Adam Zdunikowski, born in 1966 in Warsaw, had his contact with music at the age of seven, as a member of the ‘Lutnia’ Boys’ Choir in Warsaw. In 1991, he graduated from the Chopin Music Academy in Warsaw, where he studied with Roman Węgrzyn. He made his debut as Clem in Britten’s The Little Sweep at Warsaw’s Grand Theatre in 1990 and in the same year commenced his collaboration with the Warsaw Chamber Opera, which resulted in his participation in the company’s annual Mozart Festivals (1990, 1991, 1996 and 1998). His honours include Third Prize at the 1st Stanisław Moniuszko Vocal Competition in Warsaw (1992) and an honourable mention at the Ada Sari Vocal Competition in Nowy Sącz (1991). In 1995 he was a finalist of the ‘Belvedere’ International Vocal Competition in Vienna.
Apart from the Mozart Festivals, he also performed in several major Polish venues, as well as at the International Festival of Music and Art in Beirut in 1999.
Since 1991 he has been a soloist of the Grand Theatre in Warsaw. His wide-ranging repertoire currently comprises 35 roles in operas by Mozart, Beethoven, Bellini, Bizet, Donizetti, Gounod, Puccini, Verdi, Rossini and Richard Strauss. His recent appearances with the company include the Shepherd in Szymanowski’s King Roger, Lensky in Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin, Don Ottavio in Mozart’s Don Giovanni, Prunier in Puccini’s La rondine and Narraboth in Strauss’s Salome.
Other highlights in his career include the European premiere of Noam Sheriff’s Psalms of Jerusalem under the composer’s baton, Schubert’s Mass in A flat under the direction of Siegfried Köhler at the conclusion of the Schubert Year celebrations, the Polish premiere of the concert version of Ponchielli’s opera I Lituani, Rossini’s Stabat Mater under the direction of Nello Santi and the production of Moniuszko’s The Haunted Manor in Buffalo.
In addition to regular appearances in major Polish opera companies. Adam Zdunikowski has worked closely with the Staatsoper
in Hamburg since 1996 (a tour
of Japan in the role of Ferrando
in Mozart’s Cosi fan tutte) and the National Theatre in Prague (Rossini’s The Barber of Seville and Mozart’s The Magic Flute in the 1998/99 season).
Adam Zdunikowski also has an extensive cantata and oratorio repertoire. He appears regularly in the Warsaw Philharmonic and in the Philharmonic Halls in Białystok, Koszalin, Olsztyn, Opole, Rzeszów, Szczecin, Wrocław, and Zielona Góra, as well as abroad.