In 2015 at the age of 19, Maciej won 1st Prize and a special award at the Lutoslawski International Cello Competition. He was a Laureate in the Finals of the 2017 Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels, and a prize winner at the 2019 YCAT International Auditions in London.

In 2022 he completed his studies at Kronberg Academy with Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt.

Highlights this season include concerts with Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Polish Baltic Philharmonic, Koszalin Philharmonic, Szczecin Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra as well as chamber music festivals and concerts in Europe and North America.

In 2022 Delphian Records released his debut album of French music ‘Beau soir’ to critical acclaim. He went on to record Penderecki’s complete solo cello music that was released in 2023.

Maciej has performed widely as soloist highlights including the Deutsches Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Brussels Philharmonic, Calgary Philharmonic, St. Petersburg Symphony Orchestra, London Mozart Players, Warsaw Philharmonic, Baltic Philharmonic, Sinfonietta Cracovia and Silesian Philharmonic. He has been fortunate to work with conductors like Krzysztof Penderecki, Frank Braley, Eivind Gullberg Jensen, Stéphane Denève, Paweł Przytocki and Marek Moś among many others.

An avid chamber musician he has taken part in festivals across Europe, and participated in the Piatigorsky Cello Festival in Los Angeles, Kronberg Festival, Moritzburg Festival, Cello Biënnale Amsterdam, Seiji Ozawa Festival in Japan, Krzysztof Penderecki Festival, Munich Rising Stars, At the World’s Edge in New Zealand and Beijing Super Cello Festival. Collaborations include Viviane Hagner, Kian Soltani, Giovanni Sollima, Mischa, Lily and Sascha Maisky, Charles Neidich, Arnold Steinhardt, Emanuel Ax, Jan Vogler and Lawrence Power. 

Born in Poland, to a family of classical and jazz musicians, Maciej studied at the Stanislaw Moniuszko Academy of Music in Gdańsk, Mannheim University and the Franz Liszt University of Music in Weimar, prior to entering the Kronberg Academy. 

Maciej plays a Giovanni Baptista Ruggeri Cello made in Cremona, 1700 on loan from a Charitable Trust.