Professor Ella Susmanek-Mysińska

Ella Susmanek-Mysińska grad­u­ated from the State Higher Col­lege of Music (now the Fry­deryk Chopin Uni­ver­sity of Music) in War­saw in 1972 where she stud­ied the piano under Pro­fes­sor Jan Ekier. She was also holder of a schol­ar­ship awarded by the Fry­deryk Chopin Soci­ety in Warsaw.

She began to teach at the State Higher Col­lege of Music in 1972. She is now a full pro­fes­sor. She has been vice-dean of the Depart­ment of Vocal Stud­ies since 2005.

She is an active con­cert pianist in Poland and abroad. As a solo pianist she gives recitals e.g., in Łazienki Park in War­saw (Chopin recitals at the foot of Fry­deryk Chopin’s mon­u­ment), the Łazienki Orangery and the War­saw Music Society.

In 1970–1973 she co-operated with the “Con Moto Ma Cantabile” ensem­ble led by Pro­fes­sor Tadeusz Ochlewski. She gave sev­eral dozen con­certs with this group, at home and abroad, and also made many record­ings for Pol­ish Radio.

Her main focus of activ­ity are cham­ber con­certs and recitals with renowned soloists such as: Krzysztof Jakow­icz, Tadeusz Gadz­ina, Andrzej Ork­isz, Angel­ica May, Bog­dan Paprocki, Kaz­imierz Puste­lak, Martha Eggerth-Kiepura, Seta del Grande, Ingrid Krem­ling, Bar­bara Zagórzanka, Bożena Bet­ley, Bar­bara Mądra, Elż­bi­eta Ardam, Marek Torzewski, Adam Kruszewski, Dorota Radom­ska, Mał­gorzata Walewska, Adam Zdunikowski, Marcin Bronikowski, Gwen­dolyn Bradley, Louis Otey and Rose-Marie Todaro.

She has worked for many years at inter­na­tional music com­pe­ti­tions where she has co-operated with many out­stand­ing ped­a­gogues from Poland and abroad, e.g., T. Kuhne, V. Yagling, A. Zieliński, T. Gadz­ina, E. Spitzer, H. Słon­icka, H. Lisowska, H. Łazarska, U. Mitręga, J. Artysz, I. Krem­ling and T. Żylis-Gara.

She is also invited to pres­ti­gious music fes­ti­vals such as “Wratislavia Can­tans”, Music Fes­ti­vals in Łańcut, the Jan Kiepura Fes­ti­val in Kryn­ica, the Karol Szy­manowski Fes­ti­val in Cra­cow and Zakopane, the Franz Schu­bert Music Fes­ti­val, the Chopin Fes­ti­val in Gam­ing (Aus­tria), the d’Ete de Lanaudiere Fes­ti­val in Canada and others.

She has played with young artists at over 60 national and inter­na­tional music com­pe­ti­tions. Many of these artists have won prizes and awards of distinction.

She was given the Min­istry of Cul­ture and Art award in 1980. She has also won many prizes and awards of dis­tinc­tion in Poland and abroad.