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Compere

KONRAD MIELNIK

Producer and music journalist, Artistic Director of the Regional Broadcast Station of the Polish Radio in Gdańsk – Radio Gdańsk S.A., originator and director of the Gdańsk Music Festival. Graduate of the Academy of Music in Gdańsk in the piano class of Prof. Zbigniew Śliwiński. He also completed postgraduate studies at the Warsaw School of Economics. Prizewinner and currently also juror of international radio competitions, e.g. the Shanghai International Radio Music Festival or the Deutsche Welle World Music Award. 

In addition to his radio activities and his constant co-operation with other media and organizers of the most important artistic events in Poland, he is also involved in the animation of culture in the region, for which he has been recognized with, among others, an award of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage, the Pomeranian Artistic Award (twice), the “Splendor Gedanensis” award and the Mściwój Medal. 

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CONRADO MORENO

Announcer, media and television personality, actor, journalist and TV presenter. He was born in Spain and spent his childhood there. When he was 12, he moved with his family to Poland. He gained recognition thanks to the Europa da się lubić tv show. Participant of many entertainment programmes. He has been one of the hosts of the LOTTO draw for years.

Author of the book Mój Madryt. He developed his passion for writing as editor-in-chief of the Face and Look magazine. Currently, he works with Radio dla Ciebie, where he hosts his own programmes, i.e. Życie jak w Madrycie and Przychodnia 

As an announcer, he uses the experience gained over the years. He willingly takes up new challenges and hosts various types of events: conferences, galas, fashion shows, concerts or beauty contests. 

 

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CEZARY NELKOWSKI

Deputy director of the Pomeranian Philharmonic, musicologist, graduate of the A. Mickiewicz University in Poznań; he also completed postgraduate studies in Culture Management. Associated with the Philharmonic since 1991. He has co-operated with the PR and TV Radio Station in Bydgoszcz (currently Radio PiK); since 2012, he has been lecturing at the Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz. Director of the 5th International Paderewski Piano Competition and of the International Percussion Workshops in Bydgoszcz. He has numerous publications to his credit; he has translated, among others, A New Dictionary of Music by A. Jacobs. Editor of series of scientific publicationsActa Musicologica (together with Prof. dr hab. Irena Poniatowska) and Acta Slavica (together with Prof. dr hab. Adam Bezwiński) and of CD albums (the recent Capella Bydgostiensis album with works by G. Bacewicz recorded for the NAXOS label won a Fryderyk). He has received many awards and distinctions in the field of creation and dissemination of musical culture: 1994 – Award of the Bydgoszcz Voivode; 1996 – for active and creative activities as part of the celebration of the 650th anniversary of Bydgoszcz, honoured by the Mayor of Bydgoszcz with the Medal on the 650th anniversary of granting Bydgoszcz city rights; 1998 – Award of the Mayor of the City; 2000 – Award of the Marshal of the Kujawsko-Pomorskie Voivodeship; 2001 – for active and creative activities as part of the Year of I. J. Paderewski, honoured with an Award of the Marshal of the Voivodeship; 2003 – awarded by the President of the Republic of Poland – Bronze Cross of Merit; 2004 – Award of the Marshal of the Kujawsko-Pomorskie Voivodeship; 2010 – Award of the Marshal of the Kujawsko-Pomorskie Voivodeship and an occasional medal for his co-operation in organizing the Fryderyk Chopin Year 2010; 2012 – Award of the Mayor of the City of Bydgoszcz; 2013 – awarded by the President of the Republic of Poland – Silver Medal for Long Service; honoured by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage – Honorary Badge For Merit to Polish Culture; Award of the Mayor of the City of Bydgoszcz for special services to the City of Bydgoszcz. 

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KATARZYNA SANOCKA

Journalist and TV presenter. Since 2015, she has been associated with Polish Television, mainly with the channel TVP Kultura, where she hosts cultural programmes, including Niedziela z…, Informacje Kulturalne, Słowobranie as well as music events, e.g. Fryderyki – Classical Music Gala, Coryphaeus of Polish Music, Young Musician of the Year, Young Dancer of the Year. Graduate of the Jagiellonian University in History of Art and Culture Management and of the Roman Turczynowicz General Education Ballet School in Warsaw. For eleven years, she was an artist of the Cracow Opera ballet. Author of the exhibition The Opera Space. Polish Stage Designers of the 20th and 21st Century at the National Museum in Cracow. She co-operates with the National Museum in Cracow, the National Institute of Music and Dance and with various opera houses. 

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