He was born in a family of musical parents - his parents sang in the ensemble "Sūduva" of the Lithuanian House of Culture in Punsk and in the choir "Dzūkija". Darius Zimnickas attended Punsk Lyceum, studied piano at Suwalki Music School. In his native Punsk, he organized the instrumental ensemble "Šešupė", which participated in the Lithuanian television competition "Dainų dainelė" and became a laureate.
1993-1997 D.Zinickas studied at the Vilnius Juoz Tallat-Kelpša Conservatory, later enrolled to study choral conducting at the Frederic Chopin University of Music in Warsaw, prof. In Rishard Zimak's class. in 2002 He won the third place in the Polish Young Conductors Competition, and was offered to stay and teach at the Warsaw University of Music. At the same time, I had to work as an assistant conductor of the mixed choir of this high school. 2002-2004 worked as an assistant conductor at the Chamber Opera in Warsaw, he was awarded a scholarship by the Polish Minister of Culture. 2003-2006 was elected chairman of the Polish Lithuanian Youth Union. in 2009 defended his thesis and became a Doctor of Arts, appointed secretary of the Department of Choral Conducting at the University.
Since 2004 leads the church choir of the Warsaw Archcathedral, which sings during services and other religious events. This is an amateur mixed choir, in the Polish competition "Caecilianum" in 2004. winning the third place, and in 2005 victorious in it. in 2010 In Gniezno, this musical ensemble won the Grand Prix at the All-Polish Choir Competition "Ars Liturgica".Choir of the Warsaw Polytechnic with its director in 2010.
D. Zimnickas in the same 2004 he also led the Warsaw Polytechnic Academic Choir. This collective in 2005 won at the international festival of choral music in Warsaw, became laureate and prizewinner several times at the international competition of Orthodox music in Hainuvka. in 2012 The choir won the biggest competition in Poland "Legnica Cantat". A significant part of the repertoire consists of works sung a cappella, as well as folk songs. The works of Lithuanian composers are also performed: "Stabat Mater" by Vytautas Barkauskas, "Anoj pūšej Dunojėlis" by Václov Augustin (the latter is a harmonized folk song - in Lithuanian). in 2009 The Warsaw student group performed in Vilnius in 2012. participated in the 13th choir festival "Lietuva brangi" in D. Zimnick's hometown Punsk.Despite intensive concert and pedagogical activities, in 2011 The maestro founded another group at the Church of the Savior in Warsaw - the Tibi Domine choir. As a member of the jury, Darius Zimnickas is invited to various choral music competitions in the country and abroad, he is the regional coordinator of the Polish school choir development program.
