Maksymilian Skiba

• 2024-01 Soloist (Croupier - solo and chorus role) in La Traviata - Opernloft HH, directed by Inken Rahardt, musical direction Makiko Eguchi
• 2023-12-25 Soloist at Festliches Opern- und Operettenkonzert. Debut at the Berlin Philharmonie. Conductor - Stanley Dodds
• 2023-06 Soloist (Eisenstein) at student production of J. Strauss Die Fledermaus - director
• Ch. Poewe, conductor W. Wentzel, HfMT Hamburg.
• 2022-07/08 and 2023-09 Soloist (allegory of Time) at the Oper Oder Spree Festival, stage
• version of the G. F. Händel oratorio The Triumph of Time and Truth - director Lars Franke, conductor B. Rohrbeck, Neuzelle/Beeskow.
• 2022-06 Soloist (Il Conte) at student production of W. A. Mozart Le Nozze di Figaro – director
• Ch. Poewe, conductor W. Wentzel, HfMT Hamburg.
• 2022-04 Soloist (Don Giovanni) at student production of W.A. Mozart Don Giovanni – director
• Ran A. Braun, conductor A. Gref, AOM Poznań.
• 2023-05 Third place at the Elise Meyer Foundation Vocal Competition, HfMT Hamburg
• 2023-01 Lucia Thörl Foundation Scholarship recipient.
• 2022-12 Two special prizes - a financial prize and an invitation to an artistic event at the Warsaw Chamber Opera - at the 4th Viva Calisia International Vocal Competition in Kalisz.
• 2022-08 Third place at the Mimas Music Festival/Competition and recital on Procida Island as part of the festival.
• 2021-10 Honorable mention and special prize for the best performance of Polish song in the male voice category at the 7th National Vocal Competition in Drezdenko.
• 2021-10 Laureate of Der Mozart-Preis 2021 der AbsalomstiftungHamburg.
• 2021-08 Finalist and winner of the sponsor's special prize in the 19th International Festival and Competition of Vocal Art named after Ada Sari in Nowy Sącz.
• 2021-04 Honorable mention in the category of students/graduates at IX National Vocal Competition named after Zdzislaw Skwara inMława.
• 2021-04 DAAD (Deutscher AkademischerAustauschdienst) Scholarship Holder.
• 2020-09/2022-06 Scholarship of the rector of the Academy of Music in Poznań for the best students.
• 2019-07 Third place at the Tournament of Polish Music Academies - Battle of Voices (baritones), representative of the Academy in Poznan.
• 2019-04 Third place in the bachelor's category at the International Vocal Competition in Vrable, Slovakia Iuventus Canti.
• 2017-10 Dean’s Scholarship for best Academic Achievements, Art Academy Szczecin.

Born on December 24, 1996 in Berlin. Polish baritone, graduate of the Bachelor's and Master's program at the I. J. Paderewski Academy of Music in Poznań, Poland (diplomas with distinction). He also completed his master's degree in opera and the Konzertexamen Oper at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg, where he made his debut as Count Almaviva (W. A. Mozart, Le Nozze di Figaro) and Gabriel von Eisenstein (J. Strauss, Die Fledermaus). He also honed his skills as part of the Erasmus program at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Rostock. He made his solo debut with the Berliner Philharmoniker in 2023.

He is a scholarship holder of the Rector of the Academy of Music in Poznań for the best students, the German Academic Exchange Service (Deutschen Akademischen Austauschdienstes - DAAD) and the Lucia Thӧrl Foundation, as well as a prizewinner and finalist of many prestigious competitions, including: Ada Sari Competition and Festival in Nowy Sącz, Singing Competition in Vrable, Slovakia Iuventus Canti, The Mozart Prize of the Absalom Foundation in Hamburg, Opera Singing Competition of Gabriela Benackova in the Czech Republic, Elise Meyer Singing Competition.

He has sung at numerous concerts at home and abroad, including in Poznań, Warsaw, Szczecin, Hamburg, Budapest, Naples and Florence. He has also taken part in masterclasses with Ewa Podleś, Marcin Koziel and Tanja A. Baumgartner, as well as singing courses organized by the European Opera Academy and has sung under the direction of outstanding conductors, including Krzysztof Penderecki, Willem Wentzel, Ruben Silva, Svetoslav Borisov and Stanley Dodds.