Bartosz Staniszewski, b. 1995 - conductor

 

A graduate of the F. Chopin State Secondary School of Music in Kraków, where he studied violin under Prof. Anna Rychlik. From 2014 to 2019, he pursued symphonic and opera conducting in the class of Prof. Rafał Jacek Delekta at the Academy of Music in Kraków, graduating with honors.

 

He made his conducting debut in June 2014, leading the premiere performance of his original symphony during a school year-end concert at the Kraków Philharmonic Hall. He is the founder and conductor of the Kraków Ardente Orchestra, established in 2015.

 

He has refined his skills by participating in numerous masterclasses conducted by renowned maestros, including Jacek Kaspszyk, Vladimir Kiradjiev, Paweł Przytocki, George Tchitchinadze, Colin Metters, Daniel Oren, Mark Laycock, Marin Alsop, Michalis Economou, David Reiland, and Lawrence Foster.

 

Bartosz Staniszewski has performed with the Symphony Orchestra of the Academy of Music in Kraków, the Beethoven Academy Orchestra, the Corda Cracovia Orchestra, the Polish Camerata Chamber Orchestra, the PKF-Prague Philharmonia, the Athens Philharmonia Orchestra, the Orchestre National de Metz, and the Rzeszów Philharmonic Orchestra, where he served as resident conductor during the 2019/20 and 2020/21 seasons.

 

He has further enriched his conducting experience by working with the ensembles of the Kraków Opera, Filarmonica de Stat Targu Mures, the Symphony Orchestra of the Academy of Music in Wrocław, the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra in Katowice, as well as the orchestras of the Łódź Philharmonic, Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic in Białystok, Opole Philharmonic, Zielona Góra Philharmonic, and the Warsaw Philharmonic.