Employees

prof. dr

Anna Mikołajczyk-Niewiedział

singing

A longtime soloist of the Warsaw Chamber Opera, the Baltic Opera and the Wrocław Opera, where she sang many leading roles, including operas by Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Verdi or Stravinsky.

Contemporary composers, such as Zygmunt Krauze, Paweł Łukaszewski, Piotr Moss and Elżbieta Sikora, often entrust her with the world premieres of their work.  An extremely significant success was the creation of the title role in the opera Madame Curie by Elżbieta Sikora - the world’s ever first premiere in November 2011 in Paris.

She devotes a lot of time in her concert activity to oratorio, cantata and chamber music.  She is particularly appreciated in the circle of early music, with which the singer's artistic debut is related.

In 2001, she received the Zofia Rayzacherowa award for the greatest artistic individuality in the field of early music at the 11th Festival of Early Music at the Royal Castle in Warsaw.

The artist's achievements include various performances on profound world stages, in the company of outstanding musicians and conductors. She proudly promotes the achievements of Polish composers of all eras.

She has recorded over 50 albums, including 12 that received the FRYDERYK Phonographic Academy award, among them the solo album on which Mikołajczyk presents songs by Karol Szymanowski and was awarded two FRYDERYK 2008 awards in the following categories: Album of the Year Vocal Recital, Opera, Operetta, Ballet, and Phonographic Debut of the Year.  The FRYDERYK 2019 award in the Chamber Music Album of the Year category was awarded to the album published by Chopin University Press: Stabat Mater - Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Luctus Mariae - Paweł Łukaszewski.  Together with Marcin Tadeusz Łukaszewski, she recorded all the songs by Ignacy Jan Paderewski, the album is a laureate of the Fryderyk 2022 in the category: Chamber Music - Duets.

In 2023, she also received title of the Professor of Art. She leads a solo singing masterclass at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw.