Born in Poznań, Poland, Maciej Kwaśnikowski started singing at the age of 9 as a boy soprano. As a tenor, he first received solo singing lessons from Krzysztof Piernik, who inspired him to consider a career as a singer. In 2014 Kwaśnikowski started his vocal studies with the countertenor Robert Nakoneczny and between 2015 and 2017 he continued his education at the Opera Academy at the National Opera in Warsaw, where he expanded his technical skills with such professors as Izabela Kłosińska, Eytan Pessen, and Matthias Rexroth. Alongside his vocal training, he pursued studies at the Faculty of Technical Physics at the Poznan University of Technology, where he earned a degree in engineering physics, specialising in nanotechnology. In addition to the Opera Academy, Kwaśnikowski gained experience in prestigious programmes such as the Young Singers Project at the Salzburg Festival, the Mozart Academy in Aix-en-Provence, the Paris Opera Academy, and the renowned Lindemann Program at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. Since 2016 Kwaśnikowski has been studying voice with the world-renowned American tenor Neil Shicoff.
In the 2024/2025 season Kwaśnikowski performed the role of Pang in Puccini's Turandot at the Lithuanian National Opera and a solo part in Haydn’s The Creation at the Opéra de Montpellier. In December he made a debut as Tamino at the Polish National Opera in Warsaw, a role he subsequently performed at the Opéra de Tours, France.
Between 2020 and 2024 Kwaśnikowski primarily collaborated with the Paris Opera, where he performed in several productions, including a new production of Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette (Tybalt) conducted by Carlo Rizzi.
In addition to his wide operatic repertoire, which ranges from Rossini to Wagner with a strong focus on Mozart’s works, Kwaśnikowski has also performed numerous solo parts in oratorios by Bach, Handel, Mozart, and Schubert. Notably, he performed Mass in E-flat Major by Schubert at the Salzburg Festival in 2018 alongside the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Riccardo Muti. Besides the famous Italian maestro, Kwaśnikowski has worked with renowned conductors such as Gustavo Dudamel, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Marco Armiliato, and Franz Welser-Möst.
