Performers

Halina née Kowalska (married names Trzonek, then Zalewska) first learned the violin from her father. In 1928–1939 she studied cello with Eli Kochański at Warsaw Conservatory.
She gave performances as a soloist and chamber musician, performed on Polish Radio with, among others, her brother Henryk (a violinist) and Ludwik Urstein, as well as the Polish Radio Quartet and the radio orchestra under Grzegorz Fitelberg.

A tenor singer, graduate of the Gdańsk Academy of Music and Warsaw’s Academy of Fine Arts. He has participated in a numerous masterclasses taught by Ryszard Karczykowski, Roland Panerai, Salvatore Fisichella, Sylvia Geszty, Helena Łazarska, and Claudio Desderi. Kozłowski is a second-prize winner in the Hariclea Darclée International Voice Competition in Braila, Romania. His repertoire ranges from early to contemporary music.

Born on 19th September 1938 in Warsaw, he studied piano with Maria Wiłkomirska and composition with Kazimierz Sikorski at that city’s State Higher School of Music. He continued his education with Nadia Boulanger in Paris. He is a professor of composi- tion at the Academy of Music in Łódź.

Pupil of Zbigniew Drzewiecki (piano) and Kazimierz Sikorski (composition) under the German occupation, he made his debut as a composer in 1943, and as a conductor – in 1946. In the following year he graduated from Warsaw’s State Higher School of Music (now the Chopin University), where he had studied conducting with Kazimierz Wiłkomirski and composition with Kazimierz Sikorski.

Mezzo-soprano and educator, she graduated in piano and singing from the Grażyna and Kiejstut Bacewicz University of Music in Łódź. Winner of top prizes in international music competitions, including the 1st International Stanisław Moniuszko Vocal Competition in Warsaw (1992), the 6th International Johannes Brahms Competition in Hamburg (1994), and the 43rd ARD International Music Competition in Munich (1994).

Danish cellist, highly regarded for his interpretations of contemporary repertoire, in particular – cello concertos and solo works. He studied in Amsterdam, London, Zagreb, Vienna, Copenhagen, and elsewhere, with such musicians as Harro Ruijsenaars, Dmitri Ferschtman, Valter Dešpalj, Mats Lidström, Morten Zeuthen, and Anner Bylsma. Kullberg has performed with the major orchestras of Denmark, Sweden, Norway, and Finland, as well as renowned orchestras from other countries: London’s Royal Philharmonic, BBC Philharmonic, Sinfonia Varsovia, NFM Wrocław Philharmonic, and Tallinna Kammerorkester.

In 1951 she graduated with distinction from Stefan Belina-Skupiewski’s singing class at Katowice’s State Higher School of Music (now the Academy). She also studied violin with Irena Dubiska. She made her debut at the Silesian Opera in 1946 as Mercedes in Bizet’s Carmen and Flora in Verdi’s La traviata.

Percussionist, graduate of Warsaw’s Chopin University of Music (class of Henryk Mikołajczyk and Miłosz Pękala). She is now continuing her studies with Marta Klimasara and Klaus Dreher at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik und darstellende Kunst in Stuttgart. In 2018 she won the grand prix of the 12th Young Performers’ 20th- and 21st-Century Music Competition in Radziejowice. She also earned prizes in the 10th International ‘Italy Percussion Competition’ in Fermo, the 2nd Nationwide Percussion Competition in Poznań, and the 13th International Vibraphone Competition in Opole.