Krzysztof Urbanski was born in 1982 in Pabianice, Poland.

He is currently assistant to Maestro Antoni Wit at the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra.

In 2007 he graduated conducting from the Chopin Music Academy in Warsaw with Prof. Antoni Wit. He also improved his skills participating in Kurt Masur conducting masterclasses.

Krzysztof Urbanski participated in two conducting competitions: the 4th Witold Lutoslawski International Competition for Young Conductors in 2006 (2nd prize and special prize for the greatest artistic personality) and the Prague Spring International Music Competition during 62nd International Music Festival Prague Spring (1st prize).

He has been cooperating with the major Polish symphony orchestras, such as Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra and Sinfonia Varsovia as well as with foreign ones like Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra, Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra and Prague Symphony Orchestra FOK. He took part in international music festivals like Prague Spring and Warsaw Autumn.

Urbanski received invitations from such orchestras like Radio Symphony Orchestra SWR Stuttgart and NDR Hamburg, Tokyo, Osaka, Aarhus, Bergen, Liverpool, Toulouse and Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra.

His hobby is composing. His “Small Christmas Symphony” received a honorable mention in Grzegorz Fitelberg Competition for Composers.




„Take a good look at him. He is a man on the eve of celebrity.” That’s what the impresario Serge Diaghilev told Tamara Karsavina, dancing the title role in a ballet “The Firebird”. He was speaking about composer Igor Stravinsky. But his words would apply equally well to Krzysztof Urbanski, who conducted Stravinsky’s ballet during Prague Spring International Conducting Competition in May. He came out on top with this performance.
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