Performers
She studied under the German occupation with Stanisław Kazuro at the underground Warsaw Conservatory. She continued her voice education with Adam Didur, Stefan Belina-Skupiewski, and Józef Woliński.
Carillonneur, pianist, organist, and conductor, she graduated in music theory and choral conducting (MA) as well as church music (BA) from the Academy of Music in Gdańsk. She also completed the Netherlands Carillon School in Amersfoort. In 2012 she obtained a doctorate in carillon performance from the Gdańsk Academy of Music, where she is now an assistant professor teaching the carillon and theoretical subjects.
Agata Kielar-Długosz is a Polish flutist, a graduate of soloist studies at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Munich as well as postgraduate studies at the Hochschule für Musik in Weimar, and the Yale University in New Haven (USA). She has won prizes in Polish and international flute competitions.
Twenty-four musicians from ten different countries (Australia, Austria, Bulgaria, Finland, France, Greece, Germany, Switzerland, Sweden, and Italy) work together, guided by the idea of restoring music to its rightful place in contemporary society.
A composer, electronic artist, and professor of the musical arts, Knittel has created orchestral, choral and chamber works, operatic and ballet music, sound installations, numerous computer pieces (which he has both composed and performed) as well as "live electronics". The artist’s discography comprises more than sixty titles. Knittel studied sound engineering and composition with Tadeusz Baird, Andrzej Dobrowolski, and Włodzimierz Kotoński at Warsaw’s Chopin State Higher School (now University) of Music. In 1974 and 1976 he took part in the Darmstadt International Summer Courses for New Music.
He graduated in conducting from Paweł Przytocki’s class at the Cracow Academy of Music and is now a doctoral student at his alma mater. In 2008–2014 he directed the Archetti Chamber Orchestra of the City of Jaworzno. Since 2010 he has been an assistant conductor to Cracow’s Young Philharmonic at the Mieczysław Karłowicz State Music School Complex and leader of ElektroNova ensemble, founded by Marek Chołoniewski. Koczur was the youngest participant of the Grzegorz Fitelberg International Competition for Conductors (2012).
He graduated with honours from Janusz Olejniczak’s piano class at the Kraków Academy of Music, as well as attending masterclasses taught by Andrzej Jasiński, Oxana Jablonska, Lee Kum-Sing, and Ryszard Bakst. He is currently a teacher at his alma mater, head of the Department of Chamber Music since 2020. In 2015, he obtained his postdoctoral degree. A prize-winner of national and international piano competitions, Kominek has given performances throughout Europe, in the Near East, and Japan.
