Maksym Dondalski graduated with distinction in 2013 from the Feliks Nowowiejski Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz, where he studied violin under Professors Jadwiga Kaliszewska and Mariusz Baranowski. He went on to complete a degree in symphonic conducting at the same institution in 2015, under the guidance of Professors Zygmunt Rychert and Piotr Sułkowski.
A prizewinner of numerous violin competitions, Dondalski performs regularly as a soloist and conductor with symphony orchestras in Poland and abroad. He currently leads the chamber orchestra of the State Music School Complex No. 1 (Zenon Brzewski Music School) in Warsaw.
He holds a doctoral degree in musical arts and is an assistant professor at the Academy of Art in Szczecin, where he teaches violin, chamber music, and conducts the symphony orchestra. He also serves as concertmaster of the Polish National Opera (Teatr Wielki – Opera Narodowa) in Warsaw.