Professor Andrzej Chorosiński

He began to study the organ under Pro­fes­sor Stanisław Możdżonek at the Karol Szy­manowski Music High School in War­saw and grad­u­ated with hon­ours in 1967. That same year he began to study the organ in Feliks Rączkowski’s class at the War­saw Acad­emy of Music and grad­u­ated with hon­ours in 1972. He also stud­ied com­po­si­tion under Tadeusz Paciorkiewicz in 1969–1974. In 1972 Andrzej Chorosiński attended Floor Peeters’ mas­ter course in Bel­gium. That same year he won a spe­cial prize at the organ impro­vi­sa­tion com­pe­ti­tion in Kiel.

He has played in nearly every coun­try in Europe and also in Israel, USA. Canada, South Korea and Japan. He has per­formed in such renowned places as the National Phil­har­monic in War­saw, Kon­certhaus in Stock­holm, P. Tchaikovsky Hall in Moscow, Notre Dame Cathe­dral in Paris, King’s Col­lege Chapel in Cam­bridge, Pope Paul VI Hall in the Vat­i­can and St. Patrick’s Cathe­dral in New York.

He has made many radio and tele­vi­sion record­ings in Poland and abroad. He has also recorded over 20 records (LPs and CDs) for such com­pa­nies as: Pol­skie Nagra­nia, Veri­ton, EMI-Electrola, Life Records, DUX, Musi­con, Musikpro­duk­tion Dabring­haus und Grimm and Megavox. In 2003 the Audio-Video Pro­duc­ers’ Union awarded the “Dou­ble Plat­inum Record” title to a CD recorded in the Licheń Basilica.

A. Chorosiński also com­poses. His works include: Con­certo for Organ and Orches­tra, cham­ber, organ, choir and film music com­mis­sioned by the Fea­ture Film Pro­duc­ers in Łódź. He is the author of many organ tran­scrip­tions of orches­tra works, e.g., by A. Vivaldi, C. Saint-Saëns, M. Rimsky-Korsakov, M. Mus­sorgsky and B. Smetana.

Teach­ing is impor­tant for Andrzej Chorosiński who became tit­u­lar Pro­fes­sor of Music Arts in 1992. He is pro­fes­sor of the organ class at the War­saw and Wrocław Acad­e­mies of Music. He has also been Vice-Rector (1987–1993) and Rec­tor (1993–1999) of the Fry­deryk Chopin Acad­emy of Music in War­saw. He was a mem­ber of the exec­u­tive com­mit­tee of AECAM, the Asso­ci­a­tion of Rec­tors of Euro­pean Music Acad­e­mies, in 1993–2000.

He has also chaired the Con­fer­ence of Rec­tors of Artis­tic Uni­ver­si­ties (KRUA) in Poland. He has con­ducted mas­ter courses in Ger­many, Swe­den, Fin­land, USA, Japan, South Korea and Israel. He has sat on the juries of organ com­pe­ti­tions in France, Ger­many and Poland.

Andrzej Chorosiński was head of the Chair of Organ and Harp­si­chord at the AMFC in War­saw in 1999–2005.

He was Artis­tic Direc­tor of the Lower Sile­sian Phil­har­monic in Jele­nia Góra in 1997–2002.

He has received many medals and awards includ­ing the Dis­tin­guished Cul­tural Activist Award, Gold Cross of Merit and “Eccle­siae Pop­u­loque Servi­tium Praes­tanti”. He is hon­orary cit­i­zen of Jele­nia Góra and Kłodzko, a title con­ferred for his achieve­ments as a pop­u­lariser of music cul­ture in Lower Silesia.

He is the con­sul­tant or author of many organ-construction projects in Poland, Ger­many, Canada and Japan.