EDUCATION

Guests

• SALLY-ANNE GROSS
  Sally-Anne Gross is both a music industry practitioner and an academic. In 1993 she was the first women to work as a director of Artist & Repertoire at Mercury Records UK, and she chaired the first ever panel on gender in the music industries at ‘In The City’ music conference in Manchester. Sally-Anne has been working in the music industry for nearly three decades, as an artist manager, record label director and international business affairs consultant. In her current role at the University of Westminster, she is the program director of the MA Music Business Management where she teaches Intellectual Property and Copyright Management, Artist & Repertoire and Music Development. In 2016 she founded ‘Let’s Change the Record’ a project that focuses on bridging the gender divide in music production by running inclusive audio engineering and song-writing workshops for people identifying as women or non-binary. Sally-Anne is the co-author of ‘Can Music Make You Sick’ the largest ever study into mental health in the music industry that was funded by the charity Help Musicians UK and published in November 2017. She is interested in working practices in the music industries and the conditions of digital labour and specifically how they impact on questions of diversity and equality. Sally-Anne has four grown up children all of whom work one way or another with music, and although she always identifies as a ‘native’ Londoner, she actually lives in North Hertfordshire.
• KRZYSZTOF BOBER
  Cultural manager, a producer, curator, chairman of the board of the Plateaux Foundation. Many years of experience in producing festivals and concerts in Poland and international projects worldwide, including the biggest performance rooms in Poland and abroad. Works on the sponsorship campaigns in Poland, was in charge of cooperation with patrons of Polish Presidency of the EU Council. For many years has been working on fundraising, obtaining financial resources from public funding, also supporting projects from other sources of funding related to NGOs. As a part of Fundacja Plateaux framework, but also projects realised by other NGOs, many times engaged actively in the whole grant proces, starting from effective application, through actualization and implementation, up to reckoning and approval of the final report of the project realisation.
  
• ANICETA BOSAK
  Trainer, coach, instructor, practicioner. Working – because she likes – with companies boards, managers and employees, and everyone willing to make chages. Supporting carrying out changes in the development and achieving goals. Conducting active trainings for whole organisations. Specialised in elicting from people resources for pubblic appearance, conflicts resolution, team management, mentoring and time management. Certified Transforming Communication ™ and Partner FRIS coach, trainer of ICI Business Coaching School. Owner of Anizeet Consulting Group, founder of AMPower employment agency and maaging director of POLSAT Co.
  
