Professor Ryszard Duź

Born on 3^rd May 1952 in Wrocław where he also com­pleted his music edu­ca­tion. He grad­u­ated with hon­ours from the State Higher Col­lege of Music in Wrocław in 1976.

He has co-operated with the “Wilanów” Quar­tet since 1977. To this day, after 29 years, he has given about 3 thou­sand con­certs at home and abroad and taken part in numer­ous, renowned music fes­ti­vals and radio, tele­vi­sion and record record­ings (35 CDs).

He has worked at the Fry­deryk Chopin Uni­ver­sity of Music since 1991 and has been asso­ciate pro­fes­sor at the Depart­ment of Instru­men­tal Stud­ies where he teaches a viola and cham­ber music class (string quar­tets) since 2003.

Dur­ing his term at the Fry­deryk Chopin Acad­emy of Music he has had the oppor­tu­nity to play with many string quar­tets which have passed exam­i­na­tions very well, per­formed at many aca­d­e­mic con­certs and also par­tic­i­pated in many com­pe­ti­tions at home and abroad. In 1999 the “Wilanów” Quar­tet won 3^rd prize at the K. Bacewicz Inter­na­tional Inter­col­le­giate Cham­ber Music Com­pe­ti­tion in Łódź and in 2000 the “Royal” Quar­tet under his lead­er­ship won 1st prize and Grand Prix at the Inter­na­tional Carlo Solive Com­pe­ti­tion in Casale Mon­fer­ato, Italy. In 2001 another quar­tet, “PRO Musica”, won 3^rd prize at the afore­men­tioned com­pe­ti­tion in Łodź where it pre­sented a very high level of performance.

One of Ryszard Duź’s stu­dents, Michał Zaborski, won 3^rd prize at the J. Brahms Com­pe­ti­tion in Portschach (Aus­tria), 3^rd prize at the Pol­ish National J. Rakowski Viola Com­pe­ti­tion in Poz­nań in 2003 and 2^nd prize at the Inter­na­tional Viola Com­pe­ti­tion in Bled in 2004.

In addi­tion to teach­ing at the Fry­deryk Chopin Uni­ver­sity of Music in War­saw, Ryszard Duź has taught at Music Mas­ter Courses, e.g., in Byd­goszcz (1999), Biel­sko Biała (2000) and Lima, Peru (2000). He has sys­tem­at­i­cally attended the Inter­na­tional Sum­mer Mas­ter Courses in Zamość since 2002.