Marta Gardolińska is currently Music Director of Opéra National de Lorraine and Principal Guest Conductor of Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona. She came to international attention in 2018 as Young Conductor in Association at the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra where she conducted two highly successful subscription concerts. This led to a Dudamel Fellowship with the Los Angeles Philharmonic during the 19-20 season which included an invitation to be second conductor to Gustavo Dudamel for their Grammy award-winning live Deutsche Grammophon recording of Ives Symphony No. 4. Marta then returned to Los Angeles to make her debut with the Orchestra at the Hollywood Bowl followed by an immediate re-invitation.

This season sees Marta return to the Swedish Radio Symphony and make her debuts with the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Toronto Symphony, Minnesota Orchestra and join the Stavanger Symphony, Oslo Philharmonic, RAI Torino Orchestra and Hallé Orchestra. Marta will also see her conduct Eugene Onegin at the Opéra National de Lorraine.

Last season Marta made her debuts with the BBC Scottish Symphony and hr-Sinfonieorchester. Marta also returned to the Orquesta Sinfónica de Tenerife after opening their 22/23 season and conducted performances of Haydn’s The Creation with the Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona.

Recent highlights have included debuts with the London Symphony Orchestra, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse, Orchestre Chambre de Paris, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra.

Marta studied conducting at the Frederic Chopin Music University of Warsaw, the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna. In 2016, Marta was awarded the title “Outstanding Pole in Austria” for her efforts in popularizing Polish culture and music outside of the country.