• LESZEK BIOLIK
  Musician and producer. Played, among others, with Republika, Obywatel GC, Stanisław Sojka, Maanam, Robert Gawliński, Elements. Produced albums, worked and played with e.g. Brodka, The Car Is On Fire, Marcin Rozynek, Małgorzata Ostrowska, Fiolka, Misia Ff, T.Love, Justyna Steczkowska, Grzegorz z Ciechowa, Magnificent Muttley, 8 Lat w Tybecie. Creator and cofounder of Otwarta Scena (Open Stage) Foundation, which handles recording and promotion of the live video sessions for young, promising artists. The foundation made over 120 recordings for over 40 artists thus far. On the Open Stage performed e.g. Organek, Kaseciarz, Jóga, Enchanted Hunters, Mela Koteluk, Hokei, Julia Marcell, Rykarda Parasol, Babu Król, Wovoka, L. Stadt, Skubas
• BARTEK BOROWICZ
  Known as Borówka (blueberry). Worked as a journalist in several media. He was publishing in Gazeta Wyborcza, Polityka or Teraz Rock. Having his own shows in TVP3, Eska Rock, Radiofonia. Gave it all up because he’s gone into organising concerts. Not big Open’er alike concerts though, but those smaller, cosy ones, for 30, maybe 100 people. Over the 13 years his company organised more than 3500 of such concerts in Poland and 20 other countries, from Moldavia to Iceland. He likes small because small is beautiful! So not only he makes small concerts, but he also makes them in small localities – even in villages! Concerts in unusual places – apartments (he made over 200 of those!), prisons, hospitals or rooftops is his province.
• MARIA CHEŁKOWSKA-ZACHAREWICZ
  Maria Chełkowska-Zacharewicz, PhD, music psychologist, coach. Created Strefa Harmonii to help musicians in an effective training and dealing with stage fright and other difficulties related to this profession. Supports musicians on differet stages of their career, for instance by providing trainings, stationary and on-line workshop based on reasearch. Author of a blog www.psychologiamuzyki.pl, where she writes about scientific interesting facts from the music psychology field. Works on a University of Silesia in Katowice, where she carries out research and does a didactic work, i.a. by implementing her original course Psychology of music.
• MAGDA CHOŁYST
  Founder of Artist in Bloom, workshop in Ochota, Warsaw and a travelling pop up school. Being a coach who works in Ericksonian approach, she helps artists to turn bold visions and creative ideas into particular projects, goals and reasoned action strategies. As an innovative school Kaospilot’s educator Magda designs workshops and educational events which support the development of professional competencies and professionalisation of a creative industries. Lecturer on artistic subjects, process designer for institutions of culture. Co-operated i.a. with Hungarian Oncoming Tunes, Don’t Panic! We’re From Poland, Enea Spring Break Festival, MENT Ljubljana, Budapest Showcase Hub, Music Export Poland, Different Sunds Festival, Warsaw Music Week. Being a strategic partner for the international mentoring project Outbreaker’s Lab run by Hungarian Oncoming Tunes, Artist in Bloom is responsible for an annual selection of experts and education programme supporting young artists in a concious development of the career on European markets.
• TONY DUCKWORTH
  Tony has been a music professional since 1981 having worked in various areas of the industry. Starting out in music retail in the UK, moving in to sales and distribution reaching the position of Sales and Marketing Director at Vital Distribution (now PIAS UK). Deciding to move away from sales and distribution in 1997 to join RCA Records (UK) as Head of Alternative Marketing, leading in time to a move in to the pioneering digital area of the industry as Content Director for digital aggregators iCrunch and later Tornado. In 2004 a move to Poland resulted in Duckworth setting up his own sales, marketing, PR and distribution company. The company introduced many International labels to the Polish market for the first time. After significant success with acts such as The Prodigy, Brendan Perry and discovering Polish act Snowman, Kartel Music in 2009 joined forces with Mystic Production, the leading independent music distributor in Poland. Duckworth stayed on with Mystic adding his broad experience to the management team taking on the roles of Head of International, Head of Label Management and Head of Digital. On January 1st 2015 Duckworth was appointed General Manager of [PIAS] Poland and Eastern Europe. Based in Warsaw, Poland the office offers services to labels such as Play It Again Sam, Harmonia Mundi, Jazz Village, World Village, Bella Union, Sub Pop, Secretly Canadian, Mute, Ninja Tune, Partisan, Heavenly, Transgressive to name but a few. [PIAS] Poland and Eastern Europe also has it’s own recordings arm releasing Polish acts such as Brodka, BOKKA and Tęskno.
  
• AGATA ETMANOWICZ
  For the past 10 years together with Impact Foundation she helps culture organisations in placing audiences in the heart of everything they do (by spreading the joy of working according to audience development philosophy). With Art Factory in Łódź she co-creates ART_INKUBATOR to support the growth of young creative entrepreneurs (both locally and internationally). With Poland Without Barriers Foundation she promotes accessibility in all aspects of life – from architecture, design to production of culture events. She’s a also a great fan of wheelchair rugby, volunteering with Warsaw Wheelchair Rugby Team and supporting professional approach to adaptive sport.
• MISIA FURTAK
  Singer and a bass player, together with très.b awarded with Paszport Polityki in popular music category and Fryderyk as Best Debut of the Year. Solo, as Misia Ff, awarded with Grzegorz Ciechowski’s city of Toruń artistic award for her 2013 Epka album. Debut single of Ffrancis, which she creates with Piotr Kaliński (Hatti Vatti), was released in 2015 and in 2016 she appeared on Wojtek Mazolewski’s Chaos pełen idei gold album.
• PATRYK GAŁUSZKA
  Expert on media and economist working on popular music studies. Publishing scientific papers on crowdfunding, record labels and music export. Finishing his work on a book Made in Poland. Studies in Popular Music (Routledge, 2020).
• DAGA GREGOROWICZ
  Singer, leader and manager of a folk band DagaDana, with which she performs around the world, and it’s not an exaggeration. DagaDana has visited China, Korea, Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Slovakia, Argentina, Czech Republic, Hungary, Bulgaria, Moldova, Ukraine, and probably when you’re reading these words, few more countries are being added to the list. And on top of that, she started Dobre Bo Dobre band, creating another one, ProvinzPosen, and over the last year she was taking care of Poznań group of TBM Incubator.
• JOANNA GWÓŹDŹ
  Graduated from Jagiellonian University in Film Studies and Culture Management. Was a member of DKF (film socjety), acted in DKF REJS and Letnia Akademia Filmowa w Zwierzyńcu. Between 2007 and 2010 reviewing film, shows and TV Theatre’s scripts for TVP S.A. From 2007 has been working in The Culture and National Heritage Department of the Municipal Office of Krakow, from 2019 as a director of the Cultural Patronage branch. The branch is responsible for i.a. processing of competitions: Stypendia Twórcze Miasta Krakowa, Mecenas Kultury Krakowa, Nagrody Miasta Krakowa, and co-operation with NGOs.
  
