Andrzej Bujakiewicz

Andrzej Bujakiewicz
Andrzej Bujakiewicz
Born	21 September 1939; Winna Góra, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland
Died	31 March 2022 (aged 82); Kalisz, Poland
Occupation	Conductor

Andrzej Bujakiewicz (21 September 1939^[1] – 31 March 2022) was a Polish conductor.^[2]^[3]

Biography

Bujakiewicz was born in Winna Góra, Greater Poland Voivodeship.^[1] He attended the State Music High School in Poznań, where he began to learn about conducting.^[1] He worked as a teacher at the State Music High School in Poznań, from 1959 to 1965.^[1] Bujakiewicz served as assistant conductor for the Pomeranian Philharmonic from 1963 to 1964, and directed the choirs at the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun from 1965 to 1973.^[1] He also served as the conductor for the State Symphony Orchestra in Zielona Góra from 1967 to 1972.^[1] Bujakiewicz served as the director for the H. Melcer State Music School in Kalisz from 1973 to 2007.^[2]

Bujakiewicz worked as a lecturer at the Higher Teacher Training School in Zielona Góra from 1972 to 1973.^[1] In 1974, he established a school orchestra,^[3] in which he served as the artistic director.^[1] His school orchestra became the Kalisz Philharmonic.^[1] Bujakiewicz was honored with medals, such as, Order of Polonia Restituta,^[1] Cross of Merit,^[1] Medal of the Commission for National Education,^[1] Meritorious Activist of Culture^[1] and Bronze Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis.^[2]^[4] In 1983, he was honored with the Honorary Badge of the City of Kalisz.^[3] Bujakiewicz was also honored with the Award of the President of the City of Kalisz in 2009.^[1]

Bujakiewicz died in March 2022 in Kalisz, at the age of 82.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ "Andrzej Bujakiewicz". Culture.pl (in Polish). Archived from the original on 27 January 2021. Retrieved 2 April 2022 – via Wayback Machine.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Conductor and pedagogue Andrzej Bujakiewicz, author of the Kalisz bugle call, has died" (in Polish). 31 March 2022. Retrieved 2 April 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Prof. Andrzej Bujakiewicz died" (in Polish). 31 March 2022. Retrieved 2 April 2022.
^ "Lista laureatów Medalu Zasłużony Kulturze Gloria Artis" (in Polish). Ministerstwo Kultury i Dziedzictwa Narodowego. Archived from the original on 1 March 2023. Retrieved 14 February 2023.

[a-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ "Andrzej Bujakiewicz". Culture.pl (in Polish). Archived from the original on 27 January 2021. Retrieved 2 April 2022 – via Wayback Machine.

[b-2] "Conductor and pedagogue Andrzej Bujakiewicz, author of the Kalisz bugle call, has died" (in Polish). 31 March 2022. Retrieved 2 April 2022.

[c-3] "Prof. Andrzej Bujakiewicz died" (in Polish). 31 March 2022. Retrieved 2 April 2022.

[gloria-4] "Lista laureatów Medalu Zasłużony Kulturze Gloria Artis" (in Polish). Ministerstwo Kultury i Dziedzictwa Narodowego. Archived from the original on 1 March 2023. Retrieved 14 February 2023.

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