choir director
O artyście
Bartosz Michałowski graduated with distinction in choral conducting from Poznań Music Academy. In 1998–2005, he was assistant to Stefan Stuligrosz and conductor of the ‘Poznań Nightingales’ Boys’ and Men’s Choir, with which he performed extensively in France, Germany, Spain, Belgium, Sweden, Austria, Russia and Japan.
He won first prize in the 9th Polish National Choral Conductors Competition in Poznań. In 2015, he won the Orphée d‘Or of the Académie du Disque Lyrique, and was nominated for one of the Polish record industry’s Fryderyk awards. In 2020, he received a Fryderyk for a recording of Szymanowski’s opera Hagith (with the Warsaw Philharmonic Choir). He also received two nominations for the International Classial Music Awards 2022. Bartosz Michałowski is the founder and artistic director of Poznań Chamber Choir, one of the leading Polish ensembles of its kind.
As Director of the Warsaw Philharmonic Choir, he has conducted Szymanowski’s Kurpian Songs, Rossini’s Petite messe solennelle, Mozart’s Coronation Mass and Requiem, Paulus by Mendelssohn, Messiah by Handel, Christ on the Mount of Olives by Beethoven and Litanies of Ostra Brama by Moniuszko. He prepared the ensemble for the first ever performance of Rubinstein’s sacred opera Moses and for a performance and the first ever recording of Moniuszko’s opera The Pariah in Italian, and has also helped prepare vocal-instrumental concerts of the Warsaw Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra. In 2024, the Warsaw Philharmonic Choir under his direction recorded a new album – Paweł Łukaszewski. The Adoration.
He has participated in renowned festivals and has collaborated regularly with renowned institutions and ensembles. He has numerous first performances to his credit. In addition to gaining experience as a conductor, Bartosz Michałowski has spent many years working on enhancing his skills and knowledge in the field of voice production. He holds a PhD and is a lecturer at the Chopin University of Music.