• MICHAŁ HAJDUK
  Involved in the music business from 2001. Gaining experience as an independent booker, concerts organiser, manager and curator of music clubs in Warsaw and Wrocław. Acting also as a bands’ manager and tour manager and as a festivals’ programme associate and co-worker in record labels. Since 2008 he has served as a popular, alternative and jazz music programme specialist at the Adam Mickiewicz Institute. Within the frames of Don’t Panic We’re From Poland project organised several dozen of showcase, conference and networking events. Since 2019 has been cooperating within the programme manner with Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra (NOSPR).
  
• MICHAŁ HOFFMANN
  You know him as Legendarny Afrojax, a creature present on the stage for 20 years. Until 2015 a leader of Afro Kolektyw, from then acting solo, releasing four solo albums and one with Poradnia G. band. Rapper, singer, producer, instrumentalist, songwriter, leftist provocateur. He will talk about financial issues from a perspective of a poor noble, who’s not familiar with an expression ‘fuck you, pay me’.
• PAWEŁ HORDEJUK
  Manager of Happysad, worked also with Indios Bravos, or Lorein. Owner of Mokre Buty, an artistic-concert agency. From 2003 has been working in music industry, being the first manager of Happysad from the beginning of their career (recently he’s organised their 1000th concert). In TBM Incubator he was taking care of Krakow group, leading them through intricancies of contracts, VATs and riders.
• ŻENIA IVANOVA
  Senior Digital Marketing Manager in Independent Digital company. In Independent Digital she is responsible for the promotion of the independent artists in streaming services and applications, such as Spotify, Apple Music, Tidal, TikTok and many others. During her four-year adventure in Independent Digital has managed marketing campaigns for artists representing different music genres, focusing mainly on promotion abroad. In the last two years participated in many professional conferences in USA, Canada and UK, which gives her up-to-date knowledge of available marketing tools. In her work pays special attention to linking artistic values with analytical deduction and business approach.
• PAWEŁ KACZMARCZYK
  A jazz pianist and composer with impressive achievements and even more impressive plans. He has recorded five very well-received albums and participated in many more projects as a sideman. The albums released to date have brought him numerous awards and distinctions, such as: nomination to the Fryderyk award (Poland’s most prestigious music prize), six wins in the Jazz Forum magazine’s Jazz Top contest, five “Jazz Oscars” at the Grand Prix Jazz Melomani gala, the Mateusz statue awarded by Polish Radio Three, Kulturalne Odloty Gazety Wyborczej award given by one of Poland’s top daily paper in the Artist of The Year category. Paweł doesn’t like to pigenhole his sound and aims to avoid any boxes.
• KRZYSZTOF KLEJNOWSKI
  Takamine and Mapex brand manager. Responsible for current offer, development and marketing of both of those brands in Poland. Cooperates with artists and specialists in the field of musical equpiment. Working in the Zibi Group, leading distributor of musical brands on Polish market. A participant of world’s biggest music trade show NAMM and Music China. In his private life a music enthusiast, graduate of Krzysztof Komeda MMusic School in Warsaw, plays the bass guitar, acoustic guitar and saxophone.
• NATALIA KWIATKOWSKA
  A singer, composer, manager and booker. Three times chosen as a best blues singer in the country and nominated to Antyradio ‘wokalistka rocku’. Founder and a leader of a Cheap Tobacco band, which has given over five hundred concerts in Poland and abroad. In 2019 performed on i.a. Canadian Music Week in Toronto, Sziget Festival, Rock Legend Festival. In 2020 they will play on Summerfest in USA. Their latest album was nominated to FRYDERYK.
  
