Szymon Naściszewski

Szymon Naściszewski is a violinist and conductor. He graduated from the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw, where he studied violin under Jakub Jakowicz, and from the Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover in the class of Adam Kostecki. He completed his conducting studies in 2023 under Professor Łukasz Borowicz at the Krzysztof Penderecki Academy of Music in Kraków.

He is a two-time laureate of the “Conductor-in-Residence” programme of the National Institute of Music and Dance. Within this framework, he collaborated with the Polish Chamber Philharmonic Sopot (2022/23 season) and the Kraków Opera (2024/25 season), refining his craft under the artistic mentorship of Wojciech Rajski and Piotr Sułkowski. In June 2025, he won the competition for the position of Assistant Conductor at Wrocław Opera.

He gained experience as an assistant to distinguished conductors, including Łukasz Borowicz, Paul McCreesh, Christoph Eschenbach, Antonino Fogliani, Patrick Fournillier, Sascha Goetzel, José Miguel Pérez-Sierra, Wojciech Rajski, Michał Klauza, Tomasz Tokarczyk and Piotr Sułkowski. He has conducted concerts and opera performances at leading Polish music institutions, including Wrocław Opera, Silesian Opera in Bytom and Kraków Opera. He has also appeared on the stages of the Kraków Philharmonic, Poznań Philharmonic, Szczecin Philharmonic, Opole Philharmonic and the Podkarpacka Philharmonic. In addition, he has collaborated with ensembles and institutions such as the Cavatina Philharmonic Orchestra, Polish Chamber Philharmonic Sopot, Elbląg Chamber Orchestra and Tarnów Chamber Orchestra.

He represented Poland at the 11th Grzegorz Fitelberg International Conductors’ Competition in Katowice and at the International Kodály Conducting Competition in Debrecen. He has taken part in prestigious courses and projects, including the NOSPR Masterclass led by Marin Alsop and the Royal Opera Festival. In October 2025, he assisted Christoph Eschenbach during the final concert of the Wratislavia Cantans Festival, featuring Act III of Parsifal by Richard Wagner, in collaboration with René Pape, Nikolai Schukoff, Tomasz Konieczny, the NFM Wrocław Philharmonic and the Kaunas State Choir.

His repertoire encompasses a broad spectrum of works, ranging from Baroque music to contemporary compositions. In 2023, he conducted the world premiere of Vivat Pro Sinfonika! by Krzysztof Meyer, commissioned by the Poznań Philharmonic on the occasion of the 55th anniversary of Pro Sinfonika.

Throughout his artistic career, he has collaborated with outstanding soloists, chamber musicians and stage directors, including Piotr Beczała, Joyce DiDonato, Yoav Levanon, Jakub Jakowicz, Michał Znaniecki, Mariusz Treliński, Jochen Schönleber, Zygmunt Krauze and Krzysztof Meyer. He made his debut in the opera pit conducting Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart at the Silesian Opera in Bytom. As an opera and ballet conductor, he has also led Don Quichotte by Jules Massenet, Bona Sforza by Zygmunt Krauze, the ballet Pan Twardowski by Ludomir Różycki, as well as the musical Fiddler on the Roof.

An important point of reference in his conducting work remains his experience as a violinist – as a soloist, concertmaster, chamber musician and orchestral player – which shapes his sensitivity to sound, his sense of musical narrative and his natural dialogue with the ensemble.