BIO
A conductor with a broad repertoire encompassing opera, ballet, and symphonic music, Marta Kluczyńska is known for her innovative interpretations and distinctive programming that seek to inspire and engage a wide audience.
Marta Kluczyńska was appointed Artistic Director of the Polish Royal Opera in Warsaw at the beginning of the 2025/26 season. From 2021, she served as Music Director of the Polish National Ballet. In September 2025, she received the prestigious Jan Kiepura Music Theatre Award in the category of “Best Conductor.”
Marta studied conducting and piano at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw. In 2019, she was selected to participate in The Dallas Opera’s Hart Institute for Women Conductors and took part in workshops organized by the European Network of Opera Academies, including at the Edinburgh Festival and the Académie Européenne du Festival d’Aix-en-Provence.
As both artistic leader and conductor, she has initiated and led performances of forgotten Polish operas at the Teatr Wielki – Polish National Opera, including Barbara Radziwiłłówna (Henryk Jarecki, 2022), Beatrix Cenci (Ludomir Różycki, 2024), and Duch Wojewody (Ludwik Grossman, 2025). Since 2018, she has also served as Music Director for the annual open-air opera performances held in front of Nieborów Palace, conducting works such as Mozart’s Don Giovanni and The Magic Flute, Żeleński’s Goplana, and Dvořák’s Rusalka.
In 2025, Marta made her debut with the Birmingham Royal Ballet and the Royal Ballet Sinfonia, conducting Prokofiev’s Cinderella. A long-standing collaborator of the Teatr Wielki – Polish National Opera, where she has conducted since the 2008/09 season, her productions have included Moniuszko’s The Haunted Manor, Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, premieres within the “Project P” series, and numerous ballets such as Harnasie, Romeo and Juliet, The Nutcracker, Giselle, and Le Corsaire. In 2024, she co-created with choreographer Anna Hop a new ballet, Pinocchio – a contemporary version of Weinberg’s The Golden Key.
Marta regularly collaborates with orchestras including Sinfonia Varsovia, the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra (NOSPR), the Wuppertal Symphony Orchestra, the Istanbul Chamber Orchestra, the Lviv Philharmonic Orchestra, the Sarajevo Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Polish Radio Philharmonic. She also appears frequently as a guest conductor with the Teatr Wielki in Poznań, the Teatr Wielki in Łódź, and the Wrocław Opera.
