President: Jason Loboz Folk Arts Council
Contact: Henry Kuzia Musical Director
& Conductor: Tadeusz Biernacki
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Tadeusz Biernacki
Musical Director
Tadeusz
Biernacki holds the position of Assistant Conductor, Assistant Music Director and Chorus
Master of Manitoba Opera as well as Associate Music Director of Royal Winnipeg Ballet. Tadeusz was born in Czestochowa Poland where he
begun his music education at early age of four. He
won the Karol Szymanowski competition in Warsaw in 1976 and earned his Master of Music
degree in Piano Performance from the Conservatory of Music in Katowice in 1978. He has performed as a soloist in many European
countries. Tadeusz settled in Canada in 1978
and continued his studies with professor Marek Jablonski at the University of Manitoba and
Banff School of Fine Arts. As a winner of
1980 Young Artist’s Competition he has toured Canada extensively in solo and chamber
music recitals. In 1983 he begun his
association with the Manitoba Opera and in 1988 with the Royal Winnipeg Ballet. At this same time Tadeusz started to develop his
talents in conducting field. He made his
conducting debut with Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra in 1992, in 1995 he conducted “The Abduction from Seraglio” for Manitoba
Opera and has since conducted Vancouver
Symphony Orchestra, Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, Manitoba
Chamber Orchestra, Music Baroque Ensemble, Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Orchestra, National
Arts Centre Orchestra in Ottawa, Windsor Symphony Orchestra, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra,
Tessaloniki State Orchestra and Royal Winnipeg Ballet Orchestra. Tadeusz has also branched out into composition
with his 1 act opera “Happy campers” composed for Manitoba Opera
School Tour in 1997 and arrangements and orchestrations made for RWB and WSO. Feeling equally at home with choral music he
has been Music Director of “Sokol”
Polish Folk Ensemble since 1980. Under his
leadership the ensemble has made several recordings and has been touring in Canada and
abroad.
Monika Lukomska
Assistant Musical Director
Ms. Lukomska was born and raised in Poland. As a student she
attended The Academy of Music in Katowice, Poland. After arriving in Canada, she completed
both a Bachelor of Music and a Bachelor of Education degree at the University of Manitoba.
Ms. Lukomska is also a holder of an ORFF certificate from the University of Manitoba.
Currently she teaches music and is choral director of several children’s choirs in
the City of Winnipeg. Her choirs have recently been awarded both gold and silver medals at
the Manitoba Music Festival.
Our Past Musical Directors:
Kazimierz Sielski
Richard Seaborn
John Standing
John Tanner
Our Past Choreographers:
Henryk Lorenc
Gladys Kulas
Grazyna Prozorowska
Teresa Lobczuk
Sandro Barbosa
Betty Gabriel
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