Performers

Artistic director and conductor of the Jan Szyrocki Academic Choir at Szczecin’s West Pomeranian University of Technology. He graduated in choral conducting from Jan Szyrocki’s class at the Szczecin branch of Poznań’s Academy of Music as well as in orchestra and opera conducting from Antoni Wit’s class at the Chopin Academy (now – University) of Music in Warsaw. He has conducted numerous ensembles in Poland, including the Sinfonia Varsovia, the philharmonic symphony orchestras in Szczecin and Kielce (Świętokrzyska Philharmonic), the Polish Radio Choir. In 2006 he became the artistic director and conductor of the Academic Choir at Szczecin Technical University (now the West Pomeranian University of Technology).

With this choir he has toured throughout Europe and in South America, winning two 1st prizes in the Trnava International Choir Competition (Slovakia, 2007) as well as the Grand Prix and award for the best conductor at the ‘Rybnik Choral Autumn’ International Festival and the CHAPS National Choral Competition in Szamotuły (2008). Wyrzykowski has conducted numerous world premieres of works by Polish contemporary composers. His accolades include the Silver Cross of Merit from the President of Poland, the Decoration of Honour ‘Meritorious for Polish Culture’ from the Minister of Culture and National Heritage, and the Silver Gryphon Badge of Honour from the West Pomeranian Provincial Government.