Stanisław Daniel Kotliński in Arte Daniel Kotlinski, started his music education as baritone (later he changed to bass baritone) in Gdańsk, Poland. His first teacher of singing was Prof. Barbara Braginska-Iglikowska, mezzosoprano and pianist born in Odessa.

He continued vocal studies in Italy after he won the Italian Government Scholarship (University of Perugia, Accademia Chigiana of Siena and Fiesole Academy). Among his teachers were: Giorgio Favaretto, Lajos Kozma, Fedora Barbieri, Giancarlo Montanaro, Claudio Desderi and the legendary Rolando Panerai. For a few years at the beginning he was a member of the ensemble of the Teatro Comunale – Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Opera House in Florence [more].

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