Wojciech Prokopowicz

Wojciech Prokopowicz z puzonem

He began his trombone studies in 2000 at the Primary and Secondary Music School in Szczecinek in the class of Rafał Mizdalski, M.A. In 2009, he continued his studies at the Primary and Secondary State Music School in Bielsko-Biała under the supervision of Professor Zdzisław Stolarczyk. In 2013, he began his studies at the Academy of Music in Kraków in the trombone class of Professor Zdzisław Stolarczyk. In 2015, he continued his studies at the Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien in Hanover in the class of Professor Jonas Bylund, initially on an ERASMUS scholarship and later for his master's degree, from which he graduated with distinction. In 2019, he began postgraduate studies in the Soloklasse program.

From 2019 to 2021, he worked at the Aarhus Symphony Orchestra in Denmark, and since 2020, he has been working at the Sächsische Bläserphilharmonie in Leipzig, Germany. Since 2023, he has organized the international trombone festival "Żywieckie Suwakowanie," which has been held in Żywiec for over 20 years. He has won numerous national and international competitions and has participated in numerous master classes in Poland and abroad, led by leading musicians from around the world. He has had the opportunity to work with numerous prestigious orchestras, including the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, the MDR Sinfonieorchester Leipzig, the Danish National Symphony Orchestra, the Krakow Philharmonic, the NDR Radiophilharmonie Hannover, the Krakow Opera, the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra in Katowice, the Netherlands Symphony Orchestra, the Göttingen Symphony Orchestra, the Theater Gera-Altenburg, and the Norddeutsche Philharmonie Rostock.

In 2007, he received a scholarship from the Mayor of Szczecinek, and in 2011 and 2012, he was awarded a scholarship from the Minister of Culture and National Heritage. In 2012, he also received a scholarship from the "Young Poland" Program of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage.

He is currently honing his skills at the Doctoral School at the Academy of Music in Wrocław under the supervision of Professor Tomasz Hajda.