Julian Gilewski

Polish conductor, born and based in Warsaw.

In 2025, he graduated with a Master’s degree in Orchestral Conducting from the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw, where he studied under Professor Monika Wolińska. In June 2024, he made his debut at the National Philharmonic in Warsaw, conducting the National Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra in his diploma concert.

During the 2024/2025 artistic season, he was Resident Conductor of the Lublin Philharmonic as part of the “Conductor in Residence” program organized by the Polish National Institute of Music and Dance. In 2025, he was accepted into the Tanglewood Conducting Seminar (USA), one of the world’s leading programs for young conductors, working with renowned mentors such as Andris Nelsons and James Ross.

In 2026 he will come back to Tanglewood as a Conducting Fellow and have series of concerts with TMC Orchestra, sharing the stage with such artists as Andris Nelsons, Esa-Pekka Salonen.

In the 2026/2027 season Julian will make his symphonic debut with Boston Symphony Orchestra in Boston Symphony Hall during the subscription season, and with Gewandhaus Orchestra Mendelssohn Academy in Leipzig Gewandhaus.

Since the 2023/2024 season, he has been collaborating with the Teatr Wielki – Polish National Opera in Warsaw as an Assistant Conductor, working on productions such as ballet Dracula, Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi, Roméo et Juliette by Charles Gounod, and the ballet Prometheus, under the direction of Maestro Patrick Fournillier.

He has also assisted conductors including Andrey Boreyko, Jerzy Maksymiuk, Łukasz Borowicz and Daniel Raiskin.

Julian is the First Prize winner of the 4th National Adam Kopyciński Conducting Competition (Wrocław, 2023). He is one of the winners of the prestigious “Das Kritische Orchester” Competition (Berlin, 2026), organised by the Forum Dirigieren and the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler in Berlin.

So far he has worked with many leading Polish orchestras, including National Philharmonic Orchestra in Warsaw, NFM Wrocław Philharmonic, Sinfonia Varsovia, Polish Radio Orchestra in Warsaw, Silesian Opera in Bytom, Polish Chamber Philharmonic Sopot, Polish Sinfonia Iuventus Orchestra, as well as the philharmonic orchestras of Szczecin, Lublin, Kielce, Katowice, and Rzeszów.

He is a recipient of scholarships from the Jerzy Semkow Foundation (2022), the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage (2023), and the Rector of the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music. In February 2026, he was awarded the “Magna cum Laude” Medal by the Rector of the University of Music in Warsaw for being the best graduated student.