One of Poland’s foremost conductors, Jacek Kaspszyk, is Music Director of Poznań Opera, where he conducted in the 2025/26 season a new Ran Arthur Braun production of Puccini’s Turandot and a David Poutney production of Elzbieta Sikora’s Dorian Gray to critical acclaim. The season also included a concert performance of Szymanowski’s King Roger at the Berlin Philharmonic, with a forthcoming new production of the same opera scheduled for April 2026. Recent seasons include a new David Pountney production of Verdi’s Otello, as well as a return visit to China, where, since 2005, he has regularly conducted the China Philharmonic, the Guangzhou Symphony, the Shanghai Symphony, and the Hangzhou Symphony orchestras. 

Other highlights include a highly successful tour of China with the Warsaw Philharmonic, performances with the NFM Wroclaw Philharmonic in Wroclaw and Dresden, and appearances with the Presidential Orchestra Ankara, the Orquesta de la Comunidad de Madrid, and the Slovak Philharmonic Bratislava.  

Jacek Kaspszyk has served as Artistic Director of both the Warsaw Philharmonic and NFM Wroclaw Philharmonic, and as Music Director of the Polish National Opera and the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra. He has also held the posts of Principal Conductor of the Noord Nederlands Orkest and Principal Guest Conductor of the Deutsche Oper am Rhein in Düsseldorf. Since his early success at the Karajan Conducting Competition, Jacek Kaspszyk has performed with orchestras worldwide. European appearances include performances with the Berlin Philharmonic, Bavarian Radio Symphony, Hamburg Symphony, Vienna Symphony, Lucerne Symphony, Bern Symphony, Slovenian Philharmonic, Czech Philharmonic, Oslo Philharmonic, Stockholm Philharmonic, Orchestre de Paris, Orchestre national d’Ile-de-France and the Chamber Orchestra of Europe. In the UK, he has conducted all the major London orchestras, the Hallé, the Royal Liverpool Orchestra, the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, the Ulster Orchestra, and the BBC Welsh Orchestra, with whom he made his BBC Proms debut. He has also performed with the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony and Tokyo Philharmonic orchestras, as well as the Symphony Orchestra of India. 

In the field of opera, Jacek Kaspszyk has worked with, among others, the Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Operá-Comique in Paris, Operá de Lyon, Operá de Bordeaux, Staatstheater Nürnberg, Zurich Opera, English National Opera, Opera North Leeds, Scottish National Opera, Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires and at the Puccini Festival in Torre del Lago. 

As a recording artist, Kaspszyk is particularly recognised for his interpretations of works by Polish composers. His recording of Lutoslawski’s Symphonies No. 2 & 4 with the NFM Wroclaw Philharmonic won the 2011 Fryderyk Award for Album of the Year. His EMI recording of Moniuszko’s The Haunted Manor with the Polish National Opera was awarded a Platinum Disc, while his recording of Szymanowski’s King Roger with the PNO received rave reviews from Gramophone Magazine. Kaspszyk has also received numerous awards, including the Gloria Artis Gold Medal for Merit to Culture from the Polish Ministry of Culture, the Lutosławski Medal for an all-Lutosławski programme with Krystian Zimerman at the Warsaw Autumn Festival in 2013, and the Elgar Medal in recognition of his performances of Elgar’s works.