PIANO, HARPSICHORD AND ORGAN
The University’s new concert hall organ
Department 2 instructs instrumental specialists with the following Specialties: Piano Playing, Harpsichord Playing and Organ Playing.
The piano class trains virtuoso pianists and also prepares students for work in chamber orchestras and teaching. Compulsory subjects (e.g.): piano, chamber music and jazz improvisation on the 1st degree Studies (BA Studies) and specialist literature, propaedeutics of contemporary piano music, instrument construction, and harpsichord or organ literature on the 2nd degree Studies (MA Studies). Piano classes are taught by Professors: Andrzej Dutkiewicz, Anna Jastrzębska-Quinn, Bronisława Kawalla-Ryszka, Alicja Paleta-Bugaj, Piotr Paleczny, Ewa Pobłocka, Jerzy Romaniuk, Jerzy Sterczyński, Maria Stojek-Kot, Maria Szraiber, Elżbieta Tarnawska, Edward Wolanin, Assistant Professor Paweł Kamiński and Elżbieta Karaś-Krasztel, PhD.
The harpsichord class trains virtuoso harpsichord players and also prepares students for work in chamber orchestras and teaching. Major subjects on the 1st degree Studies (BA Studies) are (among others): harpsichord, chamber music, basso continuo, harmonia, and execution of Musica Antiqua; on the 2nd degree Studies (MA Studies): instrument construction, improvisation and others. Harpsichord classes are taught by Professors: Leszek Kędracki and Władysław Kłosiewicz.
The organ class trains virtuoso organists and also prepares students for work in the fields of culture and teaching. Major subjects on the 1st degree Studies (BA Studies) are (among others): organ, chamber music, basso continuo, Gregorian chorale and liturgical playing. On the 2nd degree Studies (MA Studies) major subjects are also: organology, specialist literature and. Organ classes are taught by Professors: Andrzej Chorosiński, Magdalena Czajka, Piotr Wilczyński, Jarosław Malanowicz i Józef Serafin and Assistant Professor Jerzy Dziubiński.
There are individual classes in piano, chamber music and organ playing (or harpsichord playing) organized as part of Postgraduate Studies in Piano, Chamber Music, Organ and Harpsichord, Postgraduate Studies for Pianists in the Specialty “Coaching” and Postgraduate Interdepartmental Singing Course.
Entrance examination
Examination material according to the entrance examination requirements
Dean: Professor Jerzy Sterczyński
Deputy Dean: Assistant Professor Paweł Kamiński
Secretary: Agnieszka Strumińska
Room 305, tel. (48 22) 827 72 41 ext. 262
e-mail: wfkio@chopin.edu.pl

