by Chopin.

The construction was funded by banker Leopold Julian Kronenberg and pianist Ignacy Jan Paderewski among others.

The facade of the original building was decorated with sculptures portraying characters from the works of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven, Fryderyk Chopin, and Stanisław Moniuszko.

The rebuilt Philharmonic was opened on 21 February 1955,[4] on the day of inauguration of the V International Chopin Piano Competition.

[10] Built based on a design by Eugeniusz Szparkowski and Henryk Białobrzeski, the building lost its original rich decorations which were replaced by the estetic of Socialist realism.