PhD Miłosz Kula

Conductor, musicologist, teacher. A graduate of the Karol Lipiński Academy of Music in Wrocław, where he studied conducting and clarinet. Whilst pursuing his musical studies, he also completed a degree in musicology at the University of Wrocław.
He holds two doctoral degrees – an artistic doctorate in conducting (supervisor: Prof. Mirosław Jacek Błaszczyk) and a research doctorate in musicology (with distinction, supervisor: Prof. Remigiusz Pośpiech). He has completed numerous courses, training programmes and postgraduate studies run by, among others, the Wrocław University of Economics, the Polish Music Publishing House and the Fryderyk Chopin Institute. He has taken part in masterclasses under the guidance of, amongst others, Rafał J. Delekta, Jacek Kaspszyk, Colin Metters, Tadeusz Strugała and Alim Shah.

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 music 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 a co-founder and president of the Wrocław Youth Orchestra, with which he realised a number of diverse orchestral projects both in Poland and abroad.

As a chorister and orchestral musician, he has collaborated with the Wrocław Philharmonic Choir, the Senza Rigore Chamber Choir, the Sudeten Philharmonic in Wałbrzych and the ProMusica Artists’ Agency. He made his conducting debut in 2010 at the Eurochestries festival in Almería (Spain). He has had the opportunity to conduct concerts as part of the Clarimania Festival in Wrocław, the Brand New Music Festival in Katowice, the Crazy Days of Music in Warsaw, and the Stars Promote in Jelenia Góra. He has performed with philharmonic orchestras in Lublin, Zielona Góra, Kielce, Katowice, Rzeszów, Opole, Częstochowa, Olomouc (Czech Republic), Wałbrzych, San Remo, Bari (Italy), Sibiu (Romania), Białystok, 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 numerous occasions). In 2014–2015, he collaborated with the Gliwice Musical Theatre. He has performed with artists such as Piotr Milwiw-Baron, Ewa Biegas, Szczepan Kończal, Jadwiga Kotnowska, Bartosz Koziak, Paweł Kowalski, Alessandro Marangoni, Marco Misciagnia, Alina Mleczko, Jarosław Nadrzycki, Kamil Pacholec, Jadwiga Postrożna, Adam Strug, Jose Torres, Sławomira Wilga, and the ensembles Havana Dreams and Tango Attack. He is the first Polish conductor to have a concert recorded in 4K (2018).

A key focus of his work has been his collaboration, now in its several years, with young musicians – pupils at music schools in Częstochowa and Opole. This has resulted in numerous concerts and workshops involving young people.
Miłosz Kula is also involved in academic work. He took part in an ethnomusicological expedition to the Irkutsk region (Russia), researching traces of the Polish repertoire. He has delivered papers at academic conferences in Bydgoszcz, Poznań, Warsaw and Wrocław. He has led six research grants, awarded by, among others, the Institute of Music and Dance and the National Science Centre. Recently, he has begun collaborating with the Polish Music Publishing House, preparing an edition (a critical source edition) of Stanisław Moniuszko’s orchestral works.

He is currently focusing on the instrumental works of Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf and on 19th-century Polish instrumental music. He is the author of over a dozen academic and popular science publications (six of which are in English). He is actively involved in public speaking and outreach, providing commentary for concerts in Lower Silesia.

He has been associated with the Wrocław Academy of Music as a lecturer since 2015 – he currently holds the post of assistant professor. At the academy, he teaches a wide range of subjects, including historically oriented musicology, the art of conducting, and topics 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 badge ‘Meritorious for Polish Culture’ by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage, and in 2024–2025 he served as deputy director of the Lower Silesian Philharmonic in Jelenia Góra. On his initiative, at the beginning of 2025, the institution was renamed the Ludomir Różycki Philharmonic.