Polish conductor and counter-tenor Jakub Burzynski (b. 1976). He graduated with distinction from the Academy of Music in Katowice (theory of music, composition and musical education) and the Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz (singing). He also studied symphonic and opera conducting. The founder of mumerous chamber ensembles, in 1998 he started the vocal and instrumental ensemble La Tempesta. Soloist at the Warsaw Chamber Opera.