Chopin University of Music
Uniwersytet Muzyczny Fryderyka Chopina | |
Type | Public |
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Established | 1810 |
Rector | Klaudiusz Baran |
Administrative staff | 509 |
Students | 898 |
Address | Okólnik 2 St., 00-368 Warsaw, Poland, , , |
Campus | Urban |
Website | www.chopin.edu.pl |
The Chopin University of Music (Polish: Uniwersytet Muzyczny Fryderyka Chopina, UMFC) is a musical conservatorium and academy located in central Warsaw, Poland. It is the oldest and largest music school in Poland, and one of the largest in Europe.[1][2]
History
Named for the Polish composer Frédéric Chopin (whose birth name was Fryderyk Chopin and who studied there from 1826 to 1829),[2][a] the University dates from the Music School for singers and theatre actors that was founded in 1810 by Wojciech Bogusławski. In 1820 it was transformed by Chopin's subsequent teacher, Józef Elsner, into a more general school of music, the Institute of Music and Declamation; it was then affiliated with the University of Warsaw and, together with the University, was dissolved by Russian imperial authorities during the repressions that followed the November 1830 Uprising. In 1861 it was revived as Warsaw's Institute of Music.[3]
After Poland regained independence in 1918, the Institute was taken over by the Polish state and became known as the Warsaw
Buildings
The main building, at ulica Okólnik 2 in
The University also has its own dormitory, Dziekanka, at 58/60 Krakowskie Przedmieście. The latter has its own 150-seat concert hall.
Structure
The University is divided into the following departments:
- Department of Symphony and Orchestra Conducting
- Department of Composition and Theory of Music
- Department of Instrumental Studies
- Department of Vocal and Acting Studies
- Department of Choir Conducting and Choir Studies, Music Education and Rhythmics
- Department of Sound Engineering
- Department of Church Music
- Department of Dance
- Department of Jazz and Stage Music
- Department of Instrumental and Educational Studies, Music Education and Vocal Studies in Białystok
Directors and rectors
- Wojciech Bogusławski (1810–1814)
- Ludwik Osiński (1814−1816)
- Józef Elsner (1816–1830)
- Apolinary Kątski (1861−1879)
- Aleksander Zarzycki (1879−1888)
- Rudolf Strobl (1888−1891)
- Gustaw Roguski (1891−1903)
- Emil Młynarski (1903−1907)
- Stanisław Barcewicz (1910−1918)
- Emil Młynarski (1919−1922)
- Henryk Melcer-Szczawiński (1922−1927)
- Karol Szymanowski (1927−1929)
- Zbigniew Drzewiecki (1929−1930)
- Karol Szymanowski (1930–1931)
- Zbigniew Drzewiecki (1931–1932)
- Eugeniusz Morawski-Dąbrowa (1932−1939)
- Kazimierz Sikorski (1940−1944)
- Stanisław Kazuro (1945−1951)
- Stanisław Szpinalski (1951−1957)
- Kazimierz Sikorski (1957−1966)
- Teodor Zalewski (1966−1969)
- Tadeusz Paciorkiewicz (1969−1971)
- Regina Smendzianka (1972−1973)
- Tadeusz Wroński (1973−1975)
- Tadeusz Maklakiewicz (1975−1978)
- Bogusław Madey (1978−1981)
- Andrzej Rakowski (1981−1987)
- Kazimierz Gierżod (1987−1993)
- Andrzej Chorosiński (1993−1999)
- Ryszard Zimak (1999−2005)
- Stanisław Moryto (2005−2012)
- Ryszard Zimak (2012−2016)
- Klaudiusz Baran (from 2016)
Doctors honoris causa
- Igor Bełza
- Nadia Boulanger
- Plácido Domingo
- Jan Ekier
- Joachim Grubich
- Andrzej Jasiński
- Witold Lutosławski
- Andrzej Panufnik
- Arvo Pärt
- Krzysztof Penderecki
- Jean-Pierre Rampal
- Mstislav Rostropovich
- Arthur Rubinstein
- Witold Rudziński
- Jerzy Semkow
- Kazimierz Sikorski
- Stefan Śledziński
- Regina Smendzianka
- Stefan Sutkowski
- Tadeusz Wroński
Notable professors
Notable students
- Kari Amirian
- Grażyna Bacewicz
- Thomas Böttger
- Elisabeth Chojnacka
- Frédéric Chopin
- Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis
- Ignacy Feliks Dobrzyński
- Marian Filar
- Grzegorz Fitelberg
- Mieczysław Karłowicz
- Stefan Kisielewski
- Paweł Klecki
- Tomasz Konieczny
- Hilary Koprowski
- Bernard Ładysz
- Wanda Landowska
- Jerzy Lefeld
- Maciej Łukaszczyk
- Witold Lutosławski
- Jan Maklakiewicz
- Maciej Małecki
- Zygmunt Noskowski
- Jakub Józef Orliński
- Ignacy Jan Paderewski
- Andrzej Panufnik
- Olha Pasichnyk
- Piotr Perkowski
- Sergiusz Pinkwart
- Hania Rani
- Ludomir Różycki
- Sanah
- Antoni Szalowski
- Stanisław Szpinalski
- Adam Sztaba
- Tomasz Szukalski
- Alexandre Tansman
- Piotr Tomaszewski
- Zbigniew Turski
- Eugenia Umińska
- Moshe Vilenski[4]
- Małgorzata Walewska
- Mieczysław Weinberg
- Kazimierz Wiłkomirski
- Roger Woodward
Competitions
The University organizes the following music competitions:
- the Tadeusz Wronski International Solo Violin Competition (Międzynarodowy Konkurs T. Wrońskiego na Skrzypce Solo)
- an International Organ Competition (Międzynarodowy Konkurs Organowy)
- the Wanda Landowska Harpsichord Competition (Międzynarodowy Konkurs Klawesynowy im. W. Landowskiej)
- the Witold Lutoslawski International Cello Competition (Międzynarodowy Konkurs Wiolonczelowy im. W. Lutosławskiego)
Orchestras
The University has two orchestras: a symphony orchestra, and the Chopin University Orchestra, as well as a choir.
Notes
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Citations
- ^ Fryderyk Chopin University of Music Archived May 24, 2008, at the Wayback Machine at the International Chopin Information Center
- ^ Encyklopedia WIEM
- ^ The Fryderyk Chopin University of Music at Culture.pl (in English)
- ^ "Moshe Vilensky". Jewishvirtuallibrary.org. Retrieved July 31, 2011.
References
- (in Polish and English) Home page
- (in Polish) Akademia Muzyczna w Warszawie Archived 2016-03-03 at the Encyklopedia WIEM