Michał Biel

Pianist and tutor Michał Biel has frequently performed in concert halls around the world including Wigmore Hall, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Berliner Philharmonie, and Carnegie and Alice Tully Halls in New York. He has also appeared in recital on the main stages of Oper Frankfurt, Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Opéra National du Rhin, Opéra National de Bordeaux, Opéra de Lille, Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia, and the Teatr Wielki – Polish National Opera in Warsaw. These performances are often alongside countertenor Jakub Józef Orliński, with whom he also has appeared at such festivals as Verbier, LIFE Victoria Barcelona, and the Pierre Cardin Festival de Lacoste.

As pianist/coach, Michał has worked with singers at the Department of Vocal Arts at the Juilliard School, the Lunenburg Academy of Music Performance, the Internationale Meistersinger Akademie, and The Chautauqua Institution School of Music. Michał has served on the chamber music faculty of the Feliks Nowowiejski Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz, and since 2020, Michał has been teaching singers and pianists at the Opera Academy at the Teatr Wielki – Polish National Opera in Warsaw.

Michał’s competition achievements include an award for Outstanding Young Pianist at the Stanisław Moniuszko International Vocal Competition, Best Young Accompanist at Le Grand Prix de l’Opéra in Bucharest, Outstanding Accompaniment at the Ludomir Różycki National Vocal Competition in Gliwice, and, along with bass Alexander Rosen, 2nd prize at the International Hugo Wolf Song Competition.

Michał and Alexander’s participation at the Orsay-Royaumont Academy culminated in the release of the Le Promenoir Des Amants, a album of collected recordings by students of the Academy. Michał later released two full albums: Kraina, an album of Polish songs with soprano Alexandra Nowakowski, and Farewells, recorded with Jakub Józef Orliński in Dolby Atmos technology (nominated for the Fryderyki award for Best Polish Album Abroad and winner of an Opus Klassik Award). Michał’s performances have also been broadcast on Medici.tv, Arte.tv, BBC Radio 3, TVP Kultura and Program 2 on Polish Radio.

Michał is a graduate of the Juilliard School in New York, where he studied with Brian Zeger, Margo Garrett, Jonathan Feldman and J.J. Penna. Prior, he studied with Eytan Pesen at the Opera Academy at the Teatr Wielki – Polish National Opera in Warsaw, and Andrzej Jasiński and Grzegorz Biegas at the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music.The 25–26 season sees the release of Michał and Jakub’s latest album, If Music…, followed shortly after by a recital tour across Europe and Asia.