They begin their two-year terms later this year and will make their BSO conducting debuts during the 2027 season at the Tanglewood Music Center.
An accomplished violinist, currently based in Zurich, Switzerland, Przybycień was assistant conductor of the Barcelona Symphony Orchestra and National Orchestra of Catalonia from 2023 to 2025.
He recently conducted the Kyiv Symphony Orchestra, the European Union Youth Orchestra, and the London Symphony Orchestra.
In 2025, he received the Ernst-von-Schuch Prize, which honours the esteemed Austrian conductor Ernst Edler von Schuch.
Andris Nelsons, music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, has told the media: “The assistant conductors are an important part of our musical community here, and I’m very pleased to welcome Yiran and Jakub to our BSO family beginning this fall.
"The orchestra and I were very impressed with the high level of all the finalists at this round of auditions, where Yiran and Jakub showed an especially strong connection with the orchestra as well as mature technique. I look forward to working with them both in the coming years.”
Founded in 1881, the Boston Symphony Orchestra is the second-oldest orchestra in the United States, after the New York Philharmonic.
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