Performer · flute
Łukasz Długosz
9 performances · 3 editions
Performances
Biography
Łukasz Długosz is regarded by critics as one of the most outstanding flautists. He is also the most highly decorated Polish flautist in history.
He is a graduate of the soloist programme at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Munich and of postgraduate studies at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse in Paris and at Yale University in New Haven.
He has won all national flute competitions and has been awarded top prizes at over a dozen international competitions, including such prestigious events as: the 8th Jean Pierre Rampal International Flute Competition in Paris, the 3rd Carl Nielsen International Flute Competition in Odense, the 1st Theobald Böhm International Flute Competition in Munich, and the 5th Leonardo de Lorenzo International Flute Competition in Viggiano.
He performs as a soloist and chamber musician both at home and abroad. He collaborates with many renowned orchestras. As a soloist, he has performed at venues including the Musikverein’s Goldener Saal and the Konzerthaus in Vienna, the Konzerthaus in Berlin, the Gasteig’s Carl Orff Saal and the Herkulessaal in Munich. He has performed under the baton of such conductors as Zubin Mehta, James Levine, Mariss Jansons, Jerzy Maksymiuk and Jacek Kaspszyk. He is frequently invited to perform Krzysztof Penderecki’s Flute Concerto under the composer’s own baton.
In 2010, Łukasz Długosz made his recording debut with the London Symphony Orchestra, with whom he recorded an album featuring Michael Colin’s flute concerto. The artist has made numerous archive, radio and television recordings both at home and abroad. His many recordings have been highly acclaimed by Polish and European critics, and he has received a number of recording awards, including the International Classical Music Award (ICMA).
His concerts have been broadcast on numerous occasions by leading radio stations such as BBC Radio 3, NDR, SWR, BR4, Deutschland Radio Kultur, Polskie Radio 2, Radio France and RMF Classic.
He has premiered a number of works by Polish and international composers, including Enjott Schneider, Paweł Mykietyn, Grażyna Pstrokońska-Nawratil, Piotr Moss, Michael Colin and many others. These have been realised in collaboration with numerous institutions and festivals. Thanks to the artist’s active career spanning over a decade, nearly 60 new works have been created, ranging from concertos for flute and two flutes, through chamber music, to solo works, written by almost 40 composers. To enable Polish and international flautists to discover this repertoire, Łukasz Długosz has been running the Flautoforte project since 2019, which involves recording commissioned compositions and making them available free of charge online, alongside interviews with the composers, demonstrations of contemporary performance techniques and sheet music publications.
He serves as a juror at national and international flute competitions. He leads masterclasses around the world. He represents Poland at numerous international flute conventions.
Łukasz Długosz has been nominated twice for the Polityka Passports, the Fryderyk Awards and the TVP Kultura Culture Guarantees. For his artistic achievements, he has received a number of prestigious awards and scholarships, including: the Gasteig Musikpreis, the Minister of Culture and National Heritage Award, the Zeit-Preis and the Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben.
The Executive Board of the Association of Polish Musicians awarded the artist the 2016 Orpheus statuette for outstanding artistic achievements in the field of flute performance, including works by Polish composers.
For his outstanding cultural activities and the promotion of Polish culture, Łukasz Długosz was awarded the Gloria Artis Medal for Merit to Culture.
Source: www.lukaszdlugosz.pl · Photo: D. Bodnar (2018)
