prof. dr hab. Jan Jakub Bokun

Wrocław clarinettist and conductor, president of the Polish branch of the International Clarinet Association, originator and artistic director of the Clarimania festival, founder and conductor of the Inter>CAMERATA chamber orchestra.

He studied clarinet at the Karol Lipiński Academy of Music in Wrocław and in Paris with Prof. Guy Dangain, and conducted at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.

He is a laureate of competitions in Wrocław, Włoszakowice, Białystok, Enschede and Mt. Pleasant. He has been awarded the Polish Culture Foundation Prize, a scholarship from the Minister of Culture and Art, the Jan Adolf Górecki Scholarship and a scholarship from the French Government.

He has performed in most European countries, the USA, Chile, Argentina, the United Arab Emirates, Mexico, China and Japan. He has represented Poland six times at the Clarinetfest World Congress. As a clarinettist and conductor, he has recorded 15 albums.

He has been professionally associated with his alma mater, the Karol Lipiński Academy of Music in Wrocław, since 2012 as a professor.