Kazimierz Dąbrowski

He graduated in symphony and opera conducting from the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw, where he studied with Prof. R. Dudek, and the N.A. Rimsky-Korsakov State Conservatory in St. Petersburg, where studied with Prof. A. Poliszczuk. He has collaborated with orchestras both in Poland and abroad, including Austria, Czechia, Romania, Lithuania, Norway, and Russia. He conducted operas performed at the Warsaw Chamber Opera and Teatr Wielki – Polish National Opera in Warsaw. He is a laureate of the International Conductors’ Competition 2009 in Craiova (Romania) and has participated in masterclasses with V. Kiradjieva (Bulgaria) and D. Wilson (USA). He received scholarships from the Keimyung University and the Pro Polonia Society Foundation in South Korea, as well as the “Scholarship for Young Creators” from the President of Białystok. From 2008 to 2015, he was the artistic director of the Suwałki Chamber Orchestra, with which he performed at nearly 200 musical events and released an album with orchestral music by Michał Spisak (DUX RP). One of his great passions is educating young people through direct contact with the arts, which has resulted in numerous interdisciplinary projects in Poland and abroad. He has worked with the Gorzów Philharmonic Orchestra, the Non-Public School of Dance Art in Białystok, the Podlaskie Dance Association, the Music School in Koper (Slovenia), the “Sonata” Warsaw Orchestra, and the Podlaska Salon Orchestra. Currently, he conducts orchestras at the Music School Complex in Białystok, where he also serves as the deputy director, and he collaborates with the branch of the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Białystok, preparing and conducting student opera performances. In 2022, he earned the degree of Doctor of Fine Arts.