Łukasz Długosz

Łukasz Długosz


"One of the most outstanding flutists of his generation". He have finished Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Munich (Germany) in a class of world´s renowned flutist prof. Andras Adorjan. Presently student of a master class at the Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse in Paris in prof. Pierre-Yves Artaud class.

Laureate of every nationwide Polish flute competitions e.g. in Warsaw, Olsztyn, Sieradz, Szczecinek, Poznań, Wrocław, Kielce and 15 prestigious International Competitions e.g. Munich (Germany) in 2006, "Carl Nielsen" Odense (Denmark) in 2006, "Leonardo De Lorenzo" Viggiano (Italy) in 2005 - the biggest success in the Polish flute history.

He performs as a soloist and a chamber musician in Poland and abroad in USA, Japan, Germany, UK, Austria, Romania, Ireland, Italy, Spain, Portugal. He cooperates with many renowned European orchestras. He played under the baton of such prominent artists as Zubin Mehta, James Levin, Mariss Jansons, Helmuth Rilling.

The artist have made many recordings: archive, radio, TV and CD in the country and abroad, which were highly praised by Polish and European critics. He accomplished his skills at many master courses such as under James Galway, Peter-Lukas Graf, Aurela Nicoleta. Member of the jury of international flute competitions. Leads master courses in Poland, Italy and Romania.

For an outstanding achievements he received many prestigious awards: Zeit-Preis 2005 (Munich), Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben (Germany), Rosenberg-Stiftung (Germany), Otto Chelius-Stiftung (Germany), Minister for Culture Award, Jolanta and Aleksander Kwaśniewski Award.

Polish National Bank financed a TV film about the artist that was shown in TVP1 i TV Polonia.