She is the first Pole to take up a top position with a French opera company. Her three-year contract begins in September.
On February 4 she will conduct the Nancy orchestra in a concert called “Dream of Destiny”, which is to be broadcast live by Radio France.
Thirty-two-year-old Gardolińska is a graduate of the Warsaw Music Academy. She currently serves as Young Conductor in Association of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra in southern England. Two years ago she made her debut with the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
On February 21, she is billed with the National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra in Katowice, southern Poland.
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