Andrzej Zawisza

Andrzej Zawisza, a doctorate in music arts as an instrumentalist, graduated with honours from the harpsichord class of Prof. Magdalena Myczka at the Academy of Music in Kraków. Later, he moved on to also complete postgraduate harpsichord studies in the class of Prof. Elżbieta Stefańska. He studied harpsichord with James Johnstone and singing with Andrew Watts at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, which he graduated with the Postgraduate Diploma in Music Performance (PGDip) and Master of Music Degree (MMus) with honours. He also honed his vocal skills under Mhairi Lawson and Dame Emma Kirkby.

As a vocalist, the artist has collaborated with many choirs, chamber ensembles, as well as orchestras and vocal ensembles specialising in performance of early music, often performing solo parts. As a harpsichordist (both as a soloist and a chamber musician), he collaborated with many chamber ensembles, including Florilegium, Sonnerie, La Serenissima, La Tempesta, Capella Cracoviensis. Moreover, as a renowned basso continuo he has been also collaborating with numerous orchestras and chamber ensembles in Poland and abroad, such as Camerata Vivaldiana, Kraków Opera Orchestra, Kraków Philharmonic Orchestra, Beethoven Academy Orchestra and Tarnów Chamber Orchestra with whom he recorded pieces by Vivaldi, Albinoni and Handel.

 

Andrzej Zawisza is a finalist of the Polish edition of the Orpheus International Vocal Competition commemorating the 400th anniversary of the premiere of Claudio Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo (Mantua, Italy) and a laureate of the first prize at the 8th Broadwood Harpsichord Competition in London. He is also a laureate of the Creative Scholarship and the City of Kraków Award, as well as the scholarship of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage in music. Moreover, he is also a member of the Polish Early Music Society and the Bach Society in Kraków, vice president of the Sonoris Foundation for Art Development, as well as a founder and artistic director of the Estravaganza ensemble, with whom he realised a multimedia recording of Bach’s cantatas for a Japanese label IMC Music Publisher Ltd.