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Jacek Kaspszyk

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Jacek Kaspszyk (born 10 August 1952) is a Polish music conductor and was the Music and Artistic Director of the Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra from 2013 until the close of the 2018/2019 season.[1][2][3]

He made his U.S. debut conducting Moniuszko's Strasny Dwor (translated as The Haunted Castle), given at Michigan Opera Theatre in an English translation in October 1982.[4]

In 2012, he was awarded the Elgar Medal. In 2014 Jacek Kaspszyk won the cultural award of Gazeta Wyborcza, the supplement "What is played" – "Inhale Audience" in the category "Man of the Year".[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Jacek Kaspszyk". Culture.pl. Retrieved 2018-06-20.
  2. ^ "Jacek Kaspszyk". www.mariinsky.ru. Retrieved 2018-06-20.
  3. ^ Institute, The Fryderyk Chopin. "Fryderyk Chopin – Information Centre – Jacek Kaspszyk – Biography". en.chopin.nifc.pl. Retrieved 2018-06-20.
  4. ^ "The Haunted Castle".
  5. ^ "Jacek Kaspszyk". filharmonia.pl. Retrieved 2019-11-04.
Cultural offices
Preceded by Musical directors, Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra
2013–2019
Succeeded by