One of Poland’s foremost conductors, Jacek Kaspszyk was recently appointed Music Director
of Poznań Opera from the season 2023-24. He previously held the position of Principal Guest
Conductor and Music Advisor with the company. He has also held the position of Artistic
Director at both the Warsaw Philharmonic and the NFM Wroclaw Philharmonic, and the
position of Music Director at both the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra and the
Polish National Opera. He was also previously the Principal Conductor and Music Advisor of
the Noord Nederlands Orkest. He has is a long association with the Beethoven Academy
Orchestra in Krakow.

Since his early success at the Karajan Conducting Competition in Berlin, Jacek has conducted
major orchestras throughout the world, including the Berlin Philharmonic,
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, RSO Berlin, Orchestre de Paris, Vienna
Symphony, Oslo Philharmonic, Stockholm Philharmonic, Rotterdam Philharmonic and Czech
Philharmonic, and the Chamber Orchestra of Europe with whom he toured Australia. He has
worked with all the major London orchestras, the BBC Orchestras (including at the BBC
Proms), as well as the Royal Scottish National, the Hallé , the Ulster Orchestra and the Royal
Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. He has toured extensively with the Warsaw Philharmonic
in Europe, Asia and the USA to great critical acclaim.

Jacek has conducted at renowned opera houses including the Deutsche Oper am Rhein in
Düsseldorf, Opéra Comique in Paris, Opéra de Lyon, Opéra de Bordeaux, English National
Opera, Zurich Opera, and Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires. For the Staatstheater Nürnberg,
he conducted Szymanowski’s masterpiece "King Roger" to great international acclaim.
During the 2022-23 season he was welcomed back to Hamburg Symphony Orchestra,
Warsaw Philharmonic, Wroclaw Philharmonic, Polish Baltic Philharmonic Gdansk, Szczecin
Philharmonic, Pomeranian Philharmonic Bydgoszcz, Sinfonia Varsovia, Beethoven Easter
Festival and the Presidential Symphony Orchestra Ankara, and made several return visits to
Poznań Opera, including a tour performance of the concert version of Moniuszko’s "Paria"
at the Philharmonie Berlin.

Past highlights of recent seasons include performances with the Ulster Orchestra, Cottbus
Philharmonic Orchestra with Martha Argerich, Warsaw Philharmonic, Wroclaw Philharmonic,
the Orchestra of Poznan Opera, the National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra at the
Beethoven Festival in Katowice, Hamburg Symphony Orchestra, Bern Symphony Orchestra,
Janacek Philharmonic, Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra, the Orchestre National de l’Ile de
France with pianist Louis Lortie, Lucerne Symphony Orchestra, Lahti Symphony Orchestra,
Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra, Orquesta de Valencia, Symphony Orchestra of India
and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. He also gave performances with the
St.Petersburg Philharmonic following his highly acclaimed debut with the Mariinsky Opera
Orchestra at the 2017 White Nights Festival in St. Petersburg. Regularly invited to China,
Jacek has conducted the China Philharmonic, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Hangzhou
Symphony Orchestras.

Jacek’s work is documented through a wide canon of critically acclaimed and award-winning
CD recordings, and he is especially feted for his interpretation and performances of works by
Polish composers. His recording of Lutosławski’s Symphonies No 2 & 4 with the NFM Wroclaw
Philharmonic received the 2011 Fryderyk Award for Album of the Year, Symphonic and
Concert Music. He made a ground-breaking recording of Szymanowski’s "King Roger" with
Polish National Opera, whilst recent recordings with the Warsaw Philharmonic for Warner
Classics include a critically acclaimed performance of Szymanowski’s "Stabat Mater" and
Symphony No. 3. His 2018 CD release features Mlynarsky’s Symphony Polonia, Penderecki’s
Polonaise and Weinberg’s Polish Melodies. Further recordings for Warner Classics are in the
pipeline.

He enjoys a fruitful collaboration with Martha Argerich, having regularly conducted at the
Progetto Martha Argerich Festival in Lugano, and recorded several acclaimed CDs for EMI.
Jacek received the prestigious Elgar Medal in recognition of his fine performances of Elgar's
works, joining other distinguished recipients of the award, Daniel Barenboim, Vladimir
Ashkenazy, Andrew Litton and Leonard Slatkin. He was awarded the Lutoslawski Medal
following an all-Lutoslawski programme for the Warsaw Autumn Festival in October 2013.