• BŁAŻEJ KRÓL
  One of the most outstanding authours of a nonobvious pop music. Creating UL/KR, Lauda, Kobieta z wydm. From 2014 has been working also on his own, as Król, trying to turn underground sensitivity into radio language, looking in this for a simplicity and capacity in a multilayer lyrism. Król received many prestigious awards and nominations, i.a. Paszport Polityki, Fryderyk. For his 2018 album Przewijanie na podglądzie was awarded with Mateusz Trójki.
  
• JAN KRÓL
  Since 10 years in a relationship with a radio, and it’s complicated. Responsible for music in Krakow Radiofonia, hosts the Scena Rozmaitości broadcast. Conducted dozens of interviews and coverages from music events. Wrote for portals progressive-bolt, Nowa Muzyka and RMFon. Lector and DJ. From many years has been taking care of MediaTory gala’s musical frame. Graduate of Hungarian studies. Fan of paprika, trip-hop and Monika Bellucci.
  
• AGNIESZKA KULCZYCKA
  A music consultant and the founder and president of the Sirens company, she is a graduate of the Music Academy in Gdańsk and the Lódź Film School. Passionate about music, she founded Music Consultation – currently Sirens – in 2006, a company that was the first on the Polish market to combine music consultation and rights clearance. Thanks to her extensive experience in the music industry, she is the coordinator of authorial licenses for feature films, series, advertising spots and the author of musical settings for television stations. She has had the pleasure of being a speaker at music festivals and during conferences at the Music Academy in Łódź. As a consultant and founder of Sirens, she gives numerous radio and press interviews.
• TOMEK LIPIŃSKI
  Singer and guitarist, composer, songwriter, leader and co-founder of groups Tilt, Brygada Kryzys and Fotoness. Worked with Izrael, recorded also under his own name. Between 1991 and 1993 writing columns for Tylko Rock. Producing and hosting music shows 60/90 for TVP (1991-93) and concerts. Was a marketing director of BMG Poland (1993), creator and host of an iconic Radiostacja (1998-2000), executive editor in Activist (2000). Hosting Radio Roxy show Wysypisko (together with Vienio, 2010-2013) and Radio Gdańsk show Czarowne chwile ze starym winylem (with Jacek Staniszewski, 2013). Has an acting history of several supporting roles, author of music and songs for few films, participated in Beats of Freedom (Zew wolności), where he spins a yarn about history and role of rock music in Polish transformation in 70s and 80s. One of the initiator of Związek Zawodowy Muzyków RP (Polish musicians union) and Związek Produncetów Audio Video (syndicate of audio and video producers). In 2011 awarded by the President of Poland with Officer’s Cross of Order of Polonia Restituta. As a member of several groups and projects recorded a dozen or so albums. From 2017 member of the executive presidium of Stowarzyszenie Autorów ZAiKS (Polish Society of Authors and Composers). Board member of Music Export Poland Foundation.
• PIOTR MADEJ
  Known as Patrick The Pan. Jack-of-all-trades. A singer, instrumentalist, producer, composer, songwriter. A self-taught man. Member of Dawid Podsiadło live band. An author of three albums, mainly recorded independently home, acclaimed by journalists and broadcasters all over the country. Artist associated with Kayax label.
  
• YOSSARIAN MALEWSKI
  International Head of Marketing & PR in the Independent Digital company. For years amateurishly involved into the world of music as a guitarist, composer and a producer. Professionally for over twenty years has been dealing with marketing communication and advertising. Built and implemented brands’ communication strategies for international corporations and local market leaders. Taught a class in marketing mix at the University of Warsaw. About his work he says ‘At the heart of every successful brand, whether it is an industrial tools business or a personal brand in an artistic world, lies the awareness of a role which particular brand is to play in a Users’ reality’. Relentlessly after knowledge, experience and inspirations. Believes that cooperation brings more benefits than competition. Promoter of a discussion, understanding for other viewpoints and action.
  
