Julian Gilewski

Julian Gilewski is a Polish conductor, born and based in Warsaw, Poland. In 2025, he graduated in Master Orchestral Conducting from the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw, where he studied under Professor Monika Wolińska.

In June 2024, he made his debut at the National Philharmonic Hall in Warsaw, conducting the National Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra in his diploma concert. During the 2024-25 artistic season, he was resident conductor of the Lublin Philharmonic as part of the Conductor in Residence program organized by the Polish National Institute of Music and Dance. Since the 2023-24 season, he has been collaborating with the Teatr Wielki - Polish National Opera in Warsaw as an assistant conductor of General Music Director Maestro Patrick Fournillier, working on productions such as Giuseppe Verdi's Aida and Falstaff, Charles Gounod's Romeo and Juliet, and the ballets Prometheus, Dracula, and Symphony in C.

Gilewski is the first prize winner of the fourth National Adam Kopyciński Conducting Competition (Wrocław, 2023). He has worked with many leading Polish orchestras, including National Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra in Warsaw, NFM Wrocław Philharmonic, Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Polish Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Sopot, Polish Sinfonia Iuventus Orchestra, as well as the philharmonic orchestras of Szczecin, Lublin, Kielce, Katowice. He is a recipient of scholarships from the Jerzy Semkow Foundation (2022), the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage (2023), and the Rector of the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music.