Professor Leszek Kędracki

HARPSICHORDIST
PORTRAIT OF THE PEDAGOGUE

Fin­ished Harp­si­chord Studies:

• High School of Music, Cra­cow (1964–1969)
• Con­ser­va­to­rio di Musica “Santa Cecilia”, Rome (1970–1973)

Fin­ished Mas­ter Classes:

• Accad­e­mia Musi­cale “Chi­giana”, Siena, Italy (1966–1972)
• Hochschule fűr Musik, Luzern, Switzer­land (1972)
• Accad­e­mia Musi­cale “Santa Cecilia”, Rome (1973)

Teach­ers with whom he studied:

• Pro­fes­sor Jan­ina Wysocka-Ochlewska (Cracow)
  • the pupil of Egon Petri, Józef Tur­czyński and Wanda Landowska
• Mae­stro Fer­ruc­cio Vig­nanelli (Rome)
  • the pupil of Pietro Boc­cac­cini who was pupil of Franz Liszt
• Mae­stro Rug­gero Ger­lin (Siena)
  • the pupil of Wanda Landowska
• Pro­fes­sor Ralph Kirk­patrick (Luzern)
  • the pupil of Nadia Boulanger, Wanda Landowska and Arnold Dolmetsch

Artis­tic debut:

• Musi­cal Fes­ti­val, Słupsk, Poland (1971)

Artis­tic activ­ity in Poland:

• con­certs at the musi­cal fes­ti­vals (Słupsk, Byd­goszcz, Toruń, Cra­cow, Częs­to­chowa, Łódź, Wrocław, Kamień Pomorski, Lublin, War­saw, Szczecin, Kielce, Suwałki, Kosza­lin, Leg­nica, Gdańsk, Olsz­tyn, Łańcut, Gdańsk, Zielona Góra, Białys­tok, Biel­sko Biała, Byd­goszcz, Katow­ice, Giżycko)

• at the Philharmonics
• in the his­tor­i­cal and sacred places
• in the con­cert halls
• Artis­tic activ­ity abroad:
• con­certs in Italy, France, Ger­many, Great Britain, North­ern Ire­land, Nor­way, Den­mark, Switzer­land, Rus­sia, Spain, Hol­land, Roma­nia, in the United States and in India.

Some places of his concerts:

• Audi­to­rio “Santa Cecilia”, Vatican
• Audi­to­rio del Gon­falone, Rome
• Castello Sforzesco, Milan
• Cathe­dral St. Paul, Cambridge
• Con­cert Hall of RAI Radiotele­vi­sione Ital­iana, Milan
• Con­cert Hall of Radio Tele­visión Espanola, Madrid
• Royal Palace, Versailles
• Royal Cas­tle, Wawel, Cracow
• National Phil­har­monic, Warsaw

Con­cert activ­ity with orchestras:

• Roman Cham­ber Orchestra
• Milan Cham­ber Orchestra
• Siena Cham­ber Orchestra
• Acad­emy of St. Mar­tin in the Fields
• National Phil­har­monic Sym­phony Orches­tra in Warsaw
• National Phil­har­monic Cham­ber Orches­tra in Warsaw
• Pol­ish Cham­ber Orchestra
• Baltic Cham­ber Orchestra
• War­saw Cham­ber Opera Ensembles
• War­saw Royal Cas­tle Cham­ber Orchestra
• Cam­er­ata “Vis­tula” in Warsaw
• Olsz­tyn Cham­ber Ensem­ble “Pro Musica Antiqua”
• Cham­ber Ensem­ble “Con Moto ma Cantabile”

Record­ing activity:

• Pol­ish Radio and Television
• Radio Vara, Hil­ver­sum, Holland
• Radio Svizzera Ital­iana, Lugano, Switzerland
• Sender Freies Berlin, Germany
• Radio Tele­visión Espanola, Madrid
• RAI Radiotele­vi­sione Ital­iana, Milan, Italy

Teach­ing activity:

he is con­duct­ing harp­si­chord classes:

• in the Acad­emy of Music Fry­deryk Chopin in War­saw (since 1973)
• in the Acad­emy of Music Grażyna and Kiejs­tut Bacewicz in Łódź (since 1981)
• in the Sec­ondary School of Music Józef Elsner in War­saw (1973–1982)

Aca­d­e­mic title:

• pro­fes­sor of musi­cal arts (nom­i­na­tion — 1992)

Guest lec­tures:

• École Nor­male de musique, Paris
• Uni­ver­sity of Kansas, Lawrence, (USA)
• New Dehli Music School (India)
• Acad­emy of Music in Cracow
• Sec­ondary Schools of Music in Poland

Con­ducted Mas­ter Classes in Poland:

• Kamień Pomorski (1992–1994)
• Słupsk (1995–1997)
• Białys­tok (1998–2007)
• Cra­cow (2003)

Mem­ber of Jury Competitions:

• Harp­si­chord Com­pe­ti­tions — Rome, 1983 — Rome, 1984 (pres­i­dent of Jury) — Cra­cow, 1985 — Lawrence, USA, 1992 — War­saw, 1993 (pres­i­dent of Jury) — War­saw, 1998 (pres­i­dent of Jury)
• Organ Com­pe­ti­tion, Gdańsk, 1985

Func­tions in the Acad­emy of Music in Warsaw:

• Head of The Chair of Organ and Harp­si­chord (1990–1993)
• vicedean of Fac­ulty of Piano, Harp­si­chord and Organ (1993–1999) and (2005–2008)

Some his students:

• Władysław Kłosiewicz (1974–1978) teach­ing in the Acad­emy of Music in Warsaw
• Dorota Cybulska-Amsler (1974–1978) teach­ing in Switzerland
• Ewa Piasecka (1981–1986) pro­fes­sor in the Acad­emy of Music in Łódź
• Marek Toporowski (1985–1989) pro­fes­sor in the Acad­emy of Music in Katowice
• Piotr Wilczyński (1986–1991) lec­turer in the Acad­emy of Music in Warsaw
• Alina Ratkowska (1995–1999) assis­tant in the Acad­emy of Music in Warsaw
• Ewa Rzetecka (1998–2003) assis­tant in the Acad­emy of Music in Łódź