Magdalena Łukawska

She graduated from the Academy of Music in Krakow, Voice and Drama Faculty, Class of Solo Singing of Monika Swarowska-Walawska. She holds a diploma of two departments of the National Music School, in Kielce, one in Solo Singing and the other in Viola.
She started giving concerts as early as in secondary school, performing various repertoire. During her study she was a soloist in oratorio-cantata concerts of the university symphony orchestra under the baton of Wojciech Czepiel (Great Mass in C Minor and Requiem by W. A. Mozart, Lacrimosa by K. Penderecki, Harmoniemesse by J. Haydn).
She worked as a soloist under the directorship of Paul Esswood in the production of H. Purcell’s opera “The Fairy Queen”.
She took part in a number of masterclasses offered in Poland by Professor Ryszard Karczykowski in Krakow and Stefania Toczyska in Duszniki-Zdroj; in Germany by Jutta Schlegel and in Austria by Nadezda Kniplowa.
She won a distinction at the 1st Karol Kurpiński Songs and Arias Competition. Her artistic achievements include many oratorio and cantata parts and numerous songs.
She collaborates with various music groups and is a member of the Fryderyk Chopin Friends of Music Society and the Hagiograf Theatre. Since 2003, she has worked as a madrigalist at Capella Cracoviensis, giving concerts both in Poland and abroad. In 2009, together with this ensemble, she was presented with the Fryderyk Award in the category of Best Album - Baroque and Early Music.