Michał Biel
Pianist and tutor Michał Biel has frequently performed in concert halls around the world including Wigmore Hall, Concertgebouw, Berliner Philharmonie, and Carnegie and Alice Tully Halls in New York. He has also appeared in recital on the main stages of Oper Frankfurt, Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Opéra National du Rhin, Opéra National de Bordeaux, Opéra de Lille, and Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia. These performances are often alongside countertenor Jakub Józef Orliński, with whom he also has appeared at such festivals as Verbier, LIFE Victoria Barcelona, and the Pierre Cardin Festival de Lacoste.
As pianist/coach, the artist has worked with singers at the Department of Vocal Arts at the Juilliard School, the Lunenburg Academy of Music Performance in Canada, the Internationale Meistersinger Akademie in Neumarkt, and the Chautauqua Institution School of Music in NY, USA. Michał Biel has served as a member of the chamber music faculty at the Feliks Nowowiejski Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz, and since 2020, has been teaching singers and pianists at the Opera Academy at the Teatr Wielki – Polish National Opera in Warsaw.
His competition achievements include an award for Outstanding Young Pianist at the 9th International Stanisław Moniuszko Vocal Competition, Best Young Accompanist at Le Grand Prix de l’Opéra in Bucharest, Outstanding Accompaniment at the Ludomir Różycki National Vocal Competition in Gliwice, and, along with bass Alexander Rosen, 2nd prize at the Internationaler Wettbewerb für Liedkunst in Stuttgart. Both artists’ participation at the Académie Orsay-Royaumont culminated in the release of Le Promenoir des amants, an album of collected recordings by students of the Academy.
Michał Biel later released two full albums: Kraina, an album of Polish songs with soprano Alexandra Nowakowski, and Farewells, recorded with Jakub Józef Orliński in Dolby Atmos technology (nominated for the Fryderyk award for ‘Best Polish Album Abroad’ and winner of an Opus Klassik award). His performances have also been broadcast on Medici.tv, Arte.tv, BBC Radio 3, TVP Kultura and Polish Radio Channel 2. Michał Biel is a graduate of the Juilliard School in New York, where he studied with Brian Zeger, Margo Garrett, Jonathan Feldman and J.J. Penna. Prior, he studied with Eytan Pessen at the Opera Academy at the Teatr Wielki – Polish National Opera in Warsaw, and Andrzej Jasiński and Grzegorz Biegas at the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice.
Spring 2026 sees the release of Michał Biel’s and Jakub Józef Orliński’s latest album, If Music…, shortly followed by a recital tour across Europe and Asia.
[2026]