Jakub Przybycień

1995, Poland

Current occupation

Assistant conductor to Maestro Ludovic Morlot with the Barcelona Symphony Orchestra and the National Orchestra of Catalonia for the artistic season 2023/24.
Mills Williams Junior Fellow in Conducting at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester.
Principal conductor of the Zürcher Orchester Sozietät.
Assistant of prof. Johannes Schlaefli and Christoph-Mathias Mueller at the Zurich University of the Arts

Education

Zürcher Hochschule der Künste Master of Arts in Specialized Music Performance in Conducting
Johannes Schlaefli and Christoph-Mathias Mueller 2022
Zürcher Hochschule der KünsteMaster of Arts in Music Performance in Conducting
Johannes Schlaefli 2020 – 2022
Hochschule der Künste Bern Master of Arts in Music Performance (Violin)
Monika Urbaniak Lisik 2017 – 2019
Hochschule der Künste Bern
Bachelor of Arts in Music (Violin)
Monika Urbaniak Lisik 2014 – 2017
The Karol Lipiński Academy of Music in Wrocław
Bachelor in Music Performance in Conducting
Marek Pijarowski 2015 – 2018

Professional experience

BBC Philharmonic
Guest concert at the end of masterclasses with Mark Heron 2024
RNCM Symphony Orchestra
Guest concert as a Fellow Conductor 2023
Nürnberger Symphoniker
Guest masterclasses with prof. Christoph-Mathias Mueller 2023
The Lucerne Collective Ensemble
Guest concert as a guest conductor 2023
Sinfonie Orchester Biel Solothurn
Guest concert as a guest conductor 2023
Zürcher Orchester Society
Permanent concerto as a chief conductor 2023
Zielona Góra Philharmonic Orchestra
Guest concert as a guest conductor 2023
Balthasar-Neumann Ensembles
Guest masterclasses with Maestro Thomas Hengelbrock 2023
London Symphony Orchestra
Guest finale concert of the Donatella Flick Conducting Competition 2023
Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen
Guest masterclasses with Prof. Marc Piollet 2023
Ensemble Ars Nova
Guest masterclasses with Maestro Peter Eötvös 2023
Göttinger Symphonieorchester
Guest masterclasses with prof. Christoph-Mathias Mueller 2023
Orchestre de Picardie
Guest conducting masterclasses with prof. Johannes Schlaefli 2023
Luzerner Sinfonieorchester
Guest conducting Masterclasses with Maestro Michael Sanderling 2022
Zürcher Orchester Society
Permanent chief Conductor 2022
Sinfonie Orchester Biel Solothurn
Guest conductor 2022
Baltic Sea Philharmonic
Guest Järvi Conducting Academy with Maestri Paavo, Neeme and Christian Järvi 2022
Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra in Katowice – NOSPR
Guest masterclasses in Conducting with Maestra Marin Alsop 2022
Philharmonie Südwestfalen
Guest winning auditions for the Forum Dirigieren 2022
Philharmonisches Orchester Regensburg
Guest masterclasses in Conducting with prof. Johannes Schlaefli 2022
Das Kritische Orchester Berlin
Guest masterclasses in Conducting 2022
Zielona Góra Philharmonic Orchestra
Guest Conductor 2022
Göttinger Symphony Orchestra
Guest masterclasses in Conducting with prof. Johannes Schlaefli 2021
Musikkollegium Winterthur
Guest masterclasses in Conducting with prof. Johannes Schlaefli 2021
Berner Symphonieorchester
Guest children’s Concert – S. Prokofiev – Peter and the Wolf 2021
Gstaad Festival Orchestra
Member gstaad Conducting Academy with Prof. Johannes Schlaefli and Maestro Jaap van Zweden 2021
Filharmonie Hradec Králové
Guest masterclasses in Conducting with prof. Johannes Schlaefli 2021
Theater Orchestra J.K. Tyl in Plzeň
Guest G. Bizet – Carmen Opera 2021
Südwestdeutsche Philharmonie Konstanz
Guest masterclasses in Conducting with prof. Johannes Schlaefli 2021
Sinfonie Orchester Biel Solothurn
Guest masterclasses in Conducting with prof. Johannes Schlaefli 2021
Philharmonie Baden-Baden
Guest masterclasses in Conducting with prof. Johannes Schlaefli 2021
Collegium Musicum Basel
Guest masterclasses in Conducting with prof. Johannes Schlaefli 2020
European Union Youth Orchestra Ensemble
Guest UK Premiere of the piece “Ma” by Austrian Composer Gabriele Proy Ensemble in the Wigmore Hall 2018
NFM Wrocław Philharmonic
Guest masterclasses in Conducting with prof. Marek Pijarowski 2018
St. Gallen Sinfonieorchester
Temporary violin II tutti 2019 – 2020
Luzerner Sinfonieorchester
Regular guest violin 2019
Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne
Regular guest violin tutti 2018
Gstaad Festival Orchestra
Member violin 2019
Luzerner Sinfonieorchester
Academy 2018 – 2019
European Union Youth Orchestra
Youth orchestra violin I tutti 2014 – 2019
Britten-Pears Orchestra
Youth orchestra violin I tutti 2017
Zermatt Festival Orchestra
Youth orchestra violin tutti 2017
Santander Orchestra
Youth orchestra violin I tutti 2016
Young Polish Philharmonic Orchestra
Youth orchestra principal Violin II 2011 – 2015

Awards & recognitions

Finalist of the Donatella Flick Conducting Competition with the London Symphony Orchestra
Other Finalist 2023
Finalist of Das Kritische Orchester Berlin (organised by Deutscher Musikrat)
OtherFinalist (no prizes) 2022
Fellow of the Forum Dirigieren (organised by Deutscher Musikrat)
OtherScholarship Fellow 2022
Neeme Järvi Prize (During Gstaad Conducting Academy 2021)
Special prize 2021
Swiss Chamber Music Competition – Orpheus (with Gardan Quartet)
Distinction 2017
International Young Paganini Competition (Violin)
3rd prize 2014
XXXIX Bach’s Competition (Violin)
2nd prize 2013

Other achievements

Masterclass
with Maestro Michael Sanderling and the Luzerner Sinfonieorchester 2022
Masterclass
with Maestri Paavo, Neeme, Christian Järvi during the Pärnu Festival – Järvi Conducting Academy in Estonia 2022
Masterclass
with Maestra Marin Alsop and The Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra in Katowice – NOSPR 2022
Masterclass
with Maestro Jaap van Zweden during Gstaad Conducting Academy 2021
Masterclass
with Maestro Paavo Järvi in ZHdK 2021
Masterclass
with Maestro Norbert Baxa on G. Bizet’s Carmen 2021
Masterclass
with Maestro Rodolfo Fischer in ZHdK 2021
Masterclass
with Maestro James Lowe in Sofia (Bulgaria) 2019
Masterclass
with Prof. Peter Stark in London (UK) 2017
Masterclass
with Prof. Jorma Panula in Helsinki (Finland) 2018
Masterclass
European Chamber Music Academy (ECMA) in Bern 2018

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