Andrzej Kosendiak is a conductor and teacher, one of the most active musicians and organisers of musical life in Poland. He is a graduate of the Department of Composition, Conducting and Music Theory at the Academy of Music in Wrocław. In the years 2001–2009, he was head of the Inter-Faculty Study of Early Music there, in 2013 he obtained a postdoctoral degree; in the years 2014–2016, he lectured at the Academy of Music in Gdańsk. In 2021, he received the title of professor. Since 2018, to the present day he has been teaching at his alma mater. In 2005, he became director of the Wrocław Philharmonic and International Festival Wratislavia Cantans – he led to the change of both institutions and their transformation into the Witold Lutosławski National Forum of Music, which he led until September 2024. After that time, he took over the role of artistic advisor to the NFM director and artistic director of the Andrzej Markowski International Festival Wratislavia Cantans.

Olga Humeńczuk is a manager with many years of experience in running a cultural institution and producing artistic events, as well as a certified cellist. As a coordinator of works related to the design and construction of the National Forum of Music – on the part of both the investor (City of Wrocław) and the organisation (NFM) – she worked with acoustic designers, architects, engineers and other investment partners. At the same time, she participated in the process of merging the Witold Lutosławski Philharmonic in Wrocław and the International Festival Wratislavia Cantans and creating the organizational structure and internal processes of the newly established institution: the Witold Lutosławski National Forum of Music.