The Department of Brass Instruments continues the tradition of the Department of Wind Instruments established in 1958. The first head of the Department of Brass Instruments in the years 2019-2020 was prof. dr hab. Roman Gryń; currently this position is held by prof. AMP dr hab. Maciej Łakomy.

Teachers associated with the Department are orchestral musicians, chamber musicians and soloists. They are graduates of Polish and foreign music academies and winners of numerous national and international competitions. They sit as jurors at competitions in Poland and abroad. An important element of the Department’s activity are international academic conferences organized by the unit including master classes in brass performance led by distinguished teachers from academic centers around the world. The conferences also feature concerts, lectures, and exhibitions of musical instruments. Cyclic events include the International Conference “The Colors of Brass Instruments”, “Thromboholism” – Poznań Trombone Music Festival, and the International Conference for Trumpeters “The Trumpet Shall Sound”.

As part of its artistic and academic events, the Department has hosted such distinguished teachers, soloists, chamber and orchestral musicians as Marco Pierobon, Andrea Tofanelli, Eric Aubier, Markus Wursch, Giuliano Sommerhalder, Teunis van der Zwart, Edward Deskur, Lisa Ford, Thomas Leyendecker, György Gyivicsan, Ricardo Molla, Karl Hinterbichler, Zdzisław Stolarczyk, Grzegorz Nagórski, Tomasz Hajda, Karol Gajda, Jacek Namysłowski, and Jonas Bylund.

 

Members of the Department of Brass Instruments:

Trumpet

prof. dr hab. Roman Gryń
dr Damian Kurek
mgr Marek Galubiński

French Horn

dr Krzysztof Stencel
mgr Igor Szeligowski

Trombone

dr hab, Maciej Łakomy, prof. AMP – Head
dr Wojciech Jeliński

Tuba, Euphonium

mgr Mateusz Kurek

Pianists:

dr Maria Rutkowska
dr Tomasz Sośniak
mgr Natalia Domańska
mgr Barbara Habdas-Piwowar
mgr Mateusz Kowalski
mgr Renata Pabich