Pia Partum
Pia Partum graduated from the National Theatre Academy in Warsaw (2007). She worked as the assistant of Mariusz Treliński (The National Opera in Warsaw, 2006–2010), and Jerzy Jarocki (National Theatre in Warsaw, 2010–2012). She studied the work of Peter Brook at the International Theatre Institute in Paris (2000). During that time, she held two residencies as an assistant director at Comédie-Française. In 2017 she has won the second place in the International Competition for Opera directors in Operahouse in Mannheim. She is especially interested by contemporary, modern opera. She directed Luci mie traditrici by Salvatore Sciarrino (2017), as well as Aspern Suite (2020) by the same composer. She has directed also a world premiere of Ahat Ili (2018) composed by Aleksander Nowak, and the newest opera by Philip Glass The Trial(2019) based on the famous Kafka’s novel. Last year she has directed the world premiere of Japanese modern opera A Vermillion Calm by Keiko Fuiije. This year Partum is especially focused on her favorite composer Salvatore Sciarrino – she has recently directed his Quaderno di Strada and now she is working on Super Flumina for NODO Festival in Ostrava.
