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Jakub Przybycień

Polish-born conductor Jakub Przybycień is the Assistant Conductor to Ludovic Morlot at the Orquestra Sinfònica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya, a role he has held since the beginning of the 2023/24 season. He is the Designate Winner (Finalist) of the 2024-25 Rotterdam International Conducting Competition and was a semi-finalist in the 2024 Malko Conducting Competition, where he led the Danish National Symphony Orchestra. In 2021, he was awarded the Neeme Järvi Prize at the Gstaad Conducting Academy.

Recent conducting debuts include performances with the Berner Symphonieorchester, Szczecin Philharmonic, Kyiv Symphony Orchestra, and Opole Philharmonic. Since 2023, he has been the Chief Conductor of the Zürcher Orchester Sozietät. Jakub has worked with renowned ensembles such as the London Symphony Orchestra, Balthasar-Neumann Ensembles, Luzerner Sinfonieorchester, Musikkollegium Winterthur, and Arthur Rubinstein Łódź Philharmonic.

He has refined his technique in masterclasses with esteemed conductors, including Neeme & Paavo Järvi, Marin Alsop, Jaap van Zweden, Thomas Hengelbrock, Péter Eötvös, Jorma Panula, and Michael Sanderling. Jakub completed his Master’s studies in Zurich under the guidance of Prof. Johannes Schlaefli and Christoph-Mathias Mueller.

An accomplished violinist, he studied at the University of Arts in Bern and played in the European Union Youth Orchestra, working with distinguished conductors such as Bernard Haitink and Manfred Honeck.

My path to becoming a conductor grew from my passion for the orchestra. Standing in front of the musicians gives me a chance to express myself through music. As a conductor, I have the privilege of guiding the orchestra through the narrative of a piece, embarking on a musical journey together. We find a shared language to create and present our own interpretation of the composition.

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