Joanna Natalia Ślusarczyk
Polish conductor, winner of many awards at the International Conducting Competitions: Second Prize at “La Maestra Competition 2022” in Paris; Second Prize in the International Conducting Competition “Jeunesses Musicales Bucharest” in Romania (2018), Third Prize at the “First European Union International Conducting Competition” in Sofia, Bulgaria (2018), First Prize at the “London Classical Soloists Conducting Competition” in London, Great Britain.
She is the winner of two Special Prizes of La Maestra Competition: “European Concert Hall Organization - Echo Prize” and “French Concert Halls and Orchestras Commitee Prize”. She was also awarded a Special Mention at ”The BMW International Conducting Masterclass and Competition” in Portugal (2018).
In November 2023, Joanna Natalia Ślusarczyk received the award for “Best Polish Conductor” during „The 11th Grzegorz Fitelberg International Competition for Conductors” in Katowice, Poland.
In April 2019 she won the international audition and was selected to the Mentoring Program with Peter Eötvös for 2020/2021, organised by Peter Eötvös Contemporary Music Foundation in Budapest, Hungary.
In August 2019 she was chosen by maestro Daniele Gatti to receive the Main Prize of Rotary Club Siena during Accademia Musicale Chigiana Festival in Italy. In 2022, she was selected to participate in the “Taki Alsop Conducting Fellowship Mentoring Program” and in the “La Maestra Academy 2022-2024”.
In the 2018-2019 season Joanna was a Conductor-in-Residence at the Silesian Philharmonic in Katowice, Poland. In April 2019 she got the Main Prize of the Krakow county for outstanding artistic achievements
Majoring in Symphonic and Opera Conducting in the class of maestro Mirosław Jacek Błaszczyk, graduated with honors from the Academy of Music in Katowice. She also graduated with honors from the Academy of Music in Krakow.
Joanna Natalia Ślusarczyk has conducted in the United States, France, Norway, Poland, Great Britain, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Portugal, Israel, Iceland, Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania, Russia and Ukraine.
She has worked with such orchestras as: the Orchestre de Paris, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, Gulbenkian Orchestra, Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, Opéra de Tours, Orchestre National de Metz, Orchestre National de Cannes, Orchestre National de Lille, Orchestre Pasdeloup, Paris Mozart Orchestra, Pannon Philharmonic, Bucharest Philharmonic Orchestra, Chorakademie and Orchesterakademie des WDR Köln, Moldova Philharmonic Iasi, London Classical Soloists Orchestra, Operaens Sinfonietta, Danubia Orchestra Óbuda, Pazardzik Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Giovanile Italiana, Orquestra Clássica do Sul, Orquestra da Costa Atlantica, Krakow Philharmonic, Silesian Philharmonic, Polish Baltic Philharmonic, Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic, Świętokrzyska Philharmonic, Zielona Góra Philharmonic, Sudecka Philharmonic, Toruń Symphonic Orchestra, Płock Symphony Orchestra.
She has worked as assistant conductor of Manfred Honeck in Paris, Nathalie Stutzmann in Toulouse and Paris, François-Xavier Roth in Cologne and Thierry Fischer in Valladolid (Spain).
In the years 2009-2019 Joanna Natalia Ślusarczyk was the artistic director and main conductor of the Małopolska Chamber Orchestra and the conductor of Cracow Youth Chamber Orchestra, with whom she did several international tournées and recorded the album ”Seeking Inspiration – Polish Music. Chopin – Lutosławski – Górecki – Kilar”.
She is a finalist of International Conducting Masterclasses, led by maestro Tadeusz Strugała (2012), Gabriel Chmura (2013) and Jacek Kaspszyk (2013). She was also selected to the International Conducting Masterclasses led by maestro Colin Metters in London, Achim Holub in London, and Luis Clemente in Portugal.
For her artistic achievements she received scholarships from the Minister of Culture and National Heritage, the Royal Capital City of Krakow, and the Malopolska Scholarship Foundation Sapere Auso.