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Dear Maestro Janowski

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As Maestro Marek Janowski prepares to take the podium at the Spring Festival in Tokyo for the final time with "Gurre-Lieder", we have received messages from artists who have shared the stage with him at the festival.

Tareq Nazmi

Reflecting on the incredible experience of performing at the Spring Festival in Tokyo under the baton of Maestro Marek Janowski over the past years.

As he now prepares to say farewell to the festival, I feel even more grateful for the time spent working with a conductor of such immense experience. Sometimes, it didn’t even take a gesture—just a quick wink of an eye and you knew exactly what he meant. For a singer, that kind of intuitive connection is a rare and supportive gift. An honor to have been part of his musical journey!



Tomasz Konieczny

Marek Janowski, the great German conductor of Polish heritage, holds a very special place in my heart—especially since I myself am Polish. He has been an extraordinarily important figure in my life, and one of my greatest mentors. We first met while working on Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, and that piece seems to reappear in our collaborations time and again—most recently in Dresden.
As for the Spring Festival in Tokyo, it is also an event very close to my heart. Maestro Janowski conducted the entire Ring cycle there. I would also like to mention that Maestro Janowski supported me during the first Baltic Opera Festival in the Tricity area—Gdańsk, Sopot, and Gdynia—on the Polish coast, where he conducted The Flying Dutchman. I must say that Maestro Janowski’s interpretations are among the finest I have ever encountered in my life. There is tremendous consistency in his work, immense strength, and extraordinary energy—especially remarkable given his age. He is a conductor with seemingly limitless reserves of energy, and someone we can all learn from. I am very proud and truly happy to have worked with him. I also deeply cherish all the concert performances I have had the privilege to take part in under his baton.
Maestro, I wish you all the very best. I wish you continued strength and inspiration, and I sincerely hope that we will have many more opportunities to perform together.

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