Michał Dworzyński

Made his debut at the age of 15. Six years later, while still a student, he became assistant conductor of the National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra in Katowice. In 2001 he graduated with honours from the Academy of Music in Warsaw in the class of Prof. Antoni Wit. Five years later he completed, again with distinction, postgraduate studies (Konzertexamen) with Prof. Ch. Ehwald at the Hochschule für Musik „Hanns Eisler” in Berlin.
Winner of the Zagreb (2003) and Suwon (2005) conducting competitions, a year later he won the prestigious Donatella Flick Conductors Competition in London and was awarded a 2-year contract as assistant conductor of London Symphony Orchestra. At that time he collaborated with Sir Colin Davis, Valery Gergiev, and Michael Tilson Thomas.
Awarded multiple scholarships by the Minister of Culture, in 2007 Dworzyński received the Medal of the Association of Polish Musicians for his contribution to Polish music, becoming the youngest recipient of the distinction. Since March 2008, Michał Dworzyński is Principal Conductor of the Beethoven Academy Orchestra in Kraków.
The artist gave over 250 concerts, conducting ensembles of major renown, including London Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic, BBC Scottish Orchestra Glasgow, BBC Philharmonic Manchester, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Wiener Kammerorchestrer, Sinfonia Varsovia, the National Philharmonic in Warsaw, Berlin Symphony Orchestra, Hermitage Orchestra St Petersburg, National Orchestra of Ireland and Northern Sinfonia (in 2007, at the closing of The Proms festival, broadcasted by the radio and TV).
In the coming months he will have his début with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Royal Flemish Philharmonic and Flemish Radio Symphony in Brussels, RTVE Symphony Madrid, Iceland Symphony Orchestra and Swedish Radio Symphony in Stockholm.
He recorded for the BBC, Polish Radio and TV, Naxos, and BMG Sony and is considered by European critics one of the greatest talents among the young generation of conductors.