Rafał Kłoczko
Conductor, composer, arranger, music theoretician. He was educated in Gdańsk, Kraków and Vienna, where he studied under the supervision of, among others, R. Delekta, W. Michniewski, J. Przybylski, M. Guidarini, J. Kaspszyk, C. Metters. He is a laureate of prestigious programs of the Polish Institute of Music and Dance, such as "conductor-in-residence" and "composer-in-residence". He has already conducted several hundred chamber and symphonic concerts, as well as – also as music director – several opera performances; including works such as Il Trittico by G. Puccini, Cosí fan tutte by W. A. Mozart, Orfeo ed Euridice by Ch. W. Gluck or the Polish premiere of Francesca da Rimini by S. Rachmaninov.He regularly cooperates with a number of institutions in Poland and abroad, including, among others, Teatr Wielki – Opera Narodowa in Warsaw or the Cappella Gedanensis ensemble. He is particularly interested in opera, that's why he devoted his doctorate to L. Różycki's forgotten work Eros and Psyche, which he led to performance in 2015 at the Baltic Opera in Gdańsk, and two years later he prepared this work as an assistant conductor at the Teatr Wielki – Opera Narodowa in Warsaw.
He has been awarded a number of scholarships and artistic awards, including the Minister of Culture and National Heritage. He worked at the Salzburger Festspiele 2016 festival, and in 2017 he completed a conducting internship at the Vienna State Opera.
