{"id":876,"date":"2016-01-23T23:03:46","date_gmt":"2016-01-23T22:03:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/strony.amuz.krakow.pl\/?page_id=876"},"modified":"2025-12-09T10:29:59","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T09:29:59","slug":"katedra-instrumentow-detych-i-akordeonu","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.amuz.krakow.pl\/en\/wydzialy\/wydzial-ii-instrumentalny\/katedra-instrumentow-detych-i-akordeonu\/","title":{"rendered":"Department of Winds and Accordion"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The wind instruments and accordion courses taught at the Krak\u00f3w Conservatoire from 1918 were interrupted by World War II. After 1945, the State Higher School of Music was established, but everything had to be organised almost from scratch. The first teachers after the war were the concert masters of the Krakow Philharmonic groups – flautist Wac\u0142aw Chudziak, trumpeter Ludwik Lutak, and percussionist J\u00f3zef Stojko. Only at the end of the 1960s did things gain momentum. In the academic year 1969\/70, the flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, French horn, trombone and percussion classes formed together the Wind Instruments Department. Associate Professor Ludwik Lutak became its first head. In 1975\/76, saxophone and accordion classes were additionally included in the Department. The classes of each of the instruments kept developing and expanding. The Department’s pedagogues were recruited from among the alumni of the State Higher School of Music, and subsequently the Academy of Music, the musicians of the Polish Radio and TV Orchestra in Krakow, Krakow Philharmonic, and later also the Great Orchestra of Polish Radio and TV in Katowice (currently the Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra (NOSPR)). The opening of the Instrumental Pedagogy Section in 1976\/77 was of great importance to the teaching of wind instruments at the undergraduate level. In 1981\/82, Professor Barbara \u015awi\u0105tek-\u017belazna took over as head of the Department. The development process of the academic staff began. In addition to their teaching activities, each of the members of the Department had an impressive concert record; students began to win prizes in competitions in Poland and abroad. At present, 22 instrumental classes are taught at the Department in the following specialities: the flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, saxophone, French horn, trumpet, trombone, tuba, percussion, and accordion. The Department also conducts scientific and research activities. Numerous seminars and master classes are given by foreign specialists. The international scientific sessions that are held combine performing arts with scientific analysis, which is quite a unique feature. Also noteworthy is a multi-year research programme concerning music by Krakow composers for wind instruments, percussion and accordion, a session entitled \u201cContemporary National Schools?\u201d devoted to the music of Switzerland, Ukraine and Finland, and a session on the accordion music of Scandinavia, Latvia, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. For several years now, the Department has been collaborating with the Contemporary Music and Jazz Department organising a percussion \u201cSources and Inspirations\u201d festival. The year 2007 saw the first in a series of sessions and concerts entitled \u201cOn the Road to New Harmony\u201d devoted to new compositional and performance techniques in ensemble music for wind instruments, percussion and accordion. The Department was an inspiration for that project – Zbigniew Bujarski’s \u201cGames\u201d were created especially for its musicians. The first performance of that work gave rise to the formation of a new ensemble, the \u201cHarmonia Nova\u201d wind instruments orchestra. The open formula of that project provides new possibilities for creators and performers for many years to come. In 2008, to celebrate the 120th anniversary of the Academy, on the initiative of the Department, works for various wind instrument ensembles were written by composers associated with the Academy and were subsequently performed. Those compositions will be published by the Academy.<\/p>\n

What is the Department’s greatest undertaking is the International Flute Competition, launched on the initiative of Professor Barbara \u015awi\u0105tek-\u017belazny. In 2010, it will be held for the fifth time.
\nThe Department of Wind Instruments, Percussion and Accordion of the Academy of Music in Krak\u00f3w conducts artistic and scientific activities relating to music for wind instruments, percussion and accordion in the following fields of research:<\/p>\n