ACADEMY OF INSPIRATION edition 2025
– SUMMER COURSES AND CONCERTS
REGULATIONS
The organizers of the Inspiration Academy are the Life and Art Foundation and the Music School Complex in Wieliczka. The artistic director of the Inspiration Academy is Dr. habil. Barbara Borowicz-Sałdan.
The Inspiration Academy will take place from August 19 to August 23, 2025, at the Music School Complex in Wieliczka. The music courses are intended for students, university students, graduates, and individuals passionate about playing musical instruments, as well as children from 4 years old for piano lessons using the Suzuki method. As part of the Inspiration Academy, master classes are held in the following specialties: piano, flute, clarinet, accordion, percussion, violin, viola, cello, concert saw, chamber music, composition.
Courses are conducted by outstanding Polish and international pedagogues through individual and group lessons.
Piano: Rosaria Dina Rizzo (Italy), Maria Wosiek (Poland), Anna Miernik (Poland/Argentina)
Flute: Martyna Klupś-Radny (Poland)
Clarinet: Gabor Varga (Hungary/USA), Risto Gjorevski (North Macedonia), Barbara Borowicz (Poland)
Bass Clarinet: Hannah Shilvock (England), Karol Sikora (Poland)
Accordion: Wiesław Ochwat (Poland)
Violin: Aleksandra Kuls-Koziak (Poland)
Viola: Aneta Dumanowska (Poland)
Cello: Marcin Mączyński (Poland), Monika Krasicka-Gajownik (Poland)
Percussion: Bartosz Sałdan (Poland)
Concert Saw/Composition: Kamil Kruk (Poland)
Chamber Music: participants can choose 2 instructors
Suzuki Piano Method: Anna Miernik (Poland/Argentina)
The organizer reserves the right to make changes to the list of instructors.
Participants can register in two modes: active and passive (observation).
Active participants can take advantage of additional activities offered by the Inspiration Academy, such as group improvisation, lectures on managing stage stress, clarinet choir, and rhythmic workshops.
After completing the courses, each participant receives a certificate of participation.
There will be concerts featuring instructors, soloists, ensembles, and course participants.
The organizers reserve the right to record audio and video recordings of the concerts and to publish these recordings and photos from the courses and concerts on the internet (website/social media), in which course participants will take part.
The goal of the Inspiration Academy is:
- To raise the level of instrumental playing among youth through contact with a wide range of outstanding soloists and pedagogues from Poland and abroad,
- To enrich and develop practical skills in both individual and ensemble playing,
- To enable talented youth to present their skills to a broad audience during concerts organized within the Małopolska Voivodeship.
The deadline for submitting applications is June 30, 2025.
Applications can only be submitted electronically via the registration form available on the Life and Art Foundation’s website in the Inspiration Academy section. The number of places is limited.
Active participation includes:
- 4 lessons of 45 minutes each,
- 2 rehearsals with a pianist-accompanist in case of a performance during the concerts (qualification is decided by the course instructor),
- Participation in additional activities,
- Free admission to all concerts held as part of the Inspiration Academy.
Piano lessons using the Suzuki method are conducted as individual lessons (3 lessons of 45 minutes each). Parents are encouraged to participate together with their children.
The cost of participation in individual master classes is 900 PLN (225 EUR), the fee for a chamber ensemble is 400 PLN (100 EUR) per member. Participation in Suzuki piano lessons costs 400 PLN (100 EUR).
A deposit of 400 PLN (100 EUR) must be paid within 7 days of submitting the application to the Life and Art Foundation’s account. The deposit is non-refundable.
Bank details:
Fundacja Life and Art
Macieja Słomczyńskiego 19/43
31-234 Kraków
NestBank 04253000082062104094900001
In the transfer title, please write:
Inspiration Academy 2025 – participant’s first and last name
Any comments, questions, etc., should be directed to: fundacjalifeandart@gmail.com or by phone at: +48 571 026 604
The remaining amount to be paid must be transferred to the above account within a deadline that allows receipt before August 1, 2025.
Participants of the Master Classes are obliged to provide sheet music materials for the course instructor and accompanist via email no later than August 5, 2025.
The organizer does not provide catering or accommodation. In 2025, the partner of the Inspiration Academy is Hotel Galicja. Each participant can independently make a reservation for accommodation under preferential conditions after informing the organizer and paying a deposit.
Hotel Galicja*** is located 300 meters from Sztygarówka, where concerts and courses will take place, 400 meters from the Music School where the courses will be held, and 400 meters from the Market Square in Wieliczka.
Contact details and address: ul. Dembowskiego 20, 32-020 Wieliczka, tel.: +48 12 291 40 40
Hotel services:
- Single room: 299 PLN (75 EUR) with breakfast
- Double room: 349 PLN (87 EUR) with breakfast
- Triple room: 409 PLN (102 EUR) with breakfast
Catering services:
- One-course lunch + carafe of mineral water: 34 PLN (8,5 EUR) per person, children up to 10 years old: 28 PLN
- Two-course dinner + carafe of mineral water: 45 PLN (11 EUR) per person, children up to 10 years old: 38 PLN (9,5 EUR)
- Lunchbox – take-away second breakfast: 35 PLN (8,75 EUR)
- Cold plate dinner: 38 PLN per person (9,5 EUR)
- Hot dinner: appetizer, main course, carafe of mineral water: 45 PLN (11 EUR) per person, children up to 10 years old: 38 PLN (9,5 EUR)
Participants of the courses and parents of young artists will receive a 20% discount on all services at the Restaurant in Hotel Galicja, after prior contact with the organizer and receiving a special voucher.
Participants of the Academy should be insured against medical expenses and the consequences of accidents.
Participants under 15 years old can attend the course only under the supervision of a parent or guardian. Other minors over 15 years old require written consent from parents or legal guardians. The written consent must be delivered to the organizers in original form before the start of the Inspiration Academy.
The organizer is not responsible for lost personal belongings, money, or documents.
Participants and parents or legal guardians (in the case of minors) are financially responsible for any damages caused.
The participant or their legal guardian (in the case of minors) consents to the processing of personal data. Participants’ data are archived and used by the organizer for organizational and promotional purposes.
Any issues not covered by these regulations are resolved by the organizers.
The organizers reserve the right to make changes to these regulations and to modify the course program.
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