# Lukasz Borowicz, Conductor

> Lukasz Borowicz, Conductor – 1 recording on Ondine. Music Director and Chief Conductor of the Poznań Philharmonic, Principal Guest Conductor of the Cracow…

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- **Role:** Conductor

## Biography

Music Director and Chief Conductor of the Poznań Philharmonic, Principal Guest Conductor of the Cracow Philharmonic. One of the most versatile conductors of his generation, Łukasz Borowicz regularly leads the major European orchestras in the core Germanic repertoire as well as important Central and Eastern-European works. He conducts opera and has received numerous prizes for his over 130 recordings. From 2007 to 2015 he was Chief Conductor of the Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra (Warsaw), and from 2006 to 2021 he was Principal Guest Conductor of the Poznań Philharmonic.

Łukasz Borowicz has appeared as guest conductor and recorded with Israel Philharmonic, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra, Akademie für Alte Musik, RIAS Kammerchor, WDR Sinfonieorchester, SWR Sinfonieorchester, Bamberger Symphoniker, Deutsche Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Orquestra Titular del Teatro Real, Basque National Orchestra, The Paris Opera Orchestra, PKF Prague Philharmonia, Los Angeles Philharmonic New Music Group and a number of other orchestras and ensembles. He has led concerts at the Rossini Festival in Pesaro, Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival and Kissinger Sommer Festival, and has an ongoing relationship with the Beethoven Easter Festival in Warsaw, which has seen over twenty rarely played operas performed to date. He has been collaborating with the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra (Katowice) for over twenty years, conducting numerous concerts and recordings.

Borowicz made his operatic debut at Teatr Wielki – National Opera of Poland with Don Giovanni, which has been followed by over 190 performances at the house including several premieres. Recent opera premieres include a new production of Moniuszko’s Halka at the Theater an der Wien and the Teatr Wielki – National Opera of Poland, Janacek’s Journal d’un disparu and de Falla’s El amor brujo at the Opéra national du Rhin as well as world-premiere of Dead End by Krzysztof Meyer at Teatr Wielki – National Opera of Poland.

Born in Warsaw in 1977, Łukasz Borowicz graduated from the Frederic Chopin Music Academy, where he studied under Bogusław Madey. He has received the Polityka Passport Award (2008), Coryphée of Polish Music Award (2011), Norwid Award (2013) and Tansman Prize honouring an outstanding musical personality (2014) as well as Honorary Award of Polish Composers Union (2021). Borowicz’s recordings have been awarded four Diapason d’Or prizes and three ICMA prizes (2015, 2018 and 2025). Łukasz Borowicz is a Professor of the Krzysztof Penderecki Academy of Music in Cracow.

www.lukaszborowicz.com

## Discography on Ondine (1)

- [André Tchaikowsky: Two Piano Concertos · Piano Sonata](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-1467-2.md): Peter Jablonski, piano · Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra · Lukasz Borowicz (ODE 1467-2, 2025)