Jakub Przybycień, a Polish conductor and violinist, assists Maestro Ludovic Morlot with the Barcelona Symphony Orchestra in the season 2023/24. He is also The Mills Williams Junior Fellow at the RNCM in Manchester. Jakub was a finalist at the Donatella Flick Conducting Competition (2023) and Berlin Critical Orchestra Masterclasses (2022). He received the Neeme Järvi Prize in 2021 at the Gstaad Conducting Academy. He is currently studying at The Zurich University of the Arts with Professors Johannes Schlaefli and Christoph-Mathias Mueller. He has already worked with many international orchestras, including Balthasar-Neumann Ensembles, Luzerner Sinfonieorchester, Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen, Orchestre de Picardie, and Zielona Góra Philharmonic Orchestra. He took part in conducting masterclasses with Neeme, Paavo and Kristjan Järvi, Marin Alsop, Jaap van Zweden, Peter Eötvös, Thomas Hengelbrock, Jorma Panula and Michael Sanderling.