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Marzena Diakun

Polish symphony orchestra conductor

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Source revisionAug 9, 2026
Entity authorityQ39366528 ↗
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Marzena Diakun (born 3 April 1981, Koszalin) is a Polish conductor.

Biography

Born in 1981 in Koszalin in northern Poland, Diakun attended the Grażyna Bacewicz Music School in Koszalin. In 2005, she graduated with honours from the Karol Lipiński Academy of Music in Wrocław where she studied conducting. She made her conducting debut when she was still a student at the academy. She conducted at the 17th International Festival of Drum Music with the Koszalin Philharmonic. She then became an assistant of Jerzy Maksymiuk. In 2006, she continued her studies at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna under Uroš Lajovic. Her conducting mentors have included Gabriel Chmura, Kurt Masur, Colin Metters, Howard Griffiths, David Zinman and Pierre Boulez. She worked as an assistant to Andrey Boreyko with the Bern Symphony Orchestra.

Between 2009 and 2012, Diakun headed the Spanish contemporary music band Smash Ensemble.

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