Born in Kraków. She made her debut in 2017 conducting the Podkarpacka Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra in Rzeszów. She is the winner of the gold award in the “Conductor” category at the International “Musical Eagles” Competition, presented for outstanding artistic achievements accomplished in 2021.
She graduated with honors in choral and symphonic conducting from the class of Prof. Dr. Hab. Paweł Przytocki at the Krzysztof Penderecki Academy of Music in Kraków. As a scholarship recipient, she continued her studies at the Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien in Hanover under the guidance of Prof. Martin Brauss. She took part in prestigious conducting courses featuring outstanding conductors and world-class orchestras, including: an international symphonic-opera course under Daniele Gatti as part of the Chigiana International Music Festival & Summer Academy organized by the Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Siena (Italy), and an international conducting course led by Marin Alsop featuring the Philharmonia Orchestra at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London. She also developed her conducting skills under the guidance of Eiji Oue, Luciano Acocella, and Matthias Beckert. In 2023, she was accepted into the Berlin Opera Academy program. She is a semi-finalist of the Jeunesses Musicales International Conducting Competition in Bucharest (2019).
Since her debut, she has collaborated with European orchestras and choirs, including: the George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra, Iași “Moldova” Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Kraków Opera Orchestra, Sinfonietta Cracovia, Łódź Philharmonic Orchestra, Podkarpacka Philharmonic Orchestra, Płock Symphony Orchestra, Beethoven Academy Orchestra, Pitești Philharmonic Orchestra, CORda Cracovia Orchestra, Orchestra Senzaspine (Bologna), Kraków Philharmonic Choir, and the Polish Radio Choir.
Among the music festivals she has collaborated with as a conductor and assistant conductor are the Chigiana International Festival & Summer Academy, Sacrum Profanum, and the Film Music Festival in Kraków. In 2018, she performed at the opening concert of the Wawel at Dusk festival, conducting works by Wojciech Kilar, Krzysztof Penderecki, and the world premiere of Paweł Malinowski’s piece Nachtwanderung for symphony orchestra. The conductor was accompanied by the CORda Cracovia Orchestra, with whom she made her debut at the New Year’s Concert in the concert hall of the Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra in Katowicach in 2018.
She is the initiator of numerous symphonic and chamber concerts, as well as world premieres. In the years 2016–2017, she led the “Parafraza” Chamber Choir, organizing choral and vocal-instrumental concerts in Kraków. She is the co-founder and manager of the Jagiellonian University Orchestra, which brings together students from JU and other Kraków universities, including the Academy of Music in Kraków.
Since 2022, she has been an artist of the Afflatus Ensemble (www.afflatusensemble.com), which gathers young, talented musicians from all over the world.
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