Autumn 2021 sees Krzysztof Urbański’s debuts with the Philharmonia Zürich and the Sinfonieorchester Basel. Highlights of his 21/22 season also include two projects with the Münchner Philharmoniker, concerts with the Rotterdam Philharmonic and a debut with the Konzerthausorchester Berlin. Moreover he returns to the Dresdner Philharmonie, WDR Sinfonieorchester, hr-Sinfonieorchester, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Bamberger Symphoniker, Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, Tokyo Symphony Orchestra and the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra for a world premiere of Guillaume Connesson’s ‘Heiterkeit’.

Urbański appeared as a guest conductor with the Berliner Philharmoniker, Staatskapelle Dresden, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, London Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Wiener Symphoniker, Orchestre de Paris, Chicago Symphony, New York Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony and the National Symphony Orchestra, among others.

Krzysztof Urbański served as Music Director of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra from 2011 to 2021 and as Chief Conductor and Artistic Leader of the Trondheim Symphony (2010-2017). In 2017 he was appointed Honorary Guest Conductor of the Trondheim Symphony and Opera. He was Principal Guest Conductor of the Tokyo Symphony (2012-2016) and Principal Guest Conductor of the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester (2015-2021).

With the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester he recorded albums of Lutosławski’s works, Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9, Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring, Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 5 and Strauss’ works; all on Alpha Classics. His discography also includes Chopin’s small pieces for piano and orchestra with Jan Lisiecki and the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra for Deutsche Grammophon which received an ECHO Klassik Award and Martinů’s Cello Concerto No. 1 with Sol Gabetta and the Berliner Philharmoniker recorded for Sony.