Sławomir Chrzanowski completed his musical studies at the Academy of Music in Katowice, where he graduated in 1986 in Music Theory and in 1989 in Symphonic Conducting. In 1990, he was appointed General Manager and Art Director of the Zabrze Philharmonic as a result of a competition, and has held this position ever since. He has given over 2800 concerts on various stages in Poland and abroad together with this orchestra. He has made over a dozen CD recordings as well as archive recordings for the Polish Radio and Polish Television. He has conducted more than 70 orchestras all over the world, including all Polish philharmonic and chamber orchestras, with which he still cooperates on a regular basis. He regularly performs with Czech orchestras, as well as opera companies in Kraków, Bytom, Gdańsk, Białystok, Łódź and Lviv. He cooperates with music theatres. In 2006 he prepared the premiere of Lehar’s ‘The Merry Widow’ in Warsaw, and in 2019 Bernstein’s ‘Candide’ in Kraków. In 2002, he performed in the famous concert halls of America – Carnegie Hall in New York with a concert of Polish music.