Originally First Concertmaster of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and regular guest leader with orchestras including the Philharmonia and London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis recommended him for the prestigious Vienna Music Academy where he studied in the conducting class of Leopold Hager. Two years later, he gave his conducting debut in Japan with the Osaka Philharmonic.
Mr Szulc has already conducted orchestras throughout Europe; and has toured with the Bavarian Radio Chamber Orchestra in Italy, Switzerland and Spain. Last year he made an enthusiastically received debut at the Musikverein, Vienna.Last year he stepped in at very short notice to conduct the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, making such a success of the programme, that reviewers hailed the event "not so much a loss as an extraordinary revelation". The CBSO immediately reinvited him for the following season.