PhD Miłosz Kula

Conductor, musicologist, teacher. He graduated from the Karol Lipiński Academy of Music in Wrocław, where he studied conducting and clarinet. While pursuing his music studies, he also completed a degree in musicology at the University of Wrocław. He is currently employed as an assistant professor at the Academy of Music in Wrocław.

He holds two doctorates – one in conducting (since September 2017, supervisor: Prof. Mirosław Jacek Błaszczyk) and one in musicology (with honours, since November 2021, supervisor: Prof. Remigiusz Pośpiech). He is a graduate of Postgraduate Studies in Management of Cultural Institutions at the University of Economics in Wrocław. He also participated in the Ministry of Science and Higher Education's ‘Masters of Teaching’ project and in a seminar and workshop on music editing organised by PWM and NIFC. He has participated in masterclasses under the guidance of Rafał J. Delekta, Jacek Kaspszyk, Colin Metters, Tadeusz Strugała and Alim Shakh, among others.

He is the winner of the Rev. Prof. Hieronim Feicht Award for 2022, presented by the Musicologists' Section of the Polish Composers' Union. He has also received awards and distinctions at chamber ensemble competitions in Szczecin, Jawor and Wrocław. He is a semi-finalist of the 1st Adam Kopyciński National Competition for Conducting Students in Wrocław. He was co-founder and president of the Wrocław Youth Orchestra, with which he has realised a number of diverse orchestral projects in Poland and abroad.

He was a chorister with the Wrocław Philharmonic Choir and, as a chorister and orchestral musician, he collaborated with the Senza Rigore Chamber Choir, the Sudeten Philharmonic in Wałbrzych and the ProMusica Artistic Agency. He has given concerts in the Czech Republic, France, Spain, Germany, Russia and Switzerland. He made his debut as a conductor at the Eurochestries festival in 2010 in Almeria (Spain). He has conducted concerts as part of the Clarimania Festival in Wrocław, the Brand New Music Festival in Katowice and the Crazy Days of Music in Warsaw. He has performed with philharmonic orchestras in Lublin, Zielona Góra, Kielce, Katowice, Rzeszów, Opole, Częstochowa, Olomouc (Czech Republic), Wałbrzych, Capella Bydgostiensis, Berlin Sinfonietta, the Polish Sinfonia Iuventus Orchestra, the Toruń Symphony Orchestra, the Sound Factory Orchestra and the Silesian Philharmonic Choir in Katowice (with most of them on multiple occasions). In 2014-2015, he collaborated with the Gliwice Music Theatre. He has performed with artists such as Ewa Biegas, Szczepan Kończal, Jadwiga Kotnowska, Bartosz Koziak, Paweł Kowalski, Alina Mleczko, Kamil Pacholec, Jadwiga Postrożna, Adam Strug, Jose Torres, Sławomira Wilga, and the bands Havana Dreams and Tango Attack. He is the first Polish conductor whose concert was recorded in 4K (2018).

An important area of his activity is his long-standing collaboration with the youngest musicians – students of music schools in Częstochowa and Opole. This has resulted in numerous concerts and workshops with young people.

Miłosz Kula is also involved in academic activities. He participated in an ethnomusicological expedition to the Irkutsk region (Russia), researching traces of the Polish repertoire. He has given papers at academic conferences in Bydgoszcz, Poznań, Warsaw and Wrocław. He has managed six research grants, awarded by, among others, the Institute of Music and Dance and the National Science Centre. Recently, he has started working with the Polish Music Publishing House, preparing a volume (source-critical edition) of Stanisław Moniuszko's orchestral works.

He currently focuses on the instrumental works of Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf and 19th-century Polish instrumental music. He is the author of several academic and popular science publications (four of which are in English). He is an active lecturer and populariser, providing commentary for concerts at music festivals in Lower Silesia.

He has been associated with the Academy of Music in Wrocław as a teacher since 2015. At this institution, he teaches a wide range of subjects, including historically oriented musicology, conducting and issues supporting musical activity. He has also been associated with the University of Wrocław and the Marcin Józef Żebrowski Music School Complex in Częstochowa.

In October 2022, he was awarded the honorary title of Meritorious for Polish Culture by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage, and in February 2024, he was appointed deputy director of the Lower Silesian Philharmonic in Jelenia Góra.