Tadeusz Strugała (1998)A conductor with a well-established international reputation, he is one of the brightest graduates of the Wroclaw Academy of Music. He was born in 1935 in Katowice, where he graduated from the State Secondary Music School. He received his diploma from the State Higher School

Kurt Masur (1999)Among the most internationally renowned and respected conductors of our time. Born on 18 July 1927 in Brzeg, he died on 19 December 2015 in Greenwich, USA. He began his musical studies in Breslau (1942-1944), studying piano and cello. He continued his studies in Leipzig (1946-1948)

Wojciech hr. Dzieduszycki (2000)Cultural animator, publicist, journalist and music critic. He was born on 5 June 1912 in Jezupol in the Stanisławów Voivodship, and died on 2 May 2008 in Wrocław. Between 1930 and 1936, he received a thorough musical education in Lviv, where he obtained diplomas in v

Maria Fołtyn (2000)Singer (dramatic soprano) and opera director born on 28 January 1924 in Radom, died on 2 December 2012 in Warsaw. She began her solo singing lessons in 1945 at a branch of the Gdańsk Institute of Music in Gdańsk-Wrzeszcz, which was transformed in 1946 into the first Secondary Mus

Teresa Żylis-Gara (2003)An outstanding Polish soprano and teacher, she was born in 1930 in Landwarów near Vilnius and died on 28 August 2021. After World War II, she moved with her family to Łódź. Initially, she attended a general secondary school and, at the same time, a secondary music school – h

Stanisław Skrowaczewski (2004)An outstanding conductor and composer, born on 3 October 1923 in Lviv, died on 21 February 2017 in St. Louis Park, United States. He began learning to play the piano and violin at the age of four. He composed his first symphonic work at the age of seven, and at the age

Wiktor Karpowicz Mierżanow (2010)An outstanding pianist of international renown, he was born on 15 August 1919 in Tambov and died on 20 December 2012 in Moscow. Between 1936 and 1941, he studied at the Moscow State Conservatory named after Pyotr Tchaikovsky, graduating with honours from the classes

Gabriel Chmura (2013)Conductor and promoter of Mieczysław Wajnberg's music. Born on 7 May 1946 in Wrocław, he died on 17 November 2020. He began his musical education with Adam Kopyciński, former director of the Wrocław Opera. In 1957, he emigrated with his family to Israel, where he continued his

Eugeniusz Sąsiadek (2016)Singer and teacher, born on 17 February 1929 in Żyrawa in the Lviv Province, died on 1 August 2022 in Wrocław. He graduated in vocal studies from the class of Waleria Jędrzejewska at the State Higher School of Music in Wrocław (1956) and in mathematics from the University o

Mieczysław Tomaszewski (2016)An outstanding musicologist and music theorist. Considered the founder of the Krakow School of Theory. He was born on 17 November 1921 in Poznań and died on 14 January 2019 in Krakow. He was educated at the Music Conservatory in Poznań, the I. J. Paderewski Gymnasium, t

Marek Pijarowski (2021) Polish conductor, teacher and multi-instrumentalist born on 25 April 1951 in Wrocław. Marek Pijarowski showed outstanding talent from an early age. He mastered several instruments, including the piano, violin, oboe and organ. He completed his conducting studies at the then S

Jan "Ptaszyn" Wróblewski (2023) An outstanding Polish saxophonist, composer, arranger, conductor, publicist and radio journalist. He was born on 27 March 1936 in Kalisz. He began his musical education at a secondary music school in Kalisz, studying piano, clarinet and trumpet. After graduating from