Paweł Kapuła

Paweł Kapuła has been hailed as one of the leading conductors of the younger generation. His fresh, exciting programming demonstrates a high level of creativity and he is building an ever-growing presence in Europe and beyond.

This season he makes debuts with the NDR Radiophilharmonie, Hanover, Staatsorchester Mainz and Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra, among others. He returns to the Bodensee and Warsaw Philharmonic orchestras, Aarhus Symphony Orchestra and Espinho Classical Orchestra.

Recent successes include acclaimed debuts with the Gulbenkian Orchestra, Hamburg Symphony Orchestra, Japan Philharmonic at Suntory Hall and the Xi’an and Guiyang Symphony orchestras in China. Previously he has conducted the Ulster Orchestra, Georgian Chamber Orchestra and Württemberg Philharmonic, and now enjoys close working relationships with all of them. Further engagements have seen him conduct the Oslo Opera Orchestra, Basel Symphony Orchestra, Gothenburg Opera Orchestra and Sibiu Philharmonic Orchestra.

In February 2021 he was appointed Principal Guest Conductor of the Pomeranian Philharmonic in Bydgoszcz. His work with the orchestra has attracted the attention of other Polish orchestras, among them the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Baltic and Warsaw Philharmonic orchestras.

His latest recording project of all the Beethoven piano concertos with Reed Tetzloff and the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra – made at Prague’s Rudolfinum – has recently been released. He is also an avid champion of neglected Polish composers and has made many recordings of their music for Polish Radio.

Paweł Kapuła received his first piano lessons at the age of seven. He studied conducting with Tadeusz Strugala and Stanisław Krawczyński at Kraków’s Academy of Music. He was a finalist and winner of the Distinction Award at the first Adam Kopyciński Student Conducting Competition in Wrocław in 2013 and is a musicology graduate of the Jagiellonian University in Kraków.

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Mae Paweł Kapuła’n cael ei gydnabod yn un o arweinwyr blaenllaw’r to iau. Mae ei raglennu ffres, cyffrous yn dangos creadigrwydd mawr ac mae’n adeiladu presenoldeb cynyddol yn Ewrop a thu hwnt.

Y tymor hwn mae’n gwneud ymddangosiadau cyntaf gyda’r NDR Radiophilharmonie, Hanover, Staatsorchester Mainz a Cherddorfa Ffilharmonig Janáček, ymhlith eraill. Mae’n dychwelyd at gerddorfeydd Ffilharmonig Bodensee a Warsaw, Cerddorfa Symffoni Aarhus a Cherddorfa Glasurol Espinho.

Ymhlith ei lwyddiannau diweddar gwnaeth ymddangosiadau cyntaf llwyddiannus gyda Cherddorfa Gulbenkian, Cerddorfa Symffoni Hamburg, Ffilharmonig Japan yn Neuadd Suntory a cherddorfeydd Symffoni Xi’an a Guiyang yn Tsieina. Cyn hyn bu’n arwain Cerddorfa Ulster, Cerddorfa Siambr Georgia a Ffilharmonig Württemberg, ac erbyn hyn mae ganddo berthynas waith agos â phob un ohonynt. Bu hefyd yn arwain Cerddorfa Opera Oslo, Cerddorfa Symffoni Basel, Cerddorfa Opera Gothenburg a Cherddorfa Ffilharmonig Sibiu.

Ym mis Chwefror 2021 cafodd ei benodi’n Brif Arweinydd Gwadd cerddorfa Ffilharmonig Pomeranian yn Bydgoszcz. Mae ei waith gyda’r gerddorfa wedi denu sylw cerddorfeydd eraill yng Ngwlad Pwyl, gan gynnwys Cerddorfa Symffoni Radio Cenedlaethol Gwlad Pwyl a cherddorfeydd Ffilharmonig Baltig a Warsaw.

Ei brosiect diweddaraf oedd recordio holl goncerti piano Beethoven gyda Reed Tetzloff a Cherddorfa Ffilharmonig Prâg yn Rudolfinum Prâg, gwaith a gafodd ei ryddhau’n ddiweddar. Mae’n eiriolwr brwd hefyd dros gyfansoddwyr Pwylaidd a gafodd eu esgeuluso ac mae wedi gwneud sawl recordiad o’u cerddoriaeth ar gyfer Radio Gwlad Pwyl.

Cafodd Paweł Kapuła ei wersi piano cyntaf yn saith oed. Astudiodd grefft arweinydd gyda Tadeusz Strugala a Stanislaw Krawczynski yn Academi Gerdd Kraków. Cyrhaeddodd rownd derfynol ac ennill y Wobr Ragoriaeth yn y Gystadleuaeth Arwain gyntaf i Fyfyrwyr Adam Kopyciński yn Wrocław yn 2013 ac mae ganddo radd mewn cerddoleg o Brifysgol Jagielloński yn Kraków.

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