Karina Komendera

Graduated from the State Comprehenkarina komanderasive Music School with I* and II* level  in Bielsko-Biała  in 2006 – piano and saxophone classes. Later she graduated from  Warsaw Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in piano class of prof. Paweł Skrzypek (2011) and the Faculty of Management at the University of Warsaw (2012). She is the winner of many nationwide and international piano competitions. Awarded with scholarships from the President of the Council of Ministers of Poland, Ministry of Culture and National Heritage and the Department of Culture and Family Art of Bielsko-Biała for outstanding scientific and artistic achievements. In the years 2007-2009 she was a Gold Country Piano Institute scholarship holder in California-USA. As a soloist and chamber musician she has performed  in Poland, Austria, Italy, Romania, Lithuania, Russia, Switzerland, Norway, Japan and USA. In 2010 she made her debut as a soloist on Broadway at La MaMa Theater in New York in the performance “Chopin – an Impression”, starting her international tour. She mastered her piano skills with Thomas Graham from Royal College of Music, John Collins , Jorgen Larsen, Kevin Kenner and many Polish artists. She participated in Festivals and Interpretation Courses: Gaetano Zinetti Chamber Music in Verona and Poland-Norway Piano Duo Cultural Bridge in Trondheim and GCPI in Nevada City. In the years 2010-2014 Karina Komendera was a lecturer at the Complex  of Fryderyk Chopin Music Schools in Warsaw and was a music director of the International Gospel Workshops in Bielsko-Biała.

Currently she is a pianist and saxophonist of the Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic Orchestra, accompanist and vocal coach. She is also a Ph.D. student, piano teacher assistant, saxophone accompanist , clarinet and percussion classes assistant at the Chopin University of Music in Bialystok. Acompanianist on Finalis 2016.

 

Barbara Dębowska-Łajewska

She graduated with honors in chamber music class of Jerzy Marchwiński and piano in the class of Jerzy Romaniuk and Ramiro Sanijnes from the Music University in Warsaw. She mastered  her piano skills in Poland and abroad (USA) under the supervision of outstanding pianists. She has been a laureate of many chamber music and piano competitions. As a soloist she performed several times with Chopin recitals in Żelazowa Wola and with the Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic Orchestra. She collaborated with W. Warska and A. Kurylewicz in “The Artistic Basement” in Warsaw. She won several awards as a pianist – an accompanist at national and international competitions. She   works as a teacher at the Complex of Music Schools in Bialystok and a lecturer at the F.Chopin Music University in Bialystok.

 

 

M wilukMagdalena Wiluk

She graduated from the Complex of Music Schools in Bialystok in piano class of prof. A. Szwengier. She has worked as an accompanist in PSM I* and II* level in Łomża. Currently  she works as a teacher and accompanist in PSM  in Bielsk Podlaski and the Complex of  Paderewski Music Schools in Bialystok. She also graduated from the Music University in Bialystok in the piano class of prof. L. Kot. Since 2014 he has been working regularly with the “Teraz Muzyka” Foundation. Together with a violinist Roman Zieliński, she creates a violin and piano duet, performing in the entire Podlasie region.