Biography

Award-winning musician, Adrian Sylveen enjoys a performing career in the United States and Europe. He is a founder and artistic director of the Connecticut Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra (USA) and the Greve Opera Academy and Chamber Music Festival (Italy). He also appears frequently with Teatro Lirico D’Europa (USA) and Camerata Gdynia (Poland).

Mr. Sylveen has conducted approximately 35 operatic titles and has an extensive orchestral and oratorio repertoire. He has conducted and performed concerts in the United States, Poland, Italy, Israel, Cuba, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, and the former Soviet Union.

Between 2004-2024, Mr. Sylveen was a co-founder, artistic director, and the principal conductor of the Connecticut Lyric Opera.

He worked with such ensembles as Israeli Chamber Orchestra, Olsztyn Philharmonic, Elbląg Chamber Orchestra, Classical Orchestra of Piła, (Poland), Associazione Il Contrappunto (Italy), Holguín Symphony Orchestra (Cuba), Orchestra da Camera di Greve-In-Chianti (Italy), Central Massachusetts Symphony Orchestra, the New Britain Chorale, Coro di teatro Garibaldi, Chór Akademii Staszica (Piła, Poland), among others.

A winner of many prizes in Europe and the United States, he received the American Council for Polish Culture Primus Inter Pares Award from the President of the Republic of Poland and received permanent US residence for “Extraordinary Abilities in the Arts”.

Mr. Sylveen holds Master of Music and Artist Diploma degrees from the Yale University School of Music; he is also a graduate of the Paderewski Music Academy in Poznan, Poland (diploma with distinction). During the school years, he had participated in several international Festivals in Weimar, Łancut, Żagań, and others.

A dedicated music educator and community activist, meastro Sylveen is on the faculty of the Virtuosi Music Academy and Summer Music Festival, Greve Opera Academy, and works with a community “Moniuszko” Choir.

Adrian Sylveen collaborated with many exceptional artists, such as Katia Riccarelli, Carl Tanner, Armando Ariostini, Laura Andreini, Giacomo Benedetti, Eckart Lorenzen, Luca Rinaldi, Theodore Arm, Brunilda Myftaraj, Jorge Pita Carreras, Steven Frederiks, Stefan Szkafarowsky, Neal Larrabee, Dmitri Novgorodsky, Rafael Lewandowski, Andre Anweiler, Martin Bresnik, Jadwiga Kotnowska, Marzena Diakun, Grzegorz Dabrowski, Daniel Borowski, Thomas Labadorf, Michael Gatonska, Volcan Orhon, Robert DeMaine, Erik Rousi, Jakub Polaczyk, and others.