Stefan Plewniak is a Polish conductor and violinist. He is a conductor at the Royal Opera of Versailles in France and former Music Director of the Warsaw Chamber Opera in Poland. He is the founder and Music Director of the Il Giardino d’Amore orchestra and the Cappella dell’Ospedale della Pietà Venezia.
In 2016, he founded the FeelHarmony Symphony Orchestra. Stefan Plewniak is also the founder of the independent record label Ëvoe Records, which has attracted attention and recognition from prestigious international magazines and radio stations. As a conductor and violinist, he has earned a reputation as a “master of emotional chemistry” and a “hurricane on stage”. In 2024, he made his debut as both conductor and soloist with the orchestra of La Fenice in Venice, as well as at the Konzerthaus in Vienna. He was also invited to perform as conductor and soloist with the Navarra Symphony Orchestra.
Show moreThis season, he conducted a production of Zingarelli’s opera Giulietta e Romeo, featuring Franco Fagioli and Adèle Charvet, with the Royal Opera Orchestra of Versailles. He also conducted the Christmas concert with Sonya Yoncheva at the Royal Chapel and prepared the new ballet production Les Saisons, a collaboration between Malandain Ballet Biarritz and the Royal Opera Orchestra of Versailles.
He also conducts the Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra and the Szczecin Philharmonic Orchestra, and recorded Gluck’s opera Orfeo ed Euridice for the Warner label, featuring Jakub Józef Orliński, Elsa Dreisig, Fatma Said, and the Il Giardino d’Amore orchestra and choir. Stefan Plewniak also conducted the Royal Opera Orchestra of Versailles on its major tour of China, Vietnam and Mongolia last April.