Mateusz Moleda
German-Polish conductor Mateusz Moleda, 36, won First Prize and the Orchestra’s Special Prize at the 3rd International Sergei Kussewitsky Conducting Competition in Grosseto, Italy. He competed in three rounds against 247 candidates from over 20 nations.
In the 2023/24 and 2024/25 seasons Mateusz Moleda will make his debuts with the Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern, the Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz, the Dresden Philharmonic, the Hungarian National Symphony Orchestra, and the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra in Canada, among others. Re-invitations will lead him to the London Mozart Players, with whom he will tour Germany in May 2024.
He received important musical impulses from his mentor Marek Janowski, who had a profound influence on the artistic development of the aspiring young conductor over many years.
Mateusz Moleda
Born in Dresden, Mateusz is rooted in German and Polish traditions. He studied initially the piano at the Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media with Prof. Arie Vardi- He continued his studies also in the area of Early Music and Historically Informed Performance Practice in cooperation with Prof. Zvi Meniker, one of the last pupils of Nikolaus Harnoncourt. As concert pianist, he performed both in recitals and as a soloist with renowned orchestras in over 25 countries around the globe, and released several CD recordings.
