Chair of Organ and Harpsichord

The Chair is responsible for the following subjects: Organ and harpsichord literature, Organ construction, Organ improvisation and basso continuo, and for organ and harpsichord classes at music high schools throughout Poland. It has organised two international competitions: The Wanda Landowska Harpsichord Competition (1994, 1999) and the International Organ Competition (1997).

Members of the Chair act as artistic and organisational managers of numerous organ music and chamber music festivals in Poland (e.g., in Kamien Pomorski, Trzebnica, Wroclaw and Warsaw), sit on the juries of national and international festivals and competitions (e.g., Paris, Calgary, Munich, Nuremberg, Rome), give many concerts and take part in many recording sessions at home and abroad.

The Chair is currently preparing the publication of organ works and source material on the rendering of early music, to be published by the AMFC and by national and international publishing houses. It co-operates with Polish and foreign organ and harpsichord constructors (e.g., von Nagel in Paris, Walcher in Saarbrücken, Klais in Bonn) and oversees the conservation and restoration of Polish antique organs (Lezajsk, Jelenia Gora, Swieta Lipka, Kamien Pomorski). The Chair co-operates with the following international associations: Geselschaft der Orgelfreunde, Bach - Geselschaft. Professor Andrzej Chorosinski is a presiding officer of the Association Européene des Conservatoires, Academies de Musique de Musique et Musikhochschulen (AEC).

Chair Members:
Associate Professor Magdalena Czajka - Head of the Chair
Professor Andrzej Chorosinski
Professor Joachim Grubich
Professor Leszek Kedracki
Professor Jozef Serafin
Associate Professor Jaroslaw Malanowicz
Assistant Professor Jerzy Dziubinski
Assistant Professor Lilianna Stawarz (Bialystok Branch)
Assistant Professor Roman Szlauzys
Assistant Professor Piotr Wilczynski
Jaroslaw Wroblewski, D.A.
Assistant Bartosz Jakubczak
Assistant Alina Ratkowska
Senior Lecturer Danuta Kleczkowska
Senior Lecturer Wadyslaw Klosiewicz
Senior Lecturer Krzysztof Marosek
Senior Lecturer Maria Terlecka (Bialystok Branch)
Lecturer Michal Dabrowski

Compiled by: The Fryderyk Chopin Academy of Music