Włodzimierz Siedlik

Włodzimierz Siedlik - graduated from the Academy of Music in Cracow (diploma with the highest distinction), the Liturgical Institute of the Papal Academy of Theology in Cracow (diploma with distinction) as well as a College of Voice Emission of the Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz (diploma with distinction). In March 1990 - 1992 he was a laureate of the Polish Competition Choirmasters in Poznań. From 1990 to 1992 he was a director of the Paderewski Centre in Tarnów. In 1991 he established the Chamber Orchestra in Tarnów. In 1992 - 1996 he was a director of the Group of Schools Music State in Tarnów. Since 1994 he has been working the Liturgical Institute of the Papal Academy of Theology in Cracow as a lecturer. During his conductor's work with Choirs: Cantus, Psalmodia, Jagiellonian's University Masculine Choir, he obtained Polish and foreign distinctions. In 2001 he was awarded Jerzy Kurczewski Prize for outstanding achievements in choral field given by the Council under the honorary patronage of Krzysztof Penderecki. Since 1995 he has been the Director and Artistic Manager of the Polish Radio Choir.