Marzena Diakun
Conductor
Conductor
Biography
The Polish conductor Marzena Diakun impresses with her immense temperament, her confidence, energy and the detailed power of her baton. 2nd Prize winner of two major international conducting competitions (Prague Spring Competition 2007 and Fitelberg Conducting Competition 2012), she focuses on orchestral and choral works by Beethoven, Brahms, Bruckner, Mahler, Rachmaninov, Scriabin and Shostakovich, as well as her country´s greatest composers – Penderecki, Lutosławski, Karlowicz and Szymanowski. Sought after for her interpretations of the French and Bohemian masters, her performances are described as remarkably balanced, finely nuanced, and deeply felt, knowing how to obtain density, expressiveness, and surprising details from an orchestra.
The season 2024/25 will see her return to orchestras such as the Komische Oper Berlin, the Warsaw Philharmonic and the Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern and initiate new relationships with others like NDR-Sinfonieorchester Hannover, the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and Atlanta Symphony Orchestra.
Her latest recording of Brahms’ works for choir and orchestra (Label IBS) with Orquesta y Coro Comunidad de Madrid, where she was Artistic Director and Principal Chief Conductor until the summer of 2024, has been praised by the press.
The new relationship with Ensemble Intercontemporain is the culmination of two decades of premiering and performing new works by numerous Spanish, Dutch, Austrian and Polish composers. Her recording, “Polish Heroines of Music” (Label PWM) is an exemplary model of this commitment.
Herself a teacher and a mentor at the Music Academy in Wrocław, she looks back on inspiration and support from great conductors such as Kurt Masur, Pierre Boulez and Marin Alsop.
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