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Mikolaj Konopelski - cello

He was born in Katowice (Poland) in 1985. Since the 2019-2020 academic year, he has been an adjunct professor at the Aline Friel-Destezet Cello Chair at the Reina Sofia School of Music, in the class of Professor Ivan Monighetti.

He studied at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw, Poland, where he received the Magna Cum Laude Diploma as best student (2009). He completed his training at the Reina Sofía School of Music (2007-2011), in the Cello Department with Professor Natalia Shakhovskaya, where he received the Diploma for most outstanding student from Her Majesty Queen Sofia.

Since 2009, he has been a professor at the Madrid Symphony Orchestra, the Teatro Real's principal orchestra, a position he combines with an active career as a concert artist. His repertoire ranges from Renaissance to contemporary music.

He has recorded for Televisión Española, RNE Radio Clásica, Bayerischer Rundfunk, Catalunya Radio, and Polish Radio. He has received numerous awards at national and international competitions, including the Lutoslawski International Competition (Poland), the Penderecki Music Competition in Krakow (Poland), Jeunesses Musicales in Belgrade (Serbia), Joventudes Musicales in Bilbao, Joventudes Musicales in Manresa, the International Chamber Music Competition in Thessaloniki (Greece), the National Cello Competition in Elblag (Poland), the Dotzauer Cello Competition in Dresden (Germany), the Popper Cello Competition in Varpalota (Hungary), and the Wilkomirski Cello Competition in Poznan (Poland).

He has performed as a soloist with European orchestras, highlighting his performance of György Ligeti's Cello Concerto and Orchestra at the National Auditorium in Madrid.

He was the leader of the cello section of the IJOA in Bayreuth, Germany, for three seasons. He was a soloist with the group "Cellonet" (2007–2012) and the Octeto Ibérico (2009–2010). Since 2014, he has been a soloist with the Plural Ensemble.

He is frequently invited to give cello masterclasses both in Spain and abroad. His students have won awards in national and international competitions.

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