Ajdinović Jacek

composer and cellist, b. 1st March 1985 in Cracow. His first music teachers were his grandfather Stanisław Stefański and Krystyna Muszańska; he also learned the piano with his mother. At the age of seven he entered Andrzej Pall’s cello class at the...

Anbild (Strzempa) Karol

conductor, composer, double bassist and teacher; b. 16th February 1925 in Katowice; d. 1st March 2008 in Kielce. He graduated from the State Higher School of Music in Katowice, where he studied double bass with Tadeusz Ziemski, composition with...

Aniołkiewicz Czesław

teacher, pianist and composer; b. 22nd January 1905, Wierzchy; d. 7th April 1973, Łódź. He studied at the Mathematical and Science Department of the University of Warsaw, simultaneously learning the piano under Prof. Neutzke – lecturer in the Music...

Araszkiewicz Franciszek

Arnhold Katarzyna

composer; b. 4th August 1968 in Opole. She studied composition with Grażyna Pstrokońska-Nawratil in the State Higher School of Music in Wrocław, as well as Iberian studies at the University of Wrocław between 1997 and 1999. Between 2001 and 2003 she...

Arnold Tomasz

percussionist and composer, b. 18th May 1990 in Cracow. He began his music education at the age of seven. Initially he learned the violin, but switched to percussion (Leon Olejniczak’s class) four years later. In his home city he attended the I. J....

Astriab Jan

Augustyn Rafał

Polish composer, music critic, scholar (Polish philology), b. Aug. 28, 1951 in Wrocław. In 1971-74 he studied composition with Ryszard Bukowski at the State Higher School of Music in Wrocław, subsequently – in 1975-78 – with Henryk Mikołaj Górecki at...

Bacewicz Grażyna

composer and violinist; b. 5th February 1909 in Łódź, d. 17th January 1969 in Warsaw. Initially she was taught the piano and the violin by her father – Vincas Bacevičius (Wincenty Bacewicz). From 1919 she continued her music education with Helena...

Baculewski Krzysztof

composer and teacher; b. 26th December 1950 in Warsaw. He studied composition with Witold Rudziński in the State Higher School of Music in Warsaw (degree in 1974), then continued his music studies in 1975-76 with Olivier Messiaen in Paris Conservatory...

Bagiński Zbigniew

Baird Tadeusz

composer, b. 26th July 1928 in Grodzisk Mazowiecki; d. 2nd September 1981 in Warsaw. He began his composition studies with Bolesław Woytowicz and Kazimierz Sikorski under the German occupation and continued them in 1947-51 with Piotr Rytel and Piotr...

Bajerski Tomasz

Bałdych Adam

Bałenkowski Maciej

composer; b. 18th October 1993 in Radom. He graduated from the Oskar Kolberg Music School Complex in Radom, where he learned playing piano, trumpet and organ. His interests, however, focused mainly on composition and theory of music. He is a graduate...

Banasik Marcin Filip

Bancer Teresa

Bańka Piotr

Bargielski Zbigniew

composer; b. 21st January 1937 in Łomża. He studied law at Maria Skłodowska-Curie University in Lublin (1954-57). In 1958, he began his composition study in the State Higher School of Music in Warsaw with Tadeusz Szeligowski, and after the latter’s...

Baron Piotr

saxophonist and composer; b. 5th June 1961 in Wrocław. He received his MA degree at the Karol Lipiński Academy of Music in Wrocław. Piotr Baron had his musical debut in 1977. The next year he won the 1st prize in the soloist category and in 1980 he was...

Bauer Andrzej

cellist, conductor, composer; b. 25th October 1962 in Łódź. He completed his studies under Kazimierz Michalik at the Academy of Music in Łódź (diploma with distinction, 1984). He continued his musical education, working with e.g. André Navarra at...

Bauer Jerzy

composer; b. 12th May 1936 in Łódź; d. 11 January 2025. He studied music theory (graduated in 1959), conducting (graduated in 1961) and composition with Thomas Kiesewetter (graduated in 1966) at the State Higher School of Music in Łódź. In 1969-70 he...

Bazylik Cyprian

Behr Stefan

Bembinow Miłosz

composer and conductor; b. 1st January 1978 in Warsaw. He studied composition with Stanisław Moryto, graduating with honours, as well as symphonic and opera conducting with Antoni Wit at the Academy of Music in Warsaw. He debuted as composer at the age...

Berger Roman

Polish composer, pianist and theoretician of music, b. 9 Aug. 1930 in Cieszyn. From 1949 he studied theory with Jan Gawlas and piano with Marta Gabryś-Furmanik at the State Higher School of Music in Katowice. In 1952 Stalinist repression forced him to...

Białostocki Zygmunt

Bień Mateusz

composer, pedagogue, sound engineer; b. 24th October 1968 in Wrocław. After graduating from the Academy of Music in Kraków (first oboe class, then composition), he became interested in synthesis of music and technology. In 2004, together with...

Birnbaum Zdzisław Aleksander

Blecharz Wojciech

composer and oboist; b. 21st June 1981 in Gdynia. He attended the Zygmunt Noskowski Primary School of Music in Gdynia and the Feliks Nowowiejski Primary and Secondary School of Music in Gdańsk, having studied the oboe with Jolanta Kowalczyk and Józef...