Dr. Dariusz Bator
Dr. Dariusz Bator was born in
1974 in Lublin. He began his musical education at the Tadeusz
Szeligowski Music School in his hometown, where he studied Bassoon under
the guidance of Grazyna Woc-Kowalik and Wieslaw Kapron. He obtained his
diploma from the secondary music school in 1994 at the Jozef Elsner
State Music School
in Warsaw, studying Bassoon in the class of Prof. dr. hab. Artur Kasperk. From 1989
to 1993, he attended the Jan Zamoyski Secondary School with a mathematical-physical profile. From 1994 to 1999, he studied Bassoon performance at Fryderyk Chopin Music University in Warsaw under the supervision of Prof. Bogumil Gadawski.
In May 1999, he won the First Prize at the Nationwide Academic Competition
for Bassoonists in Sieradz. That same year, he received a scholarship funded
by The Boston Conservatory, where he further honed his skills under Suzanne Nelsen (Boston Symphony Orchestra) for Bassoon and David Ohanian (Canadian Brass and Boston Symphony Orchestra) for Chamber Music.
In 1997, he joined the Polish Radio Orchestra in Warsaw, where he worked
as a Bassoonist and Contrabassoonist for six years. From 1997 to 2002, he collaborated with the Polish Chamber Philharmonic in Sopot, the National Philharmonic in Warsaw,
the Chopin Academy Orchestra, the Concertino Chamber Orchestra (Warsaw),
and the Small Philharmonic (Warsaw). He participated in recordings for Polish Radio
and Television. He worked under fameous conductors. Working in orchestras provided him with the opportunity to perform with many outstanding soloists and ensembles. He has performed in almost all European countries in major concert halls and music festivals.
From 2003 to 2005, he pursued Postgraduate Master's Studies at the Karol Lipinski Academy of Music in Wroclaw, under the supervision of Prof. dr. hab. Czeslaw Klonowski. From 2004 to 2023, he was employed at the Wroclaw Academy of Music. From 2017
to 2019, he served as the Deputy Dean of the Instrumental Faculty of the same Academy. In September 2019, he defended his Doctoral dissertation written under the supervision of Prof. dr. hab. Wojciech Orawiec (the Stanislaw Moniuszko Academy of Music in Gdańsk) entitled: "Similarities and Differences in Playing Techniques for Bassoon and Contrabassoon in the German System."
He is the founder of the Polish Bassoon Quartet, whose artistic activity was inaugurated with a chamber concert at the National Forum of Music in Wroclaw in October 2020.
Since 2002, he has been a soloist with the Wroclaw Opera Orchestra.
in Warsaw, studying Bassoon in the class of Prof. dr. hab. Artur Kasperk. From 1989
to 1993, he attended the Jan Zamoyski Secondary School with a mathematical-physical profile. From 1994 to 1999, he studied Bassoon performance at Fryderyk Chopin Music University in Warsaw under the supervision of Prof. Bogumil Gadawski.
In May 1999, he won the First Prize at the Nationwide Academic Competition
for Bassoonists in Sieradz. That same year, he received a scholarship funded
by The Boston Conservatory, where he further honed his skills under Suzanne Nelsen (Boston Symphony Orchestra) for Bassoon and David Ohanian (Canadian Brass and Boston Symphony Orchestra) for Chamber Music.
In 1997, he joined the Polish Radio Orchestra in Warsaw, where he worked
as a Bassoonist and Contrabassoonist for six years. From 1997 to 2002, he collaborated with the Polish Chamber Philharmonic in Sopot, the National Philharmonic in Warsaw,
the Chopin Academy Orchestra, the Concertino Chamber Orchestra (Warsaw),
and the Small Philharmonic (Warsaw). He participated in recordings for Polish Radio
and Television. He worked under fameous conductors. Working in orchestras provided him with the opportunity to perform with many outstanding soloists and ensembles. He has performed in almost all European countries in major concert halls and music festivals.
From 2003 to 2005, he pursued Postgraduate Master's Studies at the Karol Lipinski Academy of Music in Wroclaw, under the supervision of Prof. dr. hab. Czeslaw Klonowski. From 2004 to 2023, he was employed at the Wroclaw Academy of Music. From 2017
to 2019, he served as the Deputy Dean of the Instrumental Faculty of the same Academy. In September 2019, he defended his Doctoral dissertation written under the supervision of Prof. dr. hab. Wojciech Orawiec (the Stanislaw Moniuszko Academy of Music in Gdańsk) entitled: "Similarities and Differences in Playing Techniques for Bassoon and Contrabassoon in the German System."
He is the founder of the Polish Bassoon Quartet, whose artistic activity was inaugurated with a chamber concert at the National Forum of Music in Wroclaw in October 2020.
Since 2002, he has been a soloist with the Wroclaw Opera Orchestra.
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