Born in Warsaw into a family of musicians, Jan Petryka first graduated as a cellist at the \u201eKunstuniversit\u00e4t Graz\u201c, before he completed his studies in \u201eLied und Oratorium\u201c(with Marjana Lipovsek and Rotraud Hansmann) at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna.
\nThe collaboration with renowned ensembles like Arnold Schoenberg Chor (Erwin Ortner), Les Musiciens du Louvre (Marc Minkowski), Radiosymphonieorchester Wien, Bach Consort Wien, Wiener Akademie, L\u2019Orfeo Barockorchester, La Chapelle Rhenane, Solamente Naturali, Collegium Vocale Luzern, Cinquecento Renaissance Vokal, Orquestra Simf\u00f2nica de Barcelona, Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg (Ivor Bolton), Bruckner Orchester Linz (Dennis Russell Davies), Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra (Uros Lajovic) strenghtened his position as an established european singer;
\nwith numerous festival appearances, such as \u201eWiener Festwochen\u201c, “Internationaal Liedfestival Zeist”(NL), “Festival Lavaux Classique(CH)” or \u201eLucerne Festival\u201c – where he sang the leading role in G.F.Haendel’s \u201eBelshazzar\u201c, conducted by Marcus Creed.<\/p>\n
Jan Petryka performed on numerous opera stages, as the \u201eWiener Staatsoper\u201c (W.Hiller: \u201eTraumfresserchen\u201c), \u201eTeatro Communale di Ferrara\u201c (F.Bertoni: \u201eL\u2019Orfeo\u201c) and \u201eTheater an der Wien\u201c(F.Schubert: \u201eLazarus\u201c), Oper\u00e1 Lyon (W.A.Mozart: \u201eZauberfl\u00f6te\u201c (Tamino; 1.Geharnischter), Franz Schreker: \u201eDie Gezeichneten\u201c), Warszawska Opera Kameralna (J.S.Bach: \u201eWeihnachtsoratorium\u201c).<\/p>\n
His intense work on Lied and vocal chamber music led to cooperations with Robert Holl, Helmut Deutsch, Pierre Laurent Aimard, Roger Vignoles, Julius Drake and David Lutz.<\/p>\n
2018 Jan Petryka has made his successful debut at the Prague National Theatre in B.Britten\u2019s \u201eBilly Budd\u201c as \u201eThe Novice\u201c, performed \u201eDon Ottavio\u201c in W.A.Mozart\u2019s \u201eDon Giovanni\u201c with the \u201eIsrael Chamber Orchestra\u201c, and two opera productions at the \u201eStyriarte\u201c Festival 2018 (L.v.Beethoven \u201eFidelio\u201c (Jaquino) and C.W.Gluck \u201eLe Cinesi\u201c).<\/p>\n
Among many challenges for 2018\/19 there are Petryka’s debut appearances at the Schubertiade Schwarzenberg (e.g. with Sir Andr\u00e1s Schiff), as well as four major Europe\/world tours with Thomas Hengelbrock and his Balthasar Neumann Ensemble\/Choir, performing W.A.Mozart’s \u201eRequiem\u201c, and J.S.Bach’s \u201eMagnificat\u201c.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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