About us
Head
prof. dr hab. Maciej Łakomy
e-mail: mlakomy@amuz.edu.pl
Deputy Head
mgr Renata Pabich
e-mail: rpabich@amuz.edu.pl
Deputy Head
dr Kamil Lis
e-mail: klis@amuz.edu.pl
Contact
room D117 | Mon – Fri | 12 p.m. – 2 p.m.
phone (+48) 61 856 89 33
mgr Magdalena Kałek | mkalek@amuz.edu.pl
dr Alicja Nalewajko | analewajko@amuz.edu.pl
mgr Dagmara Pawelska-Rogal | dpawelska@amuz.edu.pl
The Institute of Instrumental Music is the largest institute in terms of the number of teachers and students at the Faculty of Instrumental Studies, Historically Informed Performance, Jazz and Popular Music. Students have the opportunity to study two majors: Instrumental Music and Historically Informed Performance Practice and thirty-one specialties within six departments and two sections:
– Department of Brass Instruments
– Department of Woodwind Instruments
– Department of Piano Chamber Music
– Department of Historically Informed Performance Practice
– Section of Percussion Instruments
– Section of Accordion and Contemporary Music Interpretation.
The Department of Piano Chamber Music is the unit that integrates chamber music projects, offering great opportunities for collaboration among students of various specialties. The structure of the Institute allows combining the activities of particular departments, creating new synergistic development opportunities. About 250 students study at the Bachelor’s level (first cycle), Master’s level (second cycle) as well as at Doctoral level (third cycle). The unit was emerged from the Faculty II of the previous structure of the Academy, which, based on the parametrisation of art schools in Poland, received the highest “A” category in 2017. This has given rise to a number of new development opportunities in terms of staff, structure (new specialisations), and infrastructure. The huge investments made in instruments and library resources used by the Institute provide excellent motivation for both students and educators, and are an excellent base for the development of the entire academic community. The Institute’s staff consists of outstanding artists, often of worldwide renown, who translate their artistic achievements into inspiration for young generations of instrumentalists. The Institute also provides opportunities for artistic collaboration between students and teachers, while a wide range of subjects and theory faculties supports the humanistic and intellectual development of young adepts of the arts. At the academic level, the teachers are involved in the organization of international projects including:
– International Piano Competition “Halina Czerny-Stefańska in Memoriam”
– Academic Organ Competition
– academic sessions “In the Circle of Piano Chamber Music”
– National Percussion Competition
– National Harpsichord Competition
– Academy of Early Music
– concert series “Colors of Wind Instruments”
– International Festival “Sax Event”
– International Trombone Conference “Tromboholism”.
In the course of continuous development, the Institute of Instrumental Music has introduced the possibility of studying in English at the Faculty of Instrumental Studies. A well-developed network of foreign contacts results in a lively collaboration with universities and teachers from Europe, the United States, Russia, Australia, which gives an opportunity to confront the highest world level, both in the field of teaching and music performance.