Jan Łukaszewski is one of Europe’s most accomplished choral music specialists. He is conductor and director of the Polski Chór Kameralny. He is much in-demand as a guest conductor and has cooperated with ensembles including the Polish National Radio Orchestra in Katowice, the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, the Academy of Ancient Music, and the Venice Baroque Orchestra.
His main artistic interests lie in the fields of Romantic and contemporary music, conducting a large number of premiere performances. Łukaszewski holds a doctoral degree from the Academy of Music in Kraków and he is a professor of the arts. He regularly receives invitations to hold masterclasses and seminars for choral conductors worldwide, and frequently appears on the adjudication panels of international choral competitions.
He has made many recordings for Polish Radio (over 750 works), Dutch Radio, Sender Freies Berlin, Bayerischer Rundfunk, Südwestrundfunk and Westdeutscher Rundfunk, and for Polish and German Television, as well as numerous albums. He is founder and director of the hugely popular annual International Mozart Festival ‘Mozartiana’ in Gdańsk which attracts thousands of visitors every year.