The Fryderyk Chopin State Music School Complex in Warsaw
Students of the Singing Department – Solo Vocal Section
Agnieszka Banach soprano
A student of the Fryderyk Chopin State Music School Complex in Warsaw in the solo singing class of Professor Maria Hanna Rejmer.
She participated in workshops of Russian song led by Izabella Kłosińska – soloist of the Grand Theatre – National Opera and by Elene Vitman – soloist of the Mariinsky Theatre. She has been singing in the Schola Cantorum Maximilianum choir since 2007.
Michał Justa tenor
1st year student at the Fryderyk Chopin State Music School Complex in Warsaw in the class of Professor Jerzy Knetig.
Magdalena Mórawska soprano
Born in Zakroczym. She has already shown her love for music in primary school, where she has often taken part in school events. She was a member of a vocal group working under the direction of singer and instrumentalist Jerzy Worobiej. Her interest in classical music and opera singing surfaced during higher-level education, when she joined the Academic Choir at the Wasraw University of Technology. She participated in voice emission classes led by Arsen Szkurhan.
She is currently a 4th year student in the solo singing class of Professor Jadwiga Skoczylas at the Fryderyk Chopin State Music School Complex in Warsaw.
In 2010 she received a distinction at the Hanna Słonicka 2nd National Vocal Competition in Suwałki.
Katarzyna Okońska mezzo-soprano
A 4th year student at the Fryderyk Chopin State Music School Complex in Warsaw in the class of Professor Beata Wardak.
She performs on stages in Poland and abroad, including the Special Tenors’ Gala at the Palace of Culture & Science in Warsaw and at the Annual Christmas Concert of the Polish Embassy at the A. S. Pushkin Museum in Moscow.
Anna Potyrała soprano
She has begun her musical education at the Fryderyk Chopin Secondary Music School in Warsaw in the class of Professor Beata Wardak. In 2012 she was a laureate of the 12th Franciszka Platówna National Vocal Competition in Wrocław. She takes part in vocal courses, perfecting her skills under the tutelage of excellent teachers.
Michał Pruszyński tenor
A student of the Secondary Music School in Żyrardów in the guitar class of Professor Tomasz Kaszubowski.
A student of the Fryderyk Chopin State Music School Complex in Warsaw since 2011, in the solo singing class of Professor Leszek Świdziński.
Jerzy Sawicki baritone
Born in Warsaw. He commenced his musical education in violin at the Karol Szymanowski State Music School Complex in Warsaw. He is currently a student of the Fryderyk Chopin Music University in the Department of Choral Conducting in the class of Sławek A. Wróblewski.
He simultaneously studies in the solo singing class of Professor Dariusz Niemirowicz.
Jerzy Sawicki is a soloist in the Song and Dance Ensemble of the Warsaw School of Economics, with which he has performed, among others, in the Lviv Opera.
He sang a solo part in a work by Heinrich Schütz at the concert of students graduating from the Fryderyk Chopin State Music School Complex.
Rafał Żurek tenor
A student of the Fryderyk Chopin State Music School Complex and of the Joachim Lelewel High School.
Before commencing the study of singing in the class of Professor Jerzy Knetig, he graduated from the Henryk Wieniawski Primary State Music School in Warsaw in the transverse flute class of Professor Renata Falaszewska-Bzówka.
Monika Kolasińska piano
Graduate of the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw. She now continues her post-graduate studies in Vocal Coaching and at the Inter-departmental Songs Programme at the same school. In chamber music piano performance she studied with Professor M. Nosowska, Professor K. Jankowska and Mr. R. Morawski. In 2009 she studied on a scholarship at the Conservatoire National de Region – Centre George Gorse – Boulogne Billancourt in Paris.
She is the laureate of the 2nd prize at the L. Stefański & H. Czerny-Stefańska 7th International Piano Competition (2004). She attended Piano Courses in Poland (Warsaw, Słupsk, Sopot) and abroad (Paris, Villecroze).
She performs with many singers at concerts and domestic and foreign competitions. She has been working with the National Philharmonic Stage for the Young in Warsaw since 2007.
Katarzyna Zimak – leadership