Jan Orawiec was born in Poland and studied at the Conservatoire National de Paris and the Hochschule de Saarbrüken in Germany.
He was concertmaster of the Orchestre Royal Philharmonique de Liège from 2009 to 2011 and guest concertmaster of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra from 2011 to 2013. He is currently concertmaster of Les Siècles, the orchestra founded by François-Xavier Roth to perform a varied repertoire on period instruments.
He has been concertmaster of Symfonieorkest Vlaanderen since season 2021-2022.