Paweł Kukliński

He graduated with honors from the Music High School in Koszalin in the class of mgr Małgorzata Kobierska and the Music Academy in Gdańsk in the class of prof. Mirosława Pawlak. He is a laureate of, among others, the International Chamber Music Competition named after J. Brahms in Gdańsk in 1997. He participated in many music courses, where he improved his skills, among others, with W. Wiłkomirską, E. Zienkowskiego, H. Meyera, W. Boetchera, M. Mosia. He was a scholarship holder of the Minister of Culture and Art. As a soloist and chamber musician, he took part in many music festivals: Talent Festival Tarnów 1997, Higher Music Schools Festival Hamburg 1998, Tenby Arts Festival (Wales) 1998, Culture Festival in Tehran, Music Festivals in Plovdiv and Stara Zagora, Helgoland, Rome, Paris, Barcelona, Mallorca, Helsinki, Odessa, Dubrovnik.

As a soloist, he performed with many orchestras, performing works by Bach, Vivaldi, Mozart, Bruch, Mendelssohn, Wieniawski, Lalo, Sibelius, Górecki, Frołow, Porta. He participated in numerous artistic projects in the country and abroad, often as a soloist and concertmaster, including: Polish Culture Week-Sweden, the Opentaniec show to the music of A. Sztaba, Sopot Festival, Top-Trendy Festival.

He performed as a soloist and chamber musician at concerts and music festivals in Denmark, Lithuania, Latvia, Ukraine, Germany, England, the Netherlands, Belgium, Russia, Finland, Croatia, Bulgaria, Moldova, Iran, Canada, the USA, the Czech Republic, Sweden, France, Spain. For over 10 years, he has been performing as a member of the Gdańsk Trio alongside professors of the Academy of Music in Gdańsk: A. Prabucka-Firlej and K. Sperski.

Since 1997, he has been associated with the Academy of Music in Gdańsk, working as an Assistant Professor in the string department and chamber music. He regularly participates in the jury of solo and chamber competitions. As a doctor of arts, he has conducted courses at music universities in Vilnius, Chișinău, and Barcelona.
Since 2008, he has been the concertmaster of the Elbląg Chamber Orchestra. In 2010, he served as the general and artistic director of the EOK. He is currently the artistic director of the EOK.