Participants

Spring Evening of Song and Opera 2014

15 March Warszawa 22 March Gdynia

Spring Evening of Song and Opera 2014

Jagoda Huber Paweł Jeka Magdalena Mórawska Marta Osmańska Anna Piętka Patryk Rybarczyk Zofia Skowron Katarzyna Gawałkiewicz

Pianists

Adam Sychowski Paweł Poterewicz

Jagoda Huber (mezzo-soprano)

A second-year master's student in the singing class of Professor Henryka Januszewska-Stańczyk at the Academy of Music in Katowice, and a graduate in classical guitar from the Academy of Music in Kraków, where she studied with Professor Janusz Sochacki. She attended Professor Bogdan Makal's masterclasses at the 31st Winter Vocal Course in Duszniki-Zdrój. She has taken part in numerous academic projects, performing chamber music and with the Academy's Baroque Orchestra, including at the Silesian Museum, St Mary's Church in Katowice, the Katowice Academy of Fine Arts and the Fortepianarium in Zabrze. She is active musically in her hometown of Mielec and has collaborated with guitarist Wojciech Gurgul since 2012.
Paweł Jeka (tenor)

A graduating student of Professor Maria Borowska-Gasik at the Secondary Music School in Gdynia. He has developed his skills with distinguished teachers and performers including Dr Nicolas Clapton of the Royal Academy of Music in London, Gennaro Sica of Florence and Dr Artur Stefanowicz of the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw. Since 2012 he has regularly attended individual lessons and masterclasses with Professor Marcin Habela of the Geneva University of Music and Lyon Conservatory. He founded and organises the Spring Evening of Song and Opera and co-organises Professor Marcin Habela's annual International Vocal Masterclass in Warsaw.
Magdalena Mórawska (soprano)

Born in Zakroczym, a small town near Warsaw, she showed an interest in music from primary school, appearing frequently at school events. Joining a vocal group led by singer and instrumentalist Jerzy Worobiej convinced her to develop her passion for singing, initially in musical theatre and popular music. Her interest in classical music and opera developed while studying, when she joined the Warsaw University of Technology Academic Choir. Vocal technique classes with Arsen Szkurhan inspired her to enter the Fryderyk Chopin State Music School on Bednarska Street in Warsaw. She graduated with distinction in 2013 from the class of Professor Izabela Kłosińska.
Marta Osmańska (mezzo-soprano)

A first-year student of Professor Barbara Ewa Werner at the Karol Lipiński Academy of Music in Wrocław and graduate of the Feliks Nowowiejski Secondary Music School in Szczecin, where she studied with Małgorzata Wieland. She won second prize at the Giulio Perotti International Vocal Competition in Ueckermünde and third prize at the Maria Stankowska National Vocal Festival in Olsztyn, as well as distinctions at the CEA macroregional auditions in Warsaw and the Franciszka Platówna National Vocal Competition in Wrocław. A Szczecin city scholarship holder, she placed first in the regional Art Olympiad and became a national finalist in music history. She has performed at charity and school concerts, in Pergolesi's Stabat Mater (2011–2013), and with pianist Michał Landowski in Schumann's Frauenliebe und -leben. Since 2011 she has formed a duo with harpist Noemi Hańczyk; they won first prize at the 2012 Malchower Kirchenpreis international competition.
Anna Piętka (soprano)

Soloist of the Warsaw School of Economics choir. In 2013 she graduated with distinction from the Zygmunt Noskowski Secondary Music School in Gdynia, having studied with Professor Maria Borowska-Gasik. A prizewinner in numerous vocal competitions, she appeared with the university choir at the Warsaw National Philharmonic in 2013.
Patryk Rybarczyk (baritone)

A first-year student at the Feliks Nowowiejski Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz in the class of Professor Wiesław Bednarek. Previously he studied singing with Beata Gramza at the Tadeusz Szeligowski Music School in Gorzów Wielkopolski. Passionate about music since childhood, he has participated in numerous vocal and instrumental projects, recitation competitions and sung-poetry festivals.
Zofia Skowron (soprano)

A first-year student in the class of Professor Kamila Kułakowska at the Feliks Nowowiejski Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz. She won the Grand Prix at the nationwide auditions of the Centre for Artistic Education in 2012. Previously she studied with Professor Izabela Kłosińska at the Fryderyk Chopin Secondary Music School in Warsaw. She is a member of Cameratissima, an early-music ensemble specialising in Baroque repertoire.
Katarzyna Gawałkiewicz (soprano)

A second-year student in Professor Marcin Habela's singing class at the Conservatory of Lyon. She graduated from the Fryderyk Chopin Secondary Music School in Warsaw in the solo-singing class of Professor Dariusz Niemirowicz. She began music-making in children's choirs and sang for three years in the Choir of the John Paul II Centre for Thought, taking part in many projects. She performed at the National Philharmonic in Warsaw and Witold Lutosławski Studio S1, and worked with the Polish Radio Orchestra under Michał Dworzyński. She participated in a concert with Andrea Bocelli. As a young singer she also worked with the Friends of Warsaw Society and the Andrzej Tymowski welfare centre. She gave solo concerts in Warsaw, Kraków and Gdynia; in Lyon she performed Baroque music at the Fourvière hospital chapel in a conservatory project.