He graduated with distinction from the Academy of Music in Katowice, where he studied conducting with K. Stryja. In 1993, thanks to a scholarship from the American Society for Polish Music, he further developed his conducting skills in Los Angeles. From 1984 to 1986, he conducted an ensemble composed of musicians from the Katowice-based Polish Radio and Television Grand Symphony Orchestra during the ‘Warsaw Autumn’ and ‘Silesian Days of Contemporary Music’ festivals. In 1986, he became Artistic Director of the State Symphony Orchestra in Zabrze, and in 1990, General and Artistic Director of the State Philharmonic in Białystok, with which he toured the USA (in 1995, including New York’s Carnegie Hall). For two seasons (1996), he served as General and Artistic Director of the Poznań Philharmonic. From 1998 to 2013 he was Artistic Director, and since 2013 Director, of the H.M. Górecki Silesian Philharmonic in Katowice. Since 1999 he has served as multiple Artistic Director and juror of the G. Fitelberg International Conducting Competition in Katowice. Since 2017 he has been Artistic Director of the Polish Sinfonia Iuventus Orchestra. From 1999 to 2002 he was Chief Conductor of the International Piano Competition in Porto (Portugal), and in 2003 he was a juror and conductor at the International Piano Competition in Morocco. Two years later he was appointed Artistic Director of the 2nd International Violin Competition in Toruń, and he also served as a juror at the 3rd and 4th Toruń competitions (2013, 2016). In 2011, he was appointed chairman of the jury of the 8th International W. Lutosławski Cello Competition in Warsaw. He was chairman of the jury of the 6th National Competition for Young Conductors in Białystok (2016). He performs on all stages in Poland (with the National Philharmonic at the forefront) and abroad (including Albania, Austria, Belarus, China, the Czech Republic, France, Spain, Ireland, Japan, Canada, South Korea, Lithuania, Latvia, Morocco, Mexico, Germany, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Tunisia, Ukraine, and the USA). With ensembles of the Silesian Philharmonic, he has recorded dozens of albums. The album Górecki Henryk Mikołaj (DUX 0924) was nominated for the 2013 Fryderyk Award. He has given numerous premieres. The Silesian Philharmonic, under his baton, was the first Polish performer of H.M. Górecki’s Symphony No. 4 ‘Tansman. Episodes’, concluding a series of world premieres of this work (2014/2015 London–Los Angeles–Amsterdam–Łódź–Katowice). This performance was the second in the world to be released on CD in 2016. In 2017, a CD featuring H.M. Górecki’s Symphony No. 2 ‘Copernican’ under his baton was released. The CD, Symphonies No. 3 and 6 by P. Łukaszewski, conducted by Mirosław Jacek Błaszczyk, received the 2022 Fryderyk Award in the Symphonic Music Album of the Year category. For promoting Polish music, with particular emphasis on contemporary music, and for the achievements of the Silesian Philharmonic under his baton, he received the Cultural Award of the Mayor of Katowice. He was also honored with a similar award by the Mayor of Rybnik. In 2012, President of the Republic of Poland, Bronisław Komorowski, awarded him the title of Professor of Musical Arts. Since 2017, he has served as Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of the Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic. He has been awarded the Gold Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis and the Knight’s Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta. In 2022, he received the ‘Silesian Emerald’ award from the Katowice Diocese of the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland for special achievements in ecumenism, tolerance, reconciliation between nations, commitment to serving others, and contribution to contemporary European integration processes.