Agnieszka Duczmal
Agnieszka Duczmal has conducted symphony orchestras in concerts in Poland and abroad. She was the first woman conductor to appear on stage at La Scala in Milan. Together with founded by her the Amadeus Chamber Orchestra of Polish Radio, she has performed on many occasions at the Berliner Philharmonie, the Musikverein in Vienna and the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam.
To date, she has recorded over 50 albums with the Amadeus Chamber Orchestra of Polish Radio as well as over 10,000 minutes of music for Polish Radio. She has also featured in over 100 concerts and music programmes for TVP, inter alia, as part of the Stereo i w Kolorze (Stereo and in Colour) and Goście Agnieszki Duczmal (Guests of Agnieszka Duczmal) series, five hours of music for Télévision française 1, and an hour-long programme of Polish music for the Japanese television station NHK. She has also made numerous recordings for German and Belgian radio stations, the BBC in London, CBC in Montreal, as well as for radio and television in Mexico and Japan.
Her artistic output includes many world premieres, such as the first world premiere recording of J.S. Bach’s Goldberg Variations transcribed by Józef Koffler or the world’s first performance of Krzysztof Knittel’s The Passion of Our Lord According to St Matthew.
She has also made numerous transcriptions for her orchestra, including Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition, as well as chamber works by Brahms, Bruckner, Debussy, Dvořák, Moniuszko, Schubert, Korngold, Laks, Elgar, and Pavel Haas.
The artist has sat on the jury of national and international music competitions, including Eurovision Young Musicians, the Joseph Joachim International Violin Competition in Hanover and the Tadeusz Ochlewski Composition Competition.
Her work has garnered her numerous awards and distinctions, including a Polish Society of Authors and Composers Award for the promotion of Polish contemporary music (2016), an award from the Polish Society of Authors and Composers (2018) on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of this institution, a Golden Fryderyk lifetime achievement award in the classical music category (2018), a Gold Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis (2018), and a Diamond Baton from the Board of Polish Radio (2021).
[2022]