The Artistic Community



In keeping with a long tradition at the Academy of Music, besides instructive teaching activities, it fulfills a leading role in the artistic life of the community. Somewhat in differing forms: recitals, concerts, participation in music festivals, management of specialist seminars and master classes, and participation in juries in Cracow and abroad. Many faculty members are holders of State prizes, from Premiers, the Ministry of Culture and Art, fro m the City of Cracow and other prestigious international awards. In the post-war history of the Academy,
the artistic community has been represented by:


Composers:
Artur Malawski, Roman Palester, Stanislaw Wiechowicz, Feliks Wrobel
Conductors:
Walerian Bierdiajew, Witold Krzeminski, Artur Malawski, Krzysztof Missona, Bronislawa Wietrzny
Pianists:
Zbigniew Drzewiecki, Jan Hoffman, Ludwik Stefanski, Henryk Sztompka, Tadeusz Zmudzinski

Violinists:
Stanislaw Tawroszewicz, Eugenia Uminska

Violoncellists:
Jozef Mikulski

Organists:
Jozef Chwedczuk, Jan Jargon, Bronislaw Rutkowski

Singers:
Stanislawa Hoffmanowa, Wlodzimierz Kaczmar, Bronislaw Romaniszyn, Eleonora Tatarczuchowa



Among the present staff at the Cracow Academy of Music are the following faculty members



Conductors:
Jerzy Katlewicz, Ewa Michnik, Jozef Radwan

Pianists:
Ewa Bukojemska, Mariola Cieniawa, Janusz Dolny, Adam Kaczynski, Jerzy Lukowicz, Janusz Olejniczak, Andrzej Pikul, Irena Sijalowa-Vogel, Maria Szmyd-Dormus, Zofia Zagajewska-Szlezer, Janusz Zathey

Organists:
Joachim Grubich, Miroslawa Semeniuk-Podraza, Leszek Werner

Harpsichordists:
Bogumila Gizbert-Studnicka, Magdalena Myczka, Elzbieta Stefanska

Violinists:
Kaja Danczowska, Teresa Glabowna, Robert Kabara, Wieslaw Kwasny, Mieczyslaw Szlezer, Zbigniew Szlezer,
Ewa Szubra-Jargoniowa

Violist:
Janusz Pisarski

Violoncellists:
Witold Herman, Dorota Imielowska, Zdzislaw Lapinski, Henryk Zarzycki

Contrabassist:
Czeslaw Zabek

Flutists:
Zbigniew Kamionka, Kazimierz Moszynski, Barbara Swiatek-Zelazny

Oboists:
Jerzy Kotyczka, Marek Mleczko

Clarinettists:
Andrzej Godek, Stanislaw Przystas

Bassoonist:
Kazimierz Siudmak, Wojciech Turek

Trumpetist:
Jacek Chudziak

French Hornist:
Kazimierz Pamula

Trombonist:
Andrzej Czechowski

Accordionist:
Janusz Pater

Percussionist:
Jan Pilch, Stanislaw Welanyk

Singers:
Izabella Jasinska-Buszewicz, Helena Lazarska, Monika Swarowska-Walawska, Helena Szubert-Slysz, Adam Szybowski,
Jan Wojciech Smietana, Barbara Walczynska

Choirmasters:
Maria Kochaj, Stanislaw Krawczynski, Jerzy Kurcz

A group of prominent artist-musicians, as well as teachers working in respective departments,
initiate and organize a number of events which are not only significant for the life
at the Cracow School, but for the culture of the city and Poland itself.
The long list of archievements includes:

- All-Polish Harpsichord Competition in memory of Wanda Landowska (1985)
- Stendal Foundation International Piano Competition (1987)
- Accordion Competition (1990)
- All-Polish Flute Competition (1992
- Vocal Music Days in memory of Ada Sari (combined with an international competition) in Nowy Sacz
- Patronage to Jan Kiepura memorial concert in Krynica (1970-1983)
- Participation of soloists and ensembles from the Academy in the international festival
"Dni Muzyki Organowej" (organized by the Cracow Philharmonic Society) since 1985.

Soloists-singers and instrumentalists, choir and orchestras of the Academy have given concerts under the direction of famous conductors: A. Albert, R. Bader, J. Maksymiuk, K.Penderecki, H. Rilling.
Students and graduates of the Academy are continuing their masters work, taking part
in and receiving numerous prizes from international and national competitions
(ie. Aberdeen, Adelaide, Besancon, Geneva, Genoa, Klingentahl, Monaco, Nurnberg,
Poznan, Toulouse, Warsaw, Vienna, Versailles).
The Academy conducts an extensive co-operation and exchanges of artistic and educational
experience with communities abroad. Particularlty fruitful are the contacts it has established
with the following schools and institutions:

Hochschule fur Musik, Leipzig
Fachakademie fur Musik, Nurnberg
Siebelius Academy, Helsinki
Conservatory of Music, Kiev
Conservatory of Music, Lvov
Hochschule fur Musik und Darstellende Kunst, Graz
Internationale Bachakademie, Stuttgart
Hochschule fur Musik und Theater, Hamburg.
Lessons, seminars and lectures at the Academy have often been conducted by the most
distinguished artists and educationists from Poland: Augustyn Bloch, Jan Ekier, Stefan Kamasa,
Witold Lutoslawski, Halina Lukomska, Jerzy Maksymiuk, Kazimierz Wilkomirski,
Tadeusz Wronski, and from abroad: Samuel Adler, Petra and Rudolf Bockholdt, Josef Bucher,
Jurij Cholopow, Arnold Feil, Michael Flaksman, Konstantin Floros, Massimo Gasbaroni,
Detlef Gojowy, Charles Groves, Otto Kolleritsch, J.M. Garcia Llovera, Irene Mamczarz,
Ivan Monighetti, Irina Nikolska, Hartmut Ochs, Paul Patterson, Warren Pickner,
Helmuth Rilling, Ray Robinson, Wolfram Schwinger, Robert Shankovich, Eliahu Shleifer,
Jacob Werner, Grigorij Zhislin.
The real music feasts for the Cracow Academy community are the cycle of seminar-
performances led by specialists from the International Bach Academy from Stuttgart under
the artistic and authoritative direction of Prof. Helmuth Rilling. Participation of the
Cracow Academy, as the only school in Poland involved with the Bach Academy is a testimony
to the high artistic standards. As yet five International Bach Academy meetings in Cracow
have taken place, during which works by J.S. Bach were prepared and performed
under the direction of Helmuth Rilling: St. Mathews Passion (1986), 3 Cantatas
from the Christmas Oratorio (1990), The Great B minor Mass (1992) and St. John Passion (1993).

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