Andrea Angelini (Italy)
He began his piano studies as a child, at the Rimini
Lettimi School. He later earned a Doctorate of Music
at Ferrara’s Frescobaldi Conservatory. After earning
a Master in Choral Conducting he studied music
therapy with Professor Cremaschi of Milan University.
His interests led him to the choral field, and he
earned a Bachelor studying at the International Art
Academy in Rome with Fulvio Angius. He also studied
organ at Pesaro’s Conservatory of Music. Finally he got
his PHD in Choral Music at the Cesena Conservatoire
of Music. He is the Artistic Director and Conductor of
the professional group Musica Ficta Vocal Ensemble
that frequently performs in important Festivals in
Italy and abroad. For many years, Andrea Angelini
has conducted concerts with the choir Carla Amori,
in Italy and abroad. In 1996 he was named Director
of the Rimini Community Choir, Alessandro Grandi.
He led this choir in several performances, including
in important venues such as St. Peter’s Basilica in
Rome – where he was able to personally meet Pope John Paul II – and in Milan’s Cathedral. He has
led similar workshops in Romania, Belarus and
China too. He is the artistic director and one of the tutors at the Rimini International Choral Workshop where he teaches with Peter Phillips of the Tallis
Scholars. Mr. Angelini is also the artistic director of the Rimini International Choral Competition. He is the Chief Editor of FARCORO, the Choral Magazine of the Regional Choir Association and of the Inter-
national Choral Bulletin (ICB), the membership
magazine of the IFCM (International Federation for Choral Music). He has written numerous transcriptions and arrangements for choirs and chamber
ensembles. His transcription of Faure’s Requiem
is published by Gelber Hund Verlag of Berlin. For
the American CanticaNOVA Publication, he has
prepared transcriptions of important Renaissance
Motets. He has published his composition with
Eurarte and Ferrimontana. .
Malgorzata Langer-Król (Poland)
Małgorzata Langer-Król – graduated Krakow Academy of Music in the choral conducting class of prof. Adam Korzeniowski. In the years 2003-2009, as a conductor and choirmaster, she worked with the String Chamber Orchestra and the Mixed Choir “Educatus” of the Pedagogical University in Krakow . Since 2008, he has been leading the “Dominanta” Choir of the University of Economics
in Krakow. With this ensemble she won many top awards at competitions in Poland and abroad. She also cooperated as a conductor with the choir and orchestra of the “Passionart” Association, the Górecki Chamber Choir.
She received four individual awards for the best conductor at choral competitions and several awards for group recordings, including the prestigious l’Orfee D’or and the “Fryderyk” award. As a singer, she performs solo and choral parts, constantly giving concerts with: Octava ensemble since 2004, Collegium Zieleński since 2009, Górecki Chamber Choir since 2013. She cooperated with, among others: with the Cappella Cracoviensis choir in 2007-2015, the Krakow Philharmonic choir, the Krakow Opera choir, the Wrocław Opera choir, and the Polish Radio Choir. He promotes choral music around the world by giving concerts, among others: in the USA, Japan, Australia, Russia, Turkey and most European countries.
She has recorded many CDs as a conductor and as a singer, including: “Christmas Carols and Pastorals”, “Christmas Carols and Pastorals” with the Educatus Choir, “Opera Omnia” by Mikołaj Zieleński (6 CDs) , “Opera omnia” by Bartłomiej Pękiel (3 CDs), “Opera omnia” by Franciszek Lilius, “Live style”, “From church songs by H.M. Górecki”.
Włodzimierz Siedlik (Poland)
A graduate of the Academy of Music in Krakow (diploma with the highest distinction), the Liturgical Institute of the Pontifical Theological Academy in Krakow (diploma with distinction) and Voice Emission Study at the Music Academy in Bydgoszcz (diploma with honors). In March 1990, he became a laureate of the Polish National Competition for Choir Conductors in Poznań. In the years 1990–1992, he was the director of the Paderewski Center in Tarnów. In 1991 he founded the Tarnów Chamber Orchestra. In the years 1992–1996 he was the director of the State Music School Complex in Tarnów. Since 1994, he has been working as an adjunct at the Liturgical Institute of PAT in Krakow (currently UPJPII). During his conducting work with the Cantus, Psalmody and Choir Choir of the Jagiellonian University he received many Polish and foreign awards and distinctions. In 1995-2010, he was the Director and Artistic Manager of the Polish Radio Choir in Krakow. In 2000, during the jubilee celebrations of the 75th anniversary of Polish Radio, he was awarded the Gold Cross of Merit. In 2001, he received the Jerzy Kurczewski prize for outstanding achievements in conducting awarded by the chapter under the honorary patronage of prof. Krzysztof Penderecki. In 2002, he conducted the 1st grade degree qualification at the Academy of Music in Krakow. In 2010, he was awarded the Medal of Merit for Polish Culture awarded by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage. In 2012, he obtained the degree of habilitated doctor at the Academy of Music in Krakow, where he is the head of the Chair of Choir Studies. In the same year, he was honored with the "Benemerenti" award by Pope Benedict XVI for exceptional services to the Church. In 2013, he received the "Plus ratio quam vis" medal awarded by prof. Wojciech Nowak, Rector of the Jagiellonian University.