Pavel Kotla

Pavel Kotla (born 5 June 1972, Szczecin, Poland) is a Polish conductor. Privately son of Ryszard Kotla.

He studied at: [http://www.chopin.edu.pl/angielskie/ Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw] (symphony and opera conducting - Boguslaw Madey) and Oxford University (musicology and performance practice - Edward Higginbottom, Andrew Parrott).

In 1997-98 he worked as the Performing Fellow at [http://www.gsmd.ac.uk Guildhall School of Music and Drama] in London and artistic director of Oxford University Philharmonia; 1998-2003 he worked as the assistant conductor to Sir Simon Rattle; 2001-04 artistic director of Stevenage Symphony Orchestra; 2001-05 artistic director of Harpenden Choral Society; 2005-06 artistic director of Witold Lutoslawski Symphony Orchestra of Plock (Poland). From 2003 he is the Principal Guest Conductor of City of Peterborough Symphony Orchestra; from 2004 - artistic director of Redhill Sinfonia; from 2006 - artistic director of Leicester Symphony Orchestra. He worked with majority of Polish orchestras. He conducted in United Kingdom, Sweden, Germany, Austria and Brazil and worked with orchestras such as [http://www.filharmonia.poznan.pl Poznań Philharmonic] , [http://www.filharmonia.gda.pl Baltic Philharmonic in Gdańsk] , [http://www.filharmonia.lodz.pl Rubinstein Philharmonic in Łódź] , [http://www.filharmonia.wroclaw.pl/ Wrocław Philharmonic] , [http://www.polskieradio.pl/orkiestra/ Polish Radio Orchestra] , London Mozart Players, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Municipal Symphonic Orchestra of São Paulo.

Awards

Medal of [http://www.zgpzchio.pl/2/index.php Polish Association of Orchestras and Choirs] .

External Links

[http://www.theconductor.eu Pavel Kotla - the conductor's official page]