Krzysztof Urbanski
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Krzysztof Urbanski is 28 years old and was born in Pabianice, Poland. He is chief conductor of the Trondheim Symphony Orchestra in the 2010-11 season and in October 2010 was appointed an adjunct professor of music in the area of orchestral conducting in Indiana University. He becomes the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra seventh music director in 2011. Urbanski has conducted the Philharmonia Orchestra, the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, several German orchestras, the Göteborgs Symfoniker, the Tokyo Symphony and Osaka Philharmonic Orchestras.[1]
NB There is another Krzysztof Urbanski from Poland who has his own jazz quartet
Education
He graduated from the Chopin Music Academy in Warsaw in 2007, the year that he won First Prize Winner of the Prague Spring International Conducting Competition.
Career
He promotes Polish music including Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 1. Górecki's Symphony No. 3 and Lutosawski's Concerto for Orchestra. He has conducted most Polish Orchestras and many German ones over his short career He became Assistant conductor to the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra from 2007 to 2009 and then became chief conductor of the Trondheim Symphony Orchestra in the 2010-11 season after playing with them once. He conducted the Royal Scottish National Orchestra on October 9–11 in Edinburgh & Glasgow with John Lill for Tchaikowsky Piano Concerto No 1, Dvorak Symphony No 5 and Beethoven Coriolan Overture.
In October 2010 he was appointed an adjunct professor of music in the area of orchestral conducting in Indiana University. He becomes the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra seventh music director in 2011.
Recordings
References
External links
- http://newsinfo.iu.edu/web/page/normal/16085.html
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIBWTFUlCOU See and hear him on this link
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GV0iowe5ieg The announcement of his appointment