Final of the National Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition Filharmonia Narodowa

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Final of the National Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition
Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall, photo: Marcin Saltarski / Grzesiek Mart

co-organiser: The Fryderyk Chopin Institute

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Michał Nesterowicz

Since many years Michał Nesterowicz has been consolidating his position as one of the most recognisable Polish conductors in the world, enjoying the recognition of music lovers as well as critics. He is invited to the most prestigious concert halls and collaborates with such ensembles as the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Gewandhausorchester, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Konzerthausorchester Berlin or Tonkünstler-Orchester in Vienna.

He is the  winner of the  Concurso Internacional de Dirección de la Orquesta de Cadaqués (2008) and one of the laureates of the 6th International Grzegorz Fitelberg Competition for Conductors in Katowice (1999).

He regularly performs with orchestras such as Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Münchner Philharmoniker, Orchestre philharmonique de Nice, hr-Sinfonieorchester Frankfurt, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra, Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Gulbenkian Orchestra, Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg, Copenhagen Phil, Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine and Orchestra della Svizzera italiana.

Michał Nesterowicz was principal guest conductor of the Sinfonieorchester Basel (2016–2020), chief conductor of the Orquesta Sinfónica de Tenerife (2012–2016), artistic director of the Orquesta Sinfónica de Chile (2008–2012) and artistic director of the Polish Baltic Philharmonic (2004–2008). For many years he has been associated with the Arthur Rubinstein Łódź Philharmonic, where he holds the position of principal guest conductor.

In the 2024/2025 season, he will make his debut with the Orchestra del Teatro Regio di Parma, Transylvania State Philharmonic Orchestra (Cluj-Napoca Philharmonic) and Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano, as well as will reappear with the Stuttgart Philharmoniker, Taipei Symphony Orchestra, Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra and others. He is also scheduled to perform with the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra, Trondheim Symphony Orchestra, and Sinfonietta Cracovia.

Michał Nesterowicz is a native of Wrocław, a graduate of the Karol Lipiński Academy of Music in Wrocław and a pupil of Marek Pijarowski.

 

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