CHAIR OF PIANO

• Piano, Harp­si­chord and Organ
  • Chair of Piano
  • Chair of Organ and Harpsichord
  • Chair of Piano Cham­ber Music

In the aca­d­e­mic year 2006/2007, on the motion of the pianist and teach­ing com­mu­nity, the Sen­ate founded the Chair of Piano, a merger of two pre­vi­ously exist­ing units: Chair of Piano I and Chair of Piano II. Pro­fes­sor Alicja Paleta-Bugaj was appointed Head of the Chair.
The pur­pose of the Chair is to draw upon the exist­ing rich didac­tic, artis­tic and research achieve­ments to pro­vide stu­dents with bet­ter and bet­ter con­di­tions in which to develop their pianist skills by means of sys­tem­atic ele­va­tion of the qual­ity of instruction.

Didac­tic activities

• Com­pre­hen­sive train­ing of pianists, with due con­sid­er­a­tion of their indi­vid­ual dis­po­si­tions, so as to pre­pare them for their future con­cert career, solo and cham­ber (together with the Chair of Cham­ber Piano Music), and for par­tic­i­pa­tion in piano com­pe­ti­tions in Poland and abroad. Util­i­sa­tion, as fully as pos­si­ble, of the very rich canon of Pol­ish and world piano lit­er­a­ture, pay­ing par­tic­u­lar atten­tion to the work of Fry­deryk Chopin. It is assumed that orig­i­nal char­ter pro­grams pre­pared by the teach­ers of the dif­fer­ent classes will become increas­ingly important.
• Train­ing for research and teach­ing work relat­ing to pianism.
• Con­certs and mas­ter courses for FCUM stu­dents led by dis­tin­guished lec­tur­ers from Poland and abroad.
• Courses for for­eign students.
• Post-graduate stud­ies.
• Co-operation with lower level music schools (didac­tic work, con­sul­ta­tions, courses, sem­i­nars, lectures).
• Par­tic­i­pa­tion of the Chair fac­ulty in the work of juries of numer­ous national and inter­na­tional piano com­pe­ti­tions, con­duct­ing of mas­ter courses in other national and inter­na­tional centres.

Artis­tic activities

• Stu­dent artis­tic activ­i­ties in the Uni­ver­sity and else­where, includ­ing anniver­sary mono­graphic con­certs, con­certs organ­ised within exchange pro­grams with other Pol­ish col­leges, guest con­certs in for­eign col­leges, par­tic­i­pa­tion of the best grad­u­ates in sym­phonic concerts.
• Inten­sive artis­tic activ­ity of the Chair Fac­ulty at home and abroad.

Research and organ­i­sa­tional activities

• Scientific-artistic ses­sions at the FCUM.
• Lec­tures by mem­bers of the Chair Fac­ulty at national and inter­na­tional con­gresses, sym­posia and sci­en­tific ses­sions as well as spe­cial­ist teach­ing courses for teach­ers and students.
• Pub­li­ca­tions in the FCUM Research Bul­letin) and pro­fes­sional music journals.
• Co-operation with other FCUM Chairs.
• Par­tic­i­pa­tion of mem­bers of the Chair Fac­ulty in var­i­ous com­mit­tees involved with music (music soci­eties, music fes­ti­vals), co-operation with the Min­istry of Cul­ture and National Her­itage (giv­ing opin­ions on piano-related issues and higher artis­tic edu­ca­tion) and the Fry­deryk Chopin Institute.
• Co-operation with The Foun­da­tion for the National Edi­tion of the Works of Fry­deryk Chopin relat­ing to the edi­tion itself and its promotion.

His­tory of the Chair of Piano

Two Spe­cial Piano Chairs were estab­lished in 1957. The con­sec­u­tive heads of the Chairs are given below:

		Chair 1		Chair 2
1957–1964		prof. Zbigniew Drzewiecki		prof. Margerita Trombini-Kazuro
1964–1969		prof. Jan Ekier		prof. Maria Wilkomirska
1969–1972		one Chair — prof. Jan Ekier
1972–2000		prof. Jan Ekier		1972–1996 — prof. Regina Smendzianka
				1996–1999 — prof. Maria Szraiber
2000–2006		prof. Alicja Paleta-Bugaj		prof. Kaz­imierz Gierzod

 

Chair Mem­bers

Pro­fes­sor Alicja Paleta-Bugaj — Head of the Chair
Pro­fes­sor Andrzej Dutkiewicz, PhD
Pro­fes­sor Krzysztof Jabłoński
Pro­fes­sor Bro­nisława Kawalla-Ryszka
Pro­fes­sor Robert Marat (Depart­ment of Instru­men­tal and Edu­ca­tional Stud­ies in Białys­tok)
Pro­fes­sor Piotr Paleczny
Pro­fes­sor Ewa Pobłocka
Pro­fes­sor Jerzy Roma­niuk
Pro­fes­sor Jerzy Ster­czyński
Pro­fes­sor Maria Szraiber, e-mail: maria@elektron.pl
Pro­fes­sor Anna Jastrzębska-Quinn
Pro­fes­sor Maria Stojek-Kot
Pro­fes­sor Elż­bi­eta Tar­nawska
Pro­fes­sor Edward Wolanin
Assis­tant Pro­fes­sor Luc­jan Benisz
Assis­tant Pro­fes­sor Janusz Gro­belny
Assis­tant Pro­fes­sor Urszula Izbicka (Depart­ment of Instru­men­tal and Edu­ca­tional Stud­ies in Białys­tok)
Assis­tant Pro­fes­sor Paweł Kamiński
Assis­tant Pro­fes­sor Joanna Ławrynowicz-Just
Assis­tant Pro­fes­sor Bożena Maciejewska-Banaszkiewicz (Depart­ment of Instru­men­tal and Edu­ca­tional Stud­ies in Białys­tok)
Assis­tant Pro­fes­sor Agnieszka Przemyk-Bryła, DA
Assis­tant Pro­fes­sor Ramiro San­jinez
Assis­tant Pro­fes­sor Joanna Świt­lik
Assis­tant Maria Gabryś
Assis­tant Tomasz Lupa
Senior Lec­turer Teresa Przestrzel­ska (Depart­ment of Instru­men­tal and Edu­ca­tional Stud­ies in Białys­tok)
Senior Lec­turer Anna Szwengier (Depart­ment of Instru­men­tal and Edu­ca­tional Stud­ies in Białystok)

Col­lab­o­ra­tors

Pro­fes­sor Kaz­imierz Gierżod
Pro­fes­sor Jan Kadłu­biski
Pro­fes­sor Lidia Kozubek
Pro­fes­sor Teresa Man­aster­ska, PhD
Elż­bi­eta Karaś-Krasztel, PhD Hab.
Senior Lec­turer Krystyna Wachowska-Ilkowska (Depart­ment of Instru­men­tal and Edu­ca­tional Stud­ies in Białystok)