composer, music theorist, conductor; b. 15th July 1937 in Włodzimierz Wołyński; d. 21 September 2023 in Lublin. He graduated in music theory (1964) and composition (1970) from the State Higher School of Music in Gdańsk and Sopot, where he studied with...
ethnochoreologist; b. 28th November 1921 in Warsaw; d. 12v May 2016 in Warsaw. She studied pedagogy in Łódź and ethnography in Warsaw (under W. Dynowski) and Wrocław (with A. Nasz). In 1957-61 she attended Laban-Knust kinetography courses run by...
ethnomusicologist; b. 21st July 1958 in Warsaw. In 1977-82 she studied at the Institute of Musicology at the University of Warsaw, receiving a degree with honours for a thesis on folk techniques of playing fiddle (on the example of the Kielce region),...
ethnographer; b. 22nd February 1907 in Tomaszów Mazowiecki, d. 20th November 1988 in Łódź. At the age of 19 he enrolled in a teaching collage in Tomaszów, emerging with a diploma in 1931. While still a student he joined a Student Tourist Club, and...
music theoretician; b. 25th July 1946 in Mielec; d. 10th November 2017 in Kraków. He started playing piano at the age of 7 with Maria Nowotarska. In the years 1957-1959 he studied piano with Emma Baszakowa and Marta Furmanikowa at the Mieczysław...
ethnomusicologist, ethnographer, collector of folk and workers’ songs, music journalist; b. 23rd July 1914 in Droniowice (near Lubliniec), d. 5th April 2004 in Katowice. He studied music education, composition and music theory at the Higher School of...
composer, music theorist and teacher; b. 1st June 1909 in Warsaw; d. 18th April 2006 in Warsaw. In the years 1928-33 she studied music theory under Kazimierz Sikorski at the State Conservatory of Music in Warsaw. In 1936-37 she completed individual...
composer, musicologist, and improviser; b. 13th November 1989 in Toruń. She attended the Karol Szymanowski Music School Complex in her hometown, studying composition with Magdalena Cynk. In 2011, she received her BA in musicology from the Adam...
flautist, musicologist, pedagogue; born in Kwidzyn. At the age of 18 she graduated from the Music Lyceum in Gdansk with a Flute Diploma (Highest Distinction), with a parallel specialisation on teaching (class of Elżbieta Czapor). She continued her...
pianist, conductor and composer; b. 7 May 1973 in Warsaw. He studied choral conducting with Antoni Szalinski, chamber piano music with Krystyna Makowska-Lawrynowicz as well as composition with Romuald Twardowski at the Music Academy in Warsaw. In June...
composer and scholar; b. 7th December 1957 in Warsaw. She was graduated theory of music (with prof. Witold Rudzinski), composition (with prof. Marian Borkowski) and Postgraduate Studies of Music Theory (all with distinctions) at the Warsaw Chopin...
musicologist; b. 9th July 1956 in Warsaw. Between 1978 and 1983 she studied musicology at the Academy of Catholic Theology in Warsaw (later: the Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University). Since 1985 she has been working at the Institute of Musicology at...
musicologist; b. 30th June 1933 in Warsaw; d. 10th January 2019 in Józefów. She attended the State High School No. 1 in the piano and rhythmics class. In the years 1954-1963 she was a student at the Institute of Musicology at the University of Warsaw....
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