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conductor; b. 17 May 1983 in Warsaw. He graduated with distinction in theoretical and applied musicology from the Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw. In 2008-13 he studied conducting with Sławek Adam Wróblewski and Ryszard Zimak at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music.

He began his conducting career at the age of 16. Since 2003 he has directed the Unplugged Orchestra, which he co-founded. With the orchestra he has premiered new works by such composers as Bartosz Kowalski, Henryk Miśkiewicz, Tomasz Jakub Opałka, Wojciech Błażejczyk, Radzimir Dębski, Krzysztof Janczak, Maria Holka, Marek Ałaszewski, Anna Ignatowicz-Glińska, Artur Słotwiński, Alicja Gronau and Paweł Łukaszewski. He premiered Missa De Angelis by Grzegorz Duchnowski (2011) and Sextet by Andrzej Dutkiweicz (2013), both of which were commissioned as a part of the "Composing Commissions" programme, implemented by the Institute of Music and Dance.

Simultaneously the artist has worked as a choirmaster, conducting the Mińsk Music Society Chamber Choir, Vocal Ensemble of the Society of the Helpers of the Holy Souls, Cantate Domino Choir of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Parish and the Henryk Sienkiewicz Primary School Choir in Mińsk Mazowiecki. He has conducted performances at the Concert Hall and S1 Studio of the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw, Mazovia Institute of Culture in Warsaw, "Arko" Club, Ikar Cultural Centre, Annunciation Church, Natolin District Cultural Centre, "Świt" Cultural Centre, the Porczyński Gallery, the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church in Mińsk Mazowiecki, and the Castle in Liw.

updated: January 2016 (ac)