Prof. Anna Moniuszko

Poland

Anna Moniuszko - graduated with distinction the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music (Warsaw, Poland),where she began her academic career in 2003. In 2010 she received PhD degree in conducting, following with post – doc degree (habilitation) in 2015. She continues to work in her Alma Mater giving classes on conducting and early music performance. In 2003 she began her cooperation with one of the oldest academic choirs in Poland – The Choir of Medical University in Białystok, with which she won many prizes in international choirs competitions and was awarded with several special individual prizes for the Best Conductor of the competition. In 2005 she founded professional ensemble „Diletto” which specializes in historical performing of early music, especially of the baroque period. In over a decade the „Diletto” ensemble has staged 7 baroque operas and many of the most famous oratorios such as Haendel’s „Messiah”, „Israel in Egypt”, „Brockes Passion” or J.S. Bach’s „Christmas- oratorio”, „Eastern – oratorio”, „St. John’s Passion” and many more. The ensemble also released 2 CD in the DUX Music Publishing series „Polish early music” with the recently discovered compositions of A. Siewiński, J. Szczurowski, J. Caspar and S.F. Lechleitner. She is the Artistic Director of the International Festival of Early Arts in Białystok (since 2012), International Choir Competition „Cantu Gaudeamus” (since 2016) and she artisticly cooridinates the series of concerts „Music of the Barque Masters” (since 2009). In the year 2016 she was honoured with the Artistic Prize of the President of the City of Białystok (Poland) for her artistic achievements.