Conductor Marzena Diakun received Polityka’s "Passport" Award at the prize-giving gala held on January 10, 2017.
Other nominees in the "classical music" category included singer Krzysztof Bączyk and saxophonist Łukasz Dyczko. Diakun was distinguished for her consistent and impressive personality and career development, which she achieved against the odds and brilliant interpretation of the opera Lost Highway by Olga Neuwirth, which had its Polish premiere at the 16th T-Mobile New Horizons International Film Festival in Wrocław (2016).
A "Passport" is an annual award granted by the weekly magazine Polityka since 1993. This year, it was presented in 8 categories: literature, film, theatre, classical music, popular music, visual arts, digital culture, and a creator of culture.