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Agnieszka Duczmal
Agnieszka Duczmal is the founder, the exclusive conductor and art
director of the Chamber Orchestra of the Polish Radio "Amadeus",
and also the first woman conductor to perform in the famous La Scala
in Milan. The recognition won with the audience and critique is confirmed
by enthusiastic reviews and also by prizes, among others an honourable
mention at the 4th Herbert von Karajan International Conductor Contest
in Berlin (1975), the Herbert von Karajan silver medal at the International
Young Orchestra Meeting in West Berlin (1976) and the title of "La
donna del mondo" 1982 ("The woman of the world") granted
under UNESCO's patronage by the president of Italy in recognition
for the outstanding cultural, scientific and social achievements.
She graduated with honours from the State College of Music in Poznań
(1966-1971) where she studied conducting tutored by Professor Witold
Krzemiński. Then she began to work as a conductor assistant in the
State Philharmonic in Poznań and a conductor in Poznań Opera, where
she prepared, among others, the Polish premiere of an opera by B.
Britten "The Midsummer Night's Dream".
When she was still a student she founded the
Chamber Orchestra (1968) later transformed into the Chamber Orchestra
of the Polish Radio and Television (1977), and then into the Chamber
Orchestra of the Polish Radio "Amadeus" (1988) with which
she has been visiting the most famous concert halls in the world,
making many recordings: over 8000 minutes of music recorded for the
Polish Radio and Television, WDR, NDR, BBC and the French and Mexican
Television, hosting excellent soloists and promoting young talent.
| "Agnieszka Duczmal, well
deserves the title "Woman of the World". Petite, strong,
elegant and full of temperament, she proves a world-class conductor."
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V.Levinsky, Allgemeine Zeitung (Niemcy)
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