Prof. Monika Mielko-Remiszewska

Poland

A graduate of Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, majoring in Music Education (1988), as well as Postgraduate Choirmaster Studies (2000) and Postgraduate Voice Emission Studies (2002) at the F. Nowowiejski Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz. She began working at the Institute of Artistic Education at UMCS in Lublin in 1987 as a trainee assistant. She is currently a professor of musical arts, lecturing on subjects such as conducting, score reading, vocal ensembles and vocal technique. Since 1993, she has been the conductor of the Academic Choir of the Medical University of Lublin. She has prepared and conducted over 700 concerts, including 18 oratorio vocal-instrumental works (e.g., Messiah by G.F. Handel and St. John Passion by J.S. Bach). Under her direction, the choir has won over 40 awards and distinctions at national and international choral festivals and competitions. Prof. Monika Mielko-Remiszewska is also an active promoter of musical life. Since 2014, she has served as the president of the Lublin Branch of the Polish Association of Choirs and Orchestras (PZChiO), and since 2022, as the vice-president of the PZChiO’s Management in Warsaw. Since 2015, she has also been the president of the Dr. M. Hajnos Academic Cultural Association, which supports the Academic Choir of the Medical University and the Academic Children’s Choir "Pueri Nostri", of which she is the founder and artistic director. In 2016, she became the director of the International Festival of Choral Music CANTANTES LUBLINENSIS in Lublin. She also serves on the jury of national and international competitions, including the Prof. Jan Szyrocki International Festival of Choral Song in Międzyzdroje and the Prof. Józef Świder International Festival of Music in Cieszyn. She has been awarded the Bronze and Silver Cross of Merit, the Medal of the Commission of National Education (KEN), the 700th Anniversary Medal of the City of Lublin, the 450th Anniversary Medal of the Union of Lublin, and the Medal of Merit for the Medical University of Lublin.