Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice

Founded in 1929, the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice offers BA, MA, doctoral and postgraduate studies at two Departments: Composition, Interpretation, Education and Jazz Department, Composition, Conducting and Music Theory Institute and Music Pedagogy Division – as well as Vocal Arts and Instrumental Department consisting of Divisions: Piano, String Instruments, Chamber Music, Organ and Church Music, Harpsichord and Historical Practice, Wind, Brass and Percussion, Accordion, Guitar, and Harp. Didactic, artistic and research activity of the school is supported by one of the largest music libraries in Poland as well as Computer Music Studio. The Academy combines its luminous past marked by outstanding graduates with its present artistic and didactic activities. The Dance Program at the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice is an innovative unit offering fertile ground for students to engage in a holistic career-focused education in dance. Marked by individualised attention and respect for difference it aspires to be Poland’s topmost dance program that shapes and unleashes the most desired artists in the world. Our location is in the heart of Katowice’s art scene which offers the student a myriad of opportunities to experiment and manifest their vision.

This program envisions dance and the dancer as integral to a fully expressed and experienced society. It embraces the current and innovative in the field.