Agnieszka Budzińska

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Agnieszka Budzinska, was born in 1973 in Szczecin (Poland) and graduated from the Piano Department of Szczecin Conservatory in 1992, whilst at the Consevatory she also attended singing lessons and performed as a choir member and soloist with many choirs throughout Poland and Northern Europe (Germany, The Netherlands, Danemark, Sweden, Norway). In 1992 she began musicological studies at Poznań University from where she graduated in 1999 (Masters Degree in Musicology), writing a thesis on late medieval German music with Prof. Ryszard Wieczorek. In 1994 and 1996 she was awarded a scholarship to attend vocal masterclasses with Evelyn Tubb, Emma Kirkby, Nigel Rogers and Nicholas Clapton during the Dartington International Summer School in England. In 1996, for one year, she took private singing lessons with Ansy Boothroyd in London. Her profound interest in medieval music brought her to Cologne where she attended courses with the late Barbara Thornton (Ensemble Sequentia, Köln 1997). During 1997 - 2001 she continued her studies in Medieval/Renaissance voice (Richard Levitt, Kathleen Dineen, Evelyn Tubb and Dominique Vellard) and the medieval harp (Heidrun Rosenzweig) at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis in Switzerland, taking part in various medieval, renaissance and baroque projects. During that time, together with Jane Achtman (fiddle), she was also having intensiv sessions on the performance of the songs of Oswald von Wolkenstein with Benjamin Bagby in Cologne. At present she

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# Agnieszka Budzińska This musician's work merits consideration for its rare synthesis of rigorous scholarly training and lived performance experience. Budzińska's dual expertise—grounded in both historical musicology and practical vocal interpretation—positions her to engage with music at multiple levels simultaneously. Her academic focus on late medieval German repertoire, combined with extensive performance across Northern Europe, suggests an artist deeply curious about how historical understanding can enrich contemporary interpretation. Rather than treating scholarship and performance as separate pursuits, her trajectory indicates a genuine commitment to bridging them, which offers genuine insight into how we might listen to music with greater complexity and awareness.

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