Academy of Music in Kraków
Academy of Music in Kraków Akademia Muzyczna w Krakowie | |
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The main building of the Academy at St. Thomas Street in Kraków Old Town; view from Planty Park "Plus ratio quam vis" | |
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ul. św. Tomasza 43 Lesser Poland Kraków, 31-515 Poland | |
Coordinates | Coordinates: 50°03′42.1″N 19°56′35.9″E / 50.061694°N 19.943306°E |
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Founded | 1888 |
Founder | Władysław Żeleński |
Status | Public |
Rector | Prof. Stanisław Krawczyński |
Affiliations | The European Association of Conservatoires, Association of Baltic Academies of Music, CEEPUS, Socrates-Erasmus |
Website |
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The Academy of Music in Kraków (Polish: Akademia Muzyczna w Krakowie) is a conservatory located in central Kraków, Poland. It is the alma mater of the renowned Polish contemporary composer Krzysztof Penderecki, who was also its Rector for 15 years. The Academy is the only one in Poland to have two winners of the International Chopin Competition in Warsaw (Halina Czerny-Stefańska and Adam Harasiewicz) as well as a few further prize-winners among its alumni.[1]
Historical background
The Academy was founded in 1888 by the eminent Polish composer Władysław Żeleński thanks to his artistic connections and patronage of Princess Marcelina Czartoryska, a concert pianist and former pupil of Frédéric Chopin. Until 1945 it operated as a conservatory under the name of Conservatory of the Music Society or, the Cracow Conservatory. During the partitions of Poland, as the region of Lesser Poland and Kraków was ruled by the Austrian Empire – in the late 18th century, it was necessary to gain the consent of the Austrian administration and meet the imperial requirements set for all conservatoires. The newly opened school was inspected by Joseph Dachs and Johann Fuchs, both professors of the Vienna Conservatoire, and received their enthusiastic opinion. It enjoyed a period of great growth in the twenty years between the two wars under directors Wiktor Barabasz and Boleslaw Wallek-Walewski.
The professorial staff included such names as Zbigniew Drzewiecki, Jan Gall, Zdzisław Jachimecki, Egon Petri and Severin Eisenberger.
Closed during the Nazi occupation of 1939-1945, especially after Sonderaktion Krakau in 1939, the conservatoire continued its activity underground and finally reopened on 1 September 1945, becoming the State Higher School of Music as of 1 February 1946 under its first rector, Prof. Zbigniew Drzewiecki. In 1979 it gained the rank of an Academy of Music. On 1 October 2000 the Academy inaugurated its new premises at 41-43, St. Thomas Street (ul. Sw. Tomasza).
Structure
Faculty of Musical Composition, Interpretation, Analysis and Education
- Institute of Composition, Conducting and Theory of Music
- Institute of Choral Music and Music Education
- Institute of Church Music
- Department of Composition
- Departmend of Conducting
- Department of Theory and Analysis
- Department of Theory and Aural Training
- Department of Choral Music
- Department of Music Education
- Electroacoustic Music Studio
The Instrumental Faculty
- Piano Department
- Organ Department
- Wind Instruments, Percussion and Accordicon Department
- Harpsichord and Early Music Department
- Violin and Viola Department
- Cello and Double Bass Department
- Chamber Music Department
- Contemporary Music and Jazz Department
The Faculty of Vocal and Drama
- Vocal Department
People associated with the Academy
Notable Alumni
The list does not include graduates who later became staff of the Academy.
- Halina Czerny-Stefańska (pianist)
- Adam Harasiewicz (pianist)
- Jan Hoffman (pianist)
- Kazimierz Kord (conductor)
- Adam Kopyciński (conductor)
- Abel Korzeniowski (film music composer)
- Waldemar Maciszewski (pianist)
- Władysława Markiewiczówna (pianist)
- From postgraduate studies
- Lidia Grychtołówna (pianist)
- Wojciech Kilar (composer)
Notable Staff
Academics before the World War II
Academics after 1945
Also graduated from the Academy:
- Jerzy Katlewicz (conductor)
- Krzysztof Meyer (composer)
- Krzysztof Penderecki (composer)
- Andrzej Pikul (pianist)
- Paweł Przytocki (conductor)
- Bogusław Schaeffer (composer)
- Stanisław Skrowaczewski (conductor)
- Regina Smendzianka (pianist)
- Non-graduates
- Peter Holtslag (recorder and flauto traverso player)
- Stefan Kisielewski (composer)
- Bolesław Kon (pianist)
- Roman Palester (composer)
- Katarzyna Popowa-Zydroń (pianist)
- Ada Sari (singer)
- Eugenia Umińska (violinist)
- Bolesław Woytowicz (composer and pianist)
- Tadeusz Żmudziński (pianist)
Doctors honoris causa
- 1994 – Krzysztof Penderecki
- 1997 – Paul Sacher
- 2001 – Mieczysław Tomaszewski
- 2003 – Helmuth Rilling
- 2005 – Peter Lukas Graf
- 2007 – Krystyna Moszumańska-Nazar
- 2008 – Henryk Mikołaj Górecki
- 2013 – Paul Badura-Skoda
See also
Notes and references
- ↑ "Mission statement". Akademia Muzyczna w Krakowie (homepage). Retrieved June 15, 2012.