MA Michał Kanafa

Graduate of the Faculty of Music Education, Choral Studies, and Church Music at the Karol Lipiński Academy of Music in Wrocław (specializations: Music Education and Conducting Vocal and Instrumental Ensembles) in the conducting class of Professor Halina Bobrowicz.

Since 2019 he has been working at his home faculty, teaching ear training, school instrument ensemble, and collaborating with other faculty members in conducting classes as well as in the String Orchestra of the Faculty of Music Education, Choral Studies, and Church Music, under the artistic direction of Professor Helena Tomaszek-Plewa, D.M.A. Since 2020 he has also been conducting the orchestra, a string quartet, and the vocal ensemble for the senior boys’ group at the Grażyna Bacewicz Primary Music School in Wrocław.

From 2016 to 2020 he served as assistant conductor of the Vocal Ensemble “Rondo” (artistic director: Małgorzata Podzielny, D.M.A.), performing at numerous festivals in Poland and abroad, and winning prizes. Between 2014 and 2019 he also participated as a singer in the sessions of the Polish National Youth Choir (artistic director: Agnieszka Franków-Żelazny, D.M.A.), where he honed his vocal skills.

In 2018 he received an honorable mention and two special awards: for the best interpretation of Karol Szymanowski’s Kurpie Song and for the best methodological work on choral vocal technique at the 17th Stanisław Kulczyński National Choral Conductors’ Competition in Poznań.