Graduates

Each year AMKP awards degrees to approximately 300 students of the musical arts. They find careers as soloists, creators, academics, members of musical ensembles and employees of cultural institutions both in Poland and abroad. Many of them go on to win national and international awards in such areas as musical performance, composition, conducting and music theory

Musicians associated with the Academy have enjoyed spectacular success in many fields – AMKP is the only Polish higher education institution that can boast two winners of the Fryderyk Chopin International Piano Competition in Warsaw (Halina Czerny-Stefańska, Adam Harasiewicz). The names of former and current students of the Academy are among the laureates of the UNESCO International Rostrum of Composers, while several alumni have made contributions to popular films, series and video games (including A Single Man, Czas honoru [Time of Honor] or Cyberpunk 2077). Students of Polish music schools use books written by our alumni, including Nasza muzyka (Our Music), a  textbook for ear training and music theory co-authored by Ilona TomeraChmiel and Lidia Florek

AMKP has also served as a launchpad for many student initiatives, which, over time, have developed and transformed into professional music groups that have made a name for themselves on the music market. These include, among others:

• CRACOW DUO – a duo founded in 2001 by pianist Marek Szlezer and cellist Jan Kalinowski, which has performed on many of the world’s stages. 

• MOTION TRIO – a cult accordion trio founded in 1996 by Janusz Wojtarowicz. The ensemble’s other members are Marcin Gałażyn and Paweł Baranek. 

• DAFÔ QUARTET – a string quartet formed in 1993, which has twice been awarded a  Fryderyk prize for its recordings of twentieth century Polish music. The quartet’s members are Justyna Duda-Krane, Danuta Augustyn, Aneta Dumanowska, and Anna Armatys-Borrelli. 

• SINFONIETTA CRACOVIA – the orchestra of the city of Krakow, whose members originated from the Young Krakow Chamber Musicians, a student ensemble established in 1990. 

• BEETHOVEN ACADEMY ORCHESTRA – a group founded in 2003 by Marcin Klejdysz and the then members of the Symphony Orchestra of the Academy of Music in Krakow, inspired by Elżbieta Penderecka. 

• SPÓŁDZIELNIA MUZYCZNA contemporary ensemble – a group of Krakow musicians specializing in new music, founded in 2013 on the initiative of Martyna Zakrzewska, Mateusz Rusowicz and Piotr Peszat

The following individuals provide just a  sample of the unique and diverse careers pursued by AMKP graduates: