Michal Dworzynski

Konsert med Hovkapellet den 18 oktober 2009 kl. 15.00 i Berwaldhallen.

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Winner of the 2006 Donatella Flick Competition, as a result of which he became Assistant Conductor for 2 years at the London Symphony Orchestra, Dworzynski?s international career has blossomed since he replaced Harding at short notice to conduct the London Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican in November 2007.

Dworzynski has since conducted the London Symphony Orchestra several times a season, and has also established regular relationships with the London Philharmonic, BBC Symphony, BBC Philharmonic, BBC Scottish Symphony, and Northern Sinfonia. Last season he made debuts with the City of Birmingham Symphony and BBC National Orchestra of Wales, and further afield with the Swedish Radio Symphony, Madrid RTVE, RTE Dublin, Brussels Philharmonic and Iceland Symphony. In May 2009 he made his debut with the Israel Philharmonic, conducting the opening concert of the Israel Festival.

In 09/10 he makes his debut with the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, goes for the first time to the Royal Flanders Philharmonic and Stockholm Opera Orchestra, conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in Westminster Cathedral in Maciejewski?s Requiem Mass, returns to the Ulster Orchestra at the Belfast Festival and in subscription, visits St Magnus Festival and makes a CD for Hyperion Records with the BBC Scottish Symphony.

Dworzynski is already well-established in his native Poland and has conducted all the major orchestras including the Sinfonia Varsovia, the radio orchestras of Katowice and Warsaw, and the Warsaw Philharmonic where he maintains a regular presence. He conducted his first opera production at Warsaw National Opera in Spring 09. In March 2008 Dworzynski accepted the Principal Conductor position of the dynamic young Beethoven Academy Orchestra in Cracow, conducting them at the Warsaw Easter Festival and in the Warsaw Philharmonic series, and programming Beethoven and Brahms cycles.

His career first took off when at 21 he became the assistant conductor of the National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra in Katowice, having first been Music Director 1995-99 of the Bydgoszcz Chamber Orchestra. Having graduated with distinction from the Fryderyk Chopin Music Academy where he studied with Antoni Wit (Music Director of the Warsaw Philharmonic), he then undertook postgraduate studies with Christian Ehwald in the Hochschule Hanns Eisler in Berlin, from where he also gained a distinction. He won the conducting competitions in Zagreb in 2003 and Suwon in 2005. He has made several CD recordings for the Polish Television and Radio. His work has been recognised by several honorary titles in Poland; in 1997 he was made a Citizen of the City of Bydgoszcz, the following year he received an artistic scholarship from the President of the City, and in 1999 he received the Polish Music Critics? Award. He received artistic scholarships from the Polish Ministry of Culture in 2001, 2003 and 2005 and in 2007 was awarded a medal from the Society of Polish Musicians for his promotion of Polish music.