Emanuel Bączkowski, ks. Zdzisław Madej, Michał Chorosiński

Emanuel Bączkowski  

Doctor of musical arts. Graduate of the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw in the organ class of prof. Andrzej Chorosiński and in the Church Music specialisation. He studied organ and organ composition at the Conservatorio di Musica Santa Cecilia in Rome with maestro Alessandro Licata. Graduate of Management Studies at the Faculty of Management, University of Warsaw. He gives concerts as a soloist and chamber musician (Israel, Germany, Italy, France, Portugal). He has performed at European and International Organ Festivals promoting Polish organ literature. His artistic output includes eight record releases. Speaker at Międzynarodowe Sesje Naukowe. He has been organist of the Church of the Creative Communities of the Archdiocese of Warsaw for 20 years. Animator of musical life. Originator of various organ and chamber music concert series. Scholarship holder of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage. Awarded the bronze medal Gloria Artis Medal for Merit to Culture. 

Rev. Zdzisław Madej  

Tenor, performing opera and oratorio-cantata music, with a lyrico-spinto voice. Graduate of the Hochschule für Musik in Freiburg in the solo singing class of prof. Rheginaldo Pinheiro and the Academy of Music in Wrocław. He completed his postgraduate studies at the Hochschule fur Musik und Theater und Medien in Hannover in the class of prof. Markus Schaefer. He works with, e.g.  Wrocław Philharmonic Orchestra, Sudeten Philharmonic Orchestra, maestro J. Geiser and J. Gembalski. He has given concerts in Poland and abroad, including Germany, France, Switzerland and the USA. In addition to performing opera music, he gives concerts as an oratorio and cantata singer, performing solo parts of work, e.g. by Bach, Puccini and Mozart. He performs songs with piano by composers such as Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin and Schubert. In 2020, he was nominated for Belvedere Professorship by president Andrzej Duda.   

Michał Chorosiński  

Actor, director, producer, graduate of the Theatre Academy in Kraków. In 1996, he made his debut in the role of a guard in William Shakespeare’s comedy ‘Twelfth Night, or What You Will.’ Associated with many theatres. In 2001, he was awarded the Grand Prix at the 2nd national recitation competition ‘Verba Sacrum’ in Poznań. He is known to a wider audience for his numerous TV series, including ‘Lombard, życie pod zastaw’ and ‘Jagiellonowie.’ Co-founder of Teatr Klasyki Polskiej. He has performed on many theatre stages in Poland, including Teatr Ludowy in Kraków and the Teatr Polski in Wrocław, with which he has been associated for over 20 years. His credits also include roles in feature films and Teatr Telewizji productions. He has been director of the Centre for the Meeting of Cultures in Lublin since 2025.