Rafał Janiak
Composer, conductor and educator. He completed composition with honours
in the class of Prof. Stanislaw Moryto (2010) and he graduated in the field
of symphonic and opera conducting (also diploma with honours) in the class
of Prof. Antoni Wit (2011) at the Frederic Chopin University of Music in Warsaw.
In 2016 he got doctorate and in 2020 habilitation.
Among his achievements are many awards won in various music competitions.
He is the winner of the 1st award in the competition in the John Paul II
1st Composers’ Competition in Warsaw (2007), the 3rd award in the 4th International Composers’Competition “Musica Sacra” in Czestochowa (2008) and a distinction
in the Tadeusz Baird All-Poland Competition for Young Composers in Warsaw (2010). He is a winner of Opera composing competition organizing by Great Theatre in Lodz, in which chairman of the jury was Krzysztof Penderecki (2017). His opera Człowiek z Manufaktury was performed in February 2019 with a great success.
His compositions were played by such great orchestras as Warsaw Philharmonic, National Radio Symphony Orchestra in Katowice, Krakow Philharmonic, Polish Chamber Orchestra Sopot and many others.
As a conductor he is regularly invited by main polish orchestras including Warsaw Philharmonic, National Polish Radio Orchestra in Katowice, Krakow Philharmonic, Silesian Philharmonic, Polish Radio Orchestra, Sinfonia Juventus, Lodz Philharmonic, Baltic Philharmonic, Polish Chamber Orchestra Sopot and many others. He conducts regularly opera performances cooperating with Great Theatre
in Warsaw, Lodz, Baltic Opera and Warsaw Chamber Opera.
He was assistant conductor in National Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra to Antoni Wit (2012/13) and Jacek Kaspszyk (2013/14).
From 2017 Rafal Janiak is an artistic director of Chopin University Chamber Orchestra. From many achievements of this young ensemble is worth to mention orchestra tour in China, on which they play under his baton over 20 concerts (July 2019), several published CDs, which the last is nominated to “Fryderyki 2021” award.
Currently he is a lecturer at the Frederic Chopin University of Music in Warsaw, on which from 2020 he hold a position of dean of Symphonic and Operatic Conducting department.