Jacek Burzyk - NOSPR

Double bass player. He began his musical education at the W. Kilar ZPSM in Katowice, where he studied double bass in the class of Aleksander Mazanek, and Łukasz Bebłot. Currently, since October 1, 2021, he is a student at the K. Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice, in the double bass class of prof. Jan Kotula.

Recently, he received the scholarship of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage for his remarkable musical achievements for the academic year 2024/2025. He was twice awarded a scholarship from the Rector of the K. Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice (for the academic years 2024/25 and 2022/23). He was a laureate of the Scholarship Programme of the Minister of Culture, National Heritage and Sport "Młoda Polska" (Young Poland) for the year 2021. He also received the scholarship of the Minister of Culture, National Heritage and Sport for his outstanding musical achievements in the school year 2020/2021. He was twice awarded the prize of the Mayor of Katowice for exceptionally talented students of Katowice art schools (in 2020 and 2019).

During the 2022/2023 artistic season he was a member of the NOSPR (Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra) Academy programme. Then, he was regularly invited to play as a substitute in the 2023/2024 NOSPR artistic season. While studying, he was also a principal double bassist of the Karol Szymanowski Academic Symphony Orchestra. Currently, from January 2025 he is temporarily employed as a part-time tutti double bassist at NOSPR.

He was a semifinalist at the D. Dragonetti International Double Bass Competition in Venice (Italy, 2024). He was awarded many prizes, including 2nd place at the F. Černy and J. Geissel International Double Bass Competition in Holice (Czech Republic, 2023), 3rd place together with a special prize at the K. D. von Dittersdorf International Double Bass Competition in Košice (Slovakia, 2022), 1st place with distinction and special prize of the Marshal of the Pomeranian Voivodeship at the 7th National Double Bass Competition of Music Schools of the 1st and 2nd degree "Gradus ad Parnassum" in Starogard Gdański (Poland, 2020).

Furthermore, his performances were awarded at competitions in Bielsko-Biała, Elbląg, Gdańsk, Katowice, Mielec and Warszawa. He has participated in master classes given by well-known double bassists such as: Petru Iuga (Staatliche Musikhochschule und Darstellende Kunst in Mannheim), Hermann Wömmel-Stützer (principal double bassist of the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin), Bogusław Furtok (solo-double bassist of the hr-Sinfonieorchester - Frankfurt Radio Symphony), Krzysztof Firlus (solo-double bassist of NOSPR), Marek Romanowski (NOSPR), Ulla Ryman (Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra).

As a soloist, he has performed with ensembles such as the B. Huberman Częstochowa Philharmonic Orchestra, Český akademický orchestr, Nanovo ensemble, and the Student Chamber Orchestra of the K. Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice.

As an orchestra musician, he developed his skills and knowledge in projects such as: Penderecki Youth Orchestra (inauguration concert with Yamen Saadi, concertmaster of theVienna State Opera and Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra), Polska Orkiestra Młodzieżowa LYO in 2019 and the Lusławice Talent Orchestra (2015 - 2016).