Performers
Arkadiusz Bialic
He studied organ with Józef Serafin at the Academy of Music in Kraków and with Zsigmond Száthmary at the Hochschule für Musik Freiburg, as well as solo performance with Daniel Roth at the Hochschule für Musik und darstellende Kunst Frankfurt (the Konzertexamen-Orgel diploma), receiving scholarships from the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD) and the Alfred Toepfer Stiftung. He also took part in master classes on historically informed performance practice. Winner of international competitions, including the Schweizer Orgelwettbewerb, the Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck International Organ Music Competition in Gdańsk, and (as the first Pole in history) – one of the most prestigious organ tournaments, Grand Prix de Chartres.
Bialic has performed at festivals in Poland, Spain, France, Germany, Russia, Slovakia, Switzerland, Ukraine, and Italy, as well as recording music for record labels and the Polish and Slovak radio. He has premiered numerous works, including Wojciech Widłak’s Earthsumption at the Warsaw Autumn, as well as making the first Polish recording of Olivier Messiaen’s La Nativité du Seigneur.
Bialic is a teacher at Warsaw’s Chopin University of Music and Krzysztof Penderecki Academy of Music in Kraków (doctoral degree in 2017, postdoctoral – in 2019). Since 2014 he has been the president of the Bronisław Rutkowski Ars Organi Foundation. He was also the artistic director of Organ Music Days in Kraków and Kromer Biecz Festival.
Bialic has performed at festivals in Poland, Spain, France, Germany, Russia, Slovakia, Switzerland, Ukraine, and Italy, as well as recording music for record labels and the Polish and Slovak radio. He has premiered numerous works, including Wojciech Widłak’s Earthsumption at the Warsaw Autumn, as well as making the first Polish recording of Olivier Messiaen’s La Nativité du Seigneur.
Bialic is a teacher at Warsaw’s Chopin University of Music and Krzysztof Penderecki Academy of Music in Kraków (doctoral degree in 2017, postdoctoral – in 2019). Since 2014 he has been the president of the Bronisław Rutkowski Ars Organi Foundation. He was also the artistic director of Organ Music Days in Kraków and Kromer Biecz Festival.
