Photog. Anita Wąsik-Płocińska
Jan Jakub Bokun
JAN JAKUB BOKUN — Polish clarinetist and conductor, artistic director of the Clarimania Festival, founder and conductor of the Inter>CAMERATA Chamber Orchestra.
The artist graduated summa cum laude from Karol Lipiński Music Academy in Wrocław and obtained further postgraduate training with Guy Dangain at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris. He later studied conducting at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.
Jan Jakub Bokun is the winner of competitions in Wrocław, Włoszakowice, Białystok, Enschede, and Mt. Pleasant. He has studied with Sergiu Celibidache, David Zinman, Kurt Masur, James Levine, Guy Deplus, Philippe Cuper, Walter Boeykens, and Michael Collins.
As a clarinetist and conductor, he recorded 15 albums.
Jan Jakub Bokun is a highly sought-after teacher, who has conducted numerous courses and master classes at the Royal Conservatory in Brussels, in Sofia, Belgrade, Prague, Paris, Brno, Lubljana, Mexico, Beijing, Tokyo, Ávila (Spain), and the USA. He is currently on the faculty of the Karol Lipiński Academy of Music in Wrocław. The artist is an endorser of Yamaha, D’Addario, and BG.
