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Ewa Strusińska (born 19 July 1976 in
Stalowa Wola Stalowa Wola () is the largest city and capital of Stalowa Wola County with a population of 58,545 inhabitants, as at 31 December 2021. It is located in southeastern Poland in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship. The city lies in historic Lesser Poland ...
) is a Polish British
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, General Music Director ( Generalmusikdirektorin / GMD) of the Gerhart-Hauptmann-Theater Görlitz-Zittau ( de) and principal conductor of the Neue Lausitzer Philharmonie in Germany. Former music director and principal conductor o
Szczecin Philharmonic Orchestra
first became known to the artistic world as a laureate and prize winner at the prestigious
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in
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.


Biography

General Music Director (
Generalmusikdirektor A music director, musical director or director of music is a person responsible for the musical aspects of a performance, production, or organization. This would include the artistic director and usually chief conductor of an orchestra or concert ...
/ GMD) of the Gerhart-Hauptmann-Theater Görlitz-Zittau, principal conductor of the Neue Lausitzer Philharmonie and former music director and principal conductor o
Szczecin Philharmonic Orchestra
from 2013 to 2016, Ewa Strusińska first became known to the artistic world as a laureate and prize winner at the prestigious Gustav Mahler Conducting Competition in Bamberg. From 2008 to 2010, Ewa Strusińska held the position of assistant conductor with the Hallé Orchestra in
Manchester Manchester () is a city and the metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. It had an estimated population of in . Greater Manchester is the third-most populous metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, with a population of 2.92&nbs ...
– the first-ever female assistant conductor of a British orchestra. She worked closely with the orchestra's music director, Sir Mark Elder CBE, conducting the orchestra in many concerts across England, and simultaneously held the position of music director with th
Hallé Youth Orchestra
Ewa Strusińska has also built up an extensive operatic and ballet repertoire as an assistant conductor at the Polish National Opera and Polish National Ballet – Teatr Wielki in Warsaw. Her other opera work includes appearances at the
Royal Northern College of Music The Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM) is a conservatoire located in Manchester, England. It is one of four conservatoires associated with the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music. In addition to being a centre of music education ...
, Buxton Opera Festival and Theater Magdeburg. Born in Poland, Ewa Strusińska studied at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in
Warsaw Warsaw, officially the Capital City of Warsaw, is the capital and List of cities and towns in Poland, largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the Vistula, River Vistula in east-central Poland. Its population is officially estimated at ...
, and upon finishing her studies spent a year working as assistant conductor at Czestochowa Philharmonic Orchestra. In the same year she won a position of Junior Fellow in Conducting at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester and moved to the United Kingdom. In 2008 she was chosen by the
London Symphony Orchestra The London Symphony Orchestra (LSO) is a British symphony orchestra based in London. Founded in 1904, the LSO is the oldest of London's orchestras, symphony orchestras. The LSO was created by a group of players who left Henry Wood's Queen's ...
to be one of three participants in a masterclass by
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, and in 2010 collaborated with the Royal Ballet at Covent Garden. Internationally, she has worked with a range of orchestras including the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Bamberger Symphoniker, Hallé Orchestra, Magdeburgische Philharmonie, Norddeutsche Philharmonie Rostock, Hofer Symphoniker, Sinfonietta Baden, Uppsala Chamber Orchestra, Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, National Polish Radio Orchestra, Sinfonia Varsovia, Szczecin Philharmonic Orchestra, Łódź Philharmonic Orchestra, Opole Philharmonic Orchestra, Warsaw National Opera Philharmonic Orchestra, Beethoven Academy Orchestra, Sinfonia Iuventus, Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Gävle Symfoniorkester, Norrlands Opera Symphony Orchestra, Slovak Sinfonietta, Sønderjyllands Symfoniorkester and the Northern Sinfonia. Over recent years, Ewa Strusińska has become internationally acclaimed as one of the principal architects of the transformation of the Szczecin Philharmonic Orchestra, leading its players to scale new artistic heights amid the sensational acoustics of the multi award-winning Szczecin Philharmonic Hall. She has been given the title 'Ambassador of Stalowa Wola' by her home town. The accolade recognises an individual's personal achievements in Poland and abroad.


See also

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Music of Poland The music of Poland covers diverse aspects of music and musical traditions which have originated, and are practiced in Poland. Artists from Poland include world-famous classical composers like Frédéric Chopin, Karol Szymanowski, Witold Lutos ...


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