Born in Warsaw, after studying cello with Andrzej Orkisz and conducting with Stanisław Wisłocki at the Warsaw Academy of Music, he honed his cello skills in the master class of Bernard Michelin at the National Conservatory of Paris from 1973 to 1974. As a chamber musician, he won 3rd Prize at the Gaudeamus International Contemporary Music Competition in Rotterdam (1973), and as a cellist, 2nd Prize at the Dezyderiusz Danczowski National Cello Competition in Poznań (a year later). He has also won numerous awards as a conductor, including 2nd Prize at the International Conducting Competition in Besançon, France, and 3rd Prize and the Minister of Culture and Art Award at the Grzegorz Fitelberg International Conducting Competition in Katowice. While still a student in Paris, he collaborated with ensembles such as the Orchestre de Versailles, Les Musiciens de Paris, Orchestre des Pasdeloup, Orchestre de Colonne, and Orchestre de Conservatoire. From 1976 to 1977, he was concertmaster of the Polish Chamber Orchestra led by Jerzy Maksymiuk, with whom he toured several times, including Italy, Germany, and the United Kingdom, and made recordings for EMI. Simultaneously, in 1976, he began his collaboration as conductor with the Teatr Wielki in Warsaw, which lasted until 1983. In 1982, he was invited to the Royal Danish Opera in Copenhagen, where he served as principal conductor from 1983 to 1996. He has also performed at such prestigious opera houses as the Metropolitan Opera in New York, Teatro La Fenice in Venice, Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa, the Royal Opera in Stockholm, and the Royal Opera in Oslo. In 1994, he became director of the Polish Radio Orchestra and Choir in Cracow, a position he held until its dissolution. He then assumed the position of director of the Teatr Wielki in Warsaw, a position he held until 1996. From 1998 to 2004, he was artistic director of the Łańcut Music Festival and the Rzeszów Philharmonic. In 2002, he also became principal conductor of the Pomeranian Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra. He also collaborates with nearly all symphony orchestras in Poland and with the Sinfonia Varsovia Orchestra. He is also principal guest conductor of the Latvian National Opera in Riga and collaborates regularly with the Munich Opera House. From 2005 to 2008, he served as Artistic Director of the A. Rubinstein Łódź Philharmonic. He has performed in many countries, including Germany, France, the United Kingdom, Luxembourg, Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Slovenia, Italy, Turkey, the United States, Mexico, Colombia, and Japan. He has made numerous recordings for Polish Radio and Danish Radio. His repertoire includes forty operas and most of the world’s symphonic repertoire. In 2007, the bandmaster was awarded the Silver Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis, awarded by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage. Since September 2009, he has served as Artistic Director of the Polish Sinfonia Iuventus Orchestra, and since November 2012, as the Orchestra’s General Director.