Pavel Kotla

Pavel Kotla (born 5 June 1972, Szczecin, Poland) is a Polish conductor. Privately son of Ryszard Kotla.

He studied at: Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw (symphony and opera conducting - Boguslaw Madey) and Oxford University (musicology and performance practice - Edward Higginbottom, Andrew Parrott).

In 1997-98 he worked as the Performing Fellow at Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London and artistic director of Oxford University Philharmonia; 1998-2003 he worked as the assistant conductor to Sir Simon Rattle; 2001-04 artistic director of Stevenage Symphony Orchestra; 2001-05 artistic director of Harpenden Choral Society; 2005-06 artistic director of Witold Lutoslawski Symphony Orchestra of Plock (Poland). From 2003 he is the Principal Guest Conductor of City of Peterborough Symphony Orchestra; from 2004 - artistic director of Redhill Sinfonia; from 2006 - artistic director of Leicester Symphony Orchestra. He worked with majority of Polish orchestras. He conducted in United Kingdom, Sweden, Germany, Austria and Brazil and worked with orchestras such as Poznań Philharmonic, Baltic Philharmonic in Gdańsk, Rubinstein Philharmonic in Łódź, Wrocław Philharmonic, Polish Radio Orchestra, London Mozart Players, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Municipal Symphonic Orchestra of São Paulo.