Pavel Kotla
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Pavel Kotla (born 5 June 1972, Szczecin, Poland) is a Polish conductor.
He studied at: 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 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; 1999-2001 artistic director of Bromsgrove String Orchestra; 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 also conducted in United Kingdom, Sweden, Germany and Austria.
[edit] Awards
Medal of Polish Association of Orchestras and Choirs.
