Tadeusz Wicherek - General and Artistic Director

In 1986 he became the prise-winner of “The 3rd Grzegorz Fitelberg International Competition For Conductors” in Katowice.

In the years 1984-1989 he was the assistant conductor of The Great Theatre – Polish National Opera in Warsaw and concurrently - the lecturer in The Fryderyk Chopin Academy of Music. He conducted the Symphony Orchestra and the Opera Ensembles of the Academy.

In 1989 he executed the J. Haydn Opera “Die Welt auf dem Monde” and the musical “Hilfe die Hermanns Kommen” in Hamburg with his very own music.

He is the musical author to several theatre plays.

Since 1990 he has been conducting The Warsaw Chamber Opera with which he was participating in preparation and performance of all W. A. Mozart's stage works.

From 1991 to 1995 he was The Artistic Director of The Lower Silesia Philharmonic.
In addition, in the years 1999-2005 – The General and Artistic Director of The Kalisz Philharmonic.

Since 1990 he has been a conductor. Since 2007 – The Director of The Warsaw Symphony Orchestra, known by its television program “With Baton and Humour” with which he has performed many concerts, mainly in Germany.

Tadeusz Wicherek has performed active concert work in Poland, Europe, Asia, Northern and Central America.

He has made many archive recordings for Polish Radio and Television and what is more, film scores. He recorded many CDs in Poland, Germany and Finland.

He took part in many international festivals, for instance: “The Mozart Festival” in Warsaw, Vienna, The Netherlands and Spain; “Wratislavia Cantans”; “Warsaw Autumn” and “Carintischer Sommer Festival” in Austria.

He is the founder of “The International Percussion Music Festival” in Kalisz.
Together with The Great Theatre in Poznan he called into existence The Kalisz Opera Stage, where he conducted “The Magic Flute”, “Madama Butterfly”, “Fidelio”, “Rigoletto”, “The Gypsy Baron” and “Phantoms” by Stanislaw Moniuszko.

Since March 2007 he has been The General and Artistic Director of The Symphony Orchestra of Karol Namyslowski in Zamosc.

He has also been The Artistic Director of “The Zamosc Culture Festival of Marek Grechuta” and “The Italian Culture Festival: Arte Cultura Musica e…” in Zamosc.

Furthermore, Tadeusz Wicherek directs. In December 2007 he executed “The Haunted Manor” by Stanislaw Moniuszko in Zamosc (musical management and direction).

He constantly cooperates with The Great Theatre, The Polish National Opera in Warsaw – the most recent premiere "In the Land of The Magic Flute"