About
Michal Juraszek is a conductor active in symphonic and operatic repertoire at leading European institutions. He serves as Principal Conductor of the Vienna Ensemble and Head of Music at the opera festival OPER BURG GARS. In parallel, he is regularly involved in large-scale film music projects at the renowned recording studio Vienna Synchron Stage.
Juraszek has collaborated with major orchestras across Europe, including, among others, the ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Danish National Symphony Orchestra, NFM Wrocław Philharmonic, Opéra national de Lorraine Orchestra, and Orchestra Giovanile Italiana. He has also served as assistant conductor on an international concert tour with Anna Netrebko and Yusif Eyvazov.
In Vienna, he regularly conducts monumental works of the symphonic repertoire, including Verdi’s Requiem, Brahms’ Ein deutsches Requiem, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, and symphonies by Mahler, appearing at the Vienna Musikverein and the Konzerthaus.
He graduated with distinction from the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna and received the Appreciation Prize of the University President for outstanding artistic achievement.
Further artistic formation includes advanced conducting studies with Daniele Gatti at the Accademia Musicale Chigiana, while his musical outlook has been shaped by orchestral experience as a violinist and by collaborations with Nicolaus Harnoncourt at the Theater an der Wien.