PhD Maria Zawartko

Graduate of the Karol Lipiński Academy of Music in Wrocław (Faculty of Vocal Performance and Acting). She has collaborated with the Częstochowa Philharmonic, the Łódź Philharmonic, and the Wrocław Philharmonic (tours in France and Belgium); Capella Cracoviensis, Collegio di Musica Sacra, Cantores Minores Wratislavienses, Altri Stromenti, the Wrocław Choir of Polish Radio and Television; the Kammerorchester in Oslo (Norway); the Musical Theatre Company (children’s operas); and the Pro Musica Artistic Agency (opera productions and concerts in Western Europe).

She has participated in festivals such as Wratislavia Cantans, the Barbórka Student Choir Festival, Musica Sacra, Sacrosong, the Tønsberg Summer Festival, and Legnica Cantans. She has recorded for Polish Radio and Polish Television, and has taken part in television productions including Przypadek Klary directed by Magdalena Łazarkiewicz and Lekcja angielskiego based on the script by Krzysztof Pieczyński. She has organized and participated in numerous charitable initiatives for the benefit of the elderly, people with disabilities, and residents of nursing homes.

She was co-organizer of the following projects:

Wieczory Polskie (Polish Evenings – a monthly cycle of historical meetings, charitable activity),

Śpiewający Wrocław (Singing Wrocław – organization and management),

Forum Musicum (project administration).

From 2000 she served as Director of the Lower Silesian Music Society in Wrocław, and since 2007 as its Vice President. Since 2005 she has been employed at the Faculty of Music Education of the Academy of Music in Wrocław, currently as Assistant Professor. On November 14, 2006, she became a councilor of the 5th term of the Wrocław City Council (Vice-Chair of the Council). In 2010 she received her doctoral degree in musical arts in vocal performance. Since 2014 she has been head of the Open Music Academy project and Chair of the Wrocław Senior Council.