43rd Winter vocal course in Duszniki-Zdrój

Head of Winter Vocal Courses in Duszniki Zdrój, Prof. Bogdan Makal, PhD, President of the Polish Association of Singing Teachers Prof. Piotr Łykowski cordially invite students and graduates of solo singing classes at music academies and secondary music schools, private singing students, and those preparing for entrance exams to vocal departments at music academies to the 43rd Winter Vocal Course in Duszniki-Zdrój!

CONCERT CALENDAR

All events at the Fryderyk Chopin Manor, FREE ADMISSION

7 February 2026 | 7:30 p.m.
Pre-premiere concert AUFTAKT MACIEJ PARKITA – bass-baritone ANNA PARKITA – piano

8 February 2026 | 7.30 p.m.
INAUGURAL CONCERT
Winners of Vocal Competitions KATARZYNA FALANA, ALEKSANDRA ORŁUKOWICZ, ALEKSANDER CHODACKI, MATEUSZ SŁOWIKOWSKI – piano

9 February 2026 | 3.30 p.m.
Fryderyk Chopin – master of Romantic music Students of the Academy of Music in Łódź and ALEKSANDER CHODACKI – piano

9 February 2026 | 7.30 p.m.
VOCAL NOCTURNE AGATA CHODOREK – soprano, OLGA KSENICZ – soprano, PIOTR ŁYKOWSKI – countertenor, BOGDAN MAKAL – bass-baritone KATARZYNA FALANA, ALEKSANDRA ORŁUKOWICZ, ALEKSANDER CHODACKI – piano

10 February 2025 | 7.30 p.m.
Polish Vocal Pedagogy
MEETING WITH TEACHERS OF THE WINTER VOCAL COURSE prologue to the meeting: ANTONIO CALDARA – Il guoco del quadriglio MAGDALENA BALASZCZUK, EMILIA BŁASIK, MAGDALENA BŁAZIAK, JUSTINE GUIDON, OLGA WYSZYŃSKA – sopranos
ALEKSANDRA ORŁUKOWICZ – piano HANNA MARASZ-FIUGAJSKA – director ELŻBIETA LEJMAN-KRZYSZTYNIAK – choreography

11 February 2025 | 7.30 p.m.
VOCAL DUET CONCERT Otello á Paris MAGDA BEUCHER – soprano DAVID BEUCHER – tenor ANNA HAJDUK-RYNKOWICZ – piano

12 February 2025 | 7.30 p.m.
Young People Have a Voice
I CONCERT BY PARTICIPANTS OF THE WINTER VOCAL COURSE

13 February 2025 | 4.30 p.m.
II CONCERT BY PARTICIPANTS OF THE WINTER VOCAL COURSE

13 February 2025 | 7.30 p.m.
GALA OF YOUNG POLISH VOCALISTS

SOLO VOCAL CLASSES WILL BE LED BY:

• KATARZYNA DONDALSKA (Academy of Art, Szczecin)
• IZABELA KŁOSIŃSKA (UMFC Warsaw / Grand Theatre-National Opera)
• DEIVIDAS STAPONKUS (Lietuvos muzikos ir teatro akademija, Vilnius)
  and vocal teachers from the K. Lipiński Academy of Music in Wrocław
• MONIKA KOLASA-HLADIKOVA
• OLGA KSENICZ
• PIOTR ŁYKOWSKI
• BOGDAN MAKAL
• PAWEŁ KOŁODZIEJ
  The following PIANISTS – CHAMBER MUSICIANS will also be invited to participate:
• KATARZYNA FALANA (K. Lipiński Academy of Music, Wrocław)
• ALEKSANDRA ORŁUKOWICZ (K. Lipiński Academy of Music, Wrocław)
• ALEKSANDER CHODACKI (Academy of Art, Szczecin, AMKL Wrocław)
• MICHAŁ LANDOWSKI (Academy of Art, Szczecin)
• MATEUSZ SŁOWIKOWSKI (K. Lipiński Academy of Music, Wrocław)

The inauguration of the Course will take place on Sunday, 8 February 2026, at 10:00 a.m. at the Manor House. Classes will be held in the beautiful interiors of the Fryderyk Chopin Manor House, the International Chopin Festival Foundation, and the halls of the Duszniki Culture and Sports Centre. Every day during the course, starting on Saturday, 7 February, concerts featuring students, graduates and vocal teachers will be held at the Fryderyk Chopin Manor House. A week of intensive vocal work will culminate in the Final Concert of the Course Participants on Friday, 13 February 2026.

Please prepare pieces by Polish composers.
The organisers offer participants accommodation at the Limba guesthouse:
The fee for participation in the course, including accommodation (without meals), is PLN 1,805.
PLEASE NOTE – the number of beds is limited!
The fee for the Course for those who arrange their own accommodation is PLN 1,000.