Katowice | Vivat Academia! The 90th anniversary of the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music

"Vivat Academia!", a concert devoted to the celebrations of the 90th anniversary of the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music, will take place on March 21, 2019 at 6.00 p.m. in the Archdiocesan Museum in Katowice (16 Wita Stwosza St.). 

Prof. Tomasz Miczka, Rector of the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in the years 2009-2016, will be a guest performer of the evening. Miczka graduated from the Katowice Academy in the oboe class of Prof. Edward Mandera and in the chamber music class of prof. Andrzej Janicki. Since 1986 he has been a lecturer at his alma mater. He was an oboist in the Great Symphony Orchestra of Polish Radio and Television and for many years he has  been active as a soloist and chamber musician. He made recordings for the Philips, Naxos and Dux labels as well as many archival recordings for Polish Radio.

During the concert, prof. Tomasz Miczka will perform together with Dr. habil. Prof. AM Grzegorz Biegas, an outstanding chamber musician who was the prorector of the Katowice Academy of Music in the years 2009-2016. Among the performers, there will also be a current student of Prof. Miczka, oboist Weronika Flisek. The artists will present works by C. Saint-Saëns, W.A. Mozart, G. Silvestrini and C. Debussy.

Admission free!

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

More information at: https://www.silesia.art.pl/strona-glowna/koncerty/374_vivat-academia-koncertnbspinbspspotkaniebrz-prof-tomaszem-miczka