Łukasz Borowicz
Artistic Director of the Tadeusz Szeligowski Poznań Philharmonic and chief conductor of the Poznań Philharmonic Orchestra, principal guest conductor of the Krol Szymanowski Krakow Philharmonic. He studied at the Fryderyk Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw (now: Fryderyk Chopin University of Music) in the Bogusław Madey’s class; he obtained there his doctoral degree in conducting under the tutelage of Antoni Wit. In the years 2007–2015, he was the artistic director of the Polish Radio Orchestra in Warsaw, and in the years 2006–2021, he was the principal guest conductor of the Poznań Philharmonic Orchestra.
The artist has been awarded the Polityka’s Passport (2008), Polish Music Koryfeusz Award (2011), the Cyprian Kamil Norwid Award (2013), the Tansman Award for ‘outstanding musical individuality’ (2014) and the Honorary Award of the Polish Composers’ Union (2021).
Łukasz Borowicz debuted as an opera conductor at the Teatr Wielki – Polish National Opera in Warsaw (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Don Giovanni). Within the Ludwig van Beethoven Easter Festival he presented 20 unknown operas. In 2018, he conducted Giacomo Meyerbeer’s opera Les Huguenots at Opéra Bastille in Paris (as a first Polish conductor in the Opéra’s history), and in the following year, the premiere of Stanisław Moniuszko’s Halka at the Theater an der Wien, directed by Mariusz Treliński and featuring, among others, Piotr Beczała (the Polish premiere of this production under his baton took place at the Teatr Wielki – Polish National Opera in Warsaw in 2020).
He has conducted, among others: Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, RIAS Kammerchor, WDR Sinfonieorchester, SWR Sinfonieorchester, Bamberger Symphoniker, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Orquesta Titular del Teatro Real (Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid), Orchestre de l’Opéra de Paris, Opéra Orchestre national Montpellier, Prague Symphony Orchestra (FOK), Janáček Philharmonic Ostrava, Los Angeles Philharmonic New Music Group and most Polish symphony orchestras.
In the 2024/2025 season, he performed for the first time at the Musikfest Berlin, will present Giuseppe Verdi’s opera Giovanna d'Arco at the Ópera de Tenerife, will make his debut with the English Chamber Orchestra and the Presidential Orchestra in Ankara, and tour again with the Basque National Orchestra, the Istanbul State Symphony Orchestra and the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra in Katowice, among others.
Łukasz Borowicz’s discography includes more than 120 CDs, many of which have received accolades such as the ICMA award (2015, 2018), Concerto Choice from the BBC Music Magazine and the Diapason d’Or (four times). The artist is a professor at the Krzysztof Penderecki Academy of Music in Krakow.
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