dr hab. Agnieszka Draus, prof. AMKP
Agnieszka Draus – a theorist of music, a professor and Dean of the Faculty of Composition, Interpretation and Musical Education of the Academy of Music in Krakow. Vice-Head of the Board of Musicologists Section of the Polish Composers’ Union (ZKP).
In her research activities she has focused on the issues of contemporary music, in particular of musical theatre in the works of Krzysztof Penderecki (she received the City of Kraków Award for her Master’s thesis on his opera Paradise Lost) and Karlheinz Stockhausen (for her doctoral thesis on his opera cycle Licht, she was awarded the Rev. Prof. Hieronim Feicht ZKP Prize). Her research focuses also on works of: Witold Lutosławski, Marek Stachowski, Paweł Mykietyn, Józef Rychlik and young composers from the Kraków academic community, as well as on performance and new music. She is also interested in popular culture, in particular progressive rock and heavy metal. Except for about 80 articles she has released three books in the AMKP Edition (currently Penderecki Academy Press): (1) Stage Cycle “Licht” by Karlheinz Stockhausen. Musical Theatre of the World (2011), (2) Sound and Meaning. Studies on ouvre of Marek Stachowski (2016) – nominated to the Jan Długosz Award, and (3) Józef Rychlik i Jego muzyka. Dialogi. Komentarze (2026). She is also a co-author (together with Joanna Wiśnios) of The Opera Atlas for the youth. She disseminates the results of his research by taking part in international scientific conferences (including in Slovakia, Lithuania, Latvia, Belgium, France, the United Kingdom, Slovenia, Germany, Italy, Serbia, Spain, Portugal, and Japan).
Academic and music school teacher of music history, literature, musical analysis and research methodology, as well as ear training, harmony and the methodology of teaching general music classes. She is organising multiple projects at her alma mater, as well as promoting music at other educational institutions.
agnieszka.draus@amuz.krakow.pl