JERZY MAKSYMIUK
one of the most eminent Polish conductors and an extraordinary artistic personality. He studied piano - playing under Jerzy Lefeld, composition with Piotr Perkowski and conducting with Bogusław Madey at the State Higher School of Music in Warsaw. Prize-winner at the Grzegorz Fitelberg and the Artur Malawski competitions for composers and the I.J.Paderewski piano competitions.
In 1972, he founded Polish Chamber Orchestra. In 1975, he became the first WOSPR conductor, and with this group he toured all over the Europe, as well as visited the US twice. He recorded with WOSPR a lot; the album Szymanowski's Violin concertos with the participation of Konstanty A. Kulka was awarded "Diapason d'Or" prize.
 But it was the debut of Polish Chamber Orchestra in England that brought him success. It resulted in signing the contract with record producers EMI, and numerous proposals to perform at renowned European festivals. He recorded several albums with the orchestra, performing the music from baroque (including Four seasons with Krzysztof Jakowicz), through Haydn, Mozart, Rossini, Mendelssohn, Grieg and Czajkowski, to contemporary music as well. The orchestra and its maestro were numerously awarded prestigious prizes, including critics' prize "Orfeusz" at 'Warsaw Autumn' Festival and "Wiener Flötenuhr" for recording Mozart piano concertos, they were awarded both prizes twice.

In 1983, Jerzy Maksymiuk became the conductor of BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Touring Europe with the orchestra, he also recorded four albums in the cycle "Romantic Piano Concerto" for Hyperion company, the second album was prized by the 'Gramophone' magazine as the best 1992 album. A year later, Jerzy Maksymiuk and BBC Scottish Orchestra won the same price for recorded works of contemporary Scottish composer James Mac Millan. As a tribute to his ten-year-long work with the orchestra he was given the title Conductor Laureate and in 1990 the honorary degree of Doctor of Letters was conferred on him by the Strathclyde University in Glasgow. In this same year he began the co-operation with English National Opera. 
Furthermore, the artist performs as a guest with such renowned orchestras as London Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic, Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestre National de France, Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, Israeli Chamber Orchestra, and Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra. At the same time he consistently co-operates with Polish groups, mainly with Sinfonia Varsovia, whose core members belong to the Polish Chamber Orchestra as well. In the 2000 together with Sinfonia Varsovia and Piotr Paleczny he recorded for BeArTon the album of Chopin Piano Concertos based on the National Edition , which won price of the Golden Disc. Next year with the same performers he recorded for BeArTon the album The Best of Paderewski which won nomination of Fryderyk 2001award. In 2002 he received nomination of Fryderyk 2002 award in The Greatest Polish Music Record category for the album of Wojciech Kilar`s works included.