Praised as a conductor of immense temperament, convincing with sureness, energy and the detailed power of her baton, Polish conductor Marzena Diakun has reached veteran status at a young age. 2nd Prize winner of two major international conducting competitions (Prague Spring Competition 2007 and Fitelberg Conducting Competition 2012), she focuses on orchestral and choral works by Beethoven, Brahms, Bruckner, Mahler, Rachmaninov, Scriabin and Shostakovich, as well as her country´s greatest composers – Penderecki, Lutoslawski, Karlowicz, Gorecki and Szymanowski. Sought after for her interpretations of the French and Bohemian masters, her performances are described as remarkably balanced, finely nuanced, and deeply felt, knowing how to dazzle with her mastery and the height of the gesture, and how to obtain from an orchestra density, expressiveness, and details.

Chief Conductor of the Staatsorchester Rheinische Philharmonie (Koblenz, Germany) from the start of the 2026/27 season, Marzena Diakun continues to guest conduct in Europe and North America. From her country´s Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra in Katowice and The Fryderyk Chopin Polish Baltic Philharmonic in Gdańsk, to the South Bohemian Chamber Philharmonic, the Neubrandenburger Philharmonie and the Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen in Germany, The Dutch Radio Philharmonic Orchestra in the Nederland, Orchestre Pasdeloup and Orchestre Philharmonique de Nice in France, Tonkünstler-Orchester and Symphonieorchester Vorarlberg in Austria, Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid and the Basque National Orchestra in Spain as well as in Turkey the İstanbul State Symphony Orchestra, in Finnland the Kuopio Symphony Orchestra and in Canada the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra.

Her newest recording of Brahms’ works for choir and orchestra (Label IBS) with Orquesta y Coro Comunidad de Madrid, of which she was Artistic Director and Principal Chief Conductor until the summer of 2024 has been greatly hailed by the press.

Her own foundation, ¨Per Musicam ad Futura¨, and collaborations with institutions such as Festival Présence and the Ensemble Intercontemporain are the culmination of two decades of dedication to new creations, premiering and performing new works by numerous Spanish, Dutch, Austrian, Polish, and French composers. Her recording, Polish Heroines of Music (Label PWM) is an exemplary model of her savoir-faire and commitment.

WARNER will release this season a box of several piano concertos with legendary pianist Elisabeth Leonskaja and the Deutsche Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, conducted by Marzena Diakun. Two European tours with the English Chamber Orchestra will take her to Spain, Austria, Slovenia and Italy accompanying this international release.

Professor of conducting at the Music Academy of Wroclaw, she looks back herself on inspiration and support from great conductors such as Kurt Masur, Pierre Boulez and Marin Alsop.

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