• AREK MARCZYŃSKI
  Born in Wrocław in the mid of 60s publisher of magazines and records, organiser of concerts, bands’ manager. Founder of an independent label Antena Krzyku. Horse riding and good food lover. A socialist.
• JACEK MIŁASZEWSKI
  Legal counsellor specialising in legal services and litigation. Counsels leading entrepreneurs and culture and art members, i.a. Happysad, Decapitated, Mystic Production. Graduated from 1st and 2nd degree State School of Music. Out of passion interested in matters of civil law, corporate law and intellectual property law. Most frequently he prepares protection of personal interests and protection of intellectual property strategies. Pleads before the court in cases related to violation of special values, like dignity, repute, privacy, image, and in particular organisation’s values. Within his specialisation, Jacek is currently working on his doctoral dissertation at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. Experienced in obtaining injuctions, publishing apology and realising compensation, also for charity. For over 5 years has been an editor of www.przepraszamniewystarczy.pl portal.
• CEZARY NOWAK
  Known as CeZik. Born in Gliwice in 1985. Since then (on and off) has been plucking, tapping, humming, buzzing and howling. From 2009 publishing his work online. Until now has published several dozen of videos. The most popular ones were watched few milion times. All together his materials were watched over 140 milion times, which makes him one of the most popular Polish artists on the Internet.
• KATARZYNA OLESIAK
  Working in a culture sector for 15 years with many intitutions and artists. In years 2005-2010 was leading local government institutions of culture. Between April 2010 and July 2013 was holding an office of Head of Department of Culture, Sport and Tourism of the Municipal Office of Rzeszów. On behalf of City of Rzeszów co-organiser of several editions of Europejski Stadion Kultury. From 2013 was working as a deputy director of The Culture and National Heritage Department in Krakow, and in 2016 as a director of the same. Within her responsibilities fall, among others, coordination and supervision of the city institutions of culture, planning and implementation over 250 milion budget of the Department and institutions, leading matters related to investments in the cultural infrastructure, preparation and implementation of culture programs and implementation of her own projects and artistic cycles enriching city’s cultural offer.
  
• KRZYSZTOF PIETRAS
  Compose music for multimedia, pianist, graduated in musical composition from Academy of Music in Kraków. His music can be heard in commercials of brands such as Adidas, Skkoda, Motorola, BP, Qatar Airways, Google, Maybelline, Morizon, Orbit, PayPal, Vimeo, and in games, film, toys and other multimedia forms. His commercial work is marked by stalistic felxibility within short forms, capability of creating sound-alike and unique pieces and fast work rate. In film music he preferably mmoves in postapocalyptic circles, horror and sci-fi movies, dark and unique music. www.redoctopusweb.com
• ŁUKASZ SARNACKI
  One of the most active Polish drummers over the last years, playing in the band CORRUPTION. Working also as a session musician. Since 2013 is at the forefront of a private music school Rockalizacja by Mapex – www.rockalizacja.pl. His drums adventure started in 1993 when he was just nine. Cooperated with many projects and bands, i.a. Devilish Impressions, Darzamat, Abused Majesty, Via Mistica, Hermh, Christ Agony, Naumachia, Asgaard. While performing he travelled the Europe from Portuguese coast up to the distant horizon of the Russian Ural Mountains. Made over 30 officially released albums. He is the only Mapex Drums brand’s endorser in Poland. Cooperates also with other musical equipment’s producers – Istanbul Agop, Roland, Agner, Soundargov, BullCases, Evans and Czarcie Kopyto.
• PAWEŁ SWIERNALIS
  Swiernalis is a Polish artist performing music from the border of alternative rock. Unusual sense of humour and spiny-tingling lyrics, which he writes himself, are his trademark. Born in Suwałki, but by heart and rent connected with Poznań. In 2016 his dream came true – the Drauma album was published under the watchful eye of Paweł Cieślak from Łódź, which in ten extraordinary pieces refers to a complicated childhood and rebellious youth of Swiernalis. Hundreds of concerts and a shelf full of awards make him recognizable on Polish music scene. In 2017 received the award for ‘the biggest personality’ on FAMA Festival. After that he focused on putting up the band and working on new material, which resulted in two singles, Pergamin and Blizny.
  
• MACIEJ STANKIEWICZ
  From 2011 together with Arek Młyniec has been running Instant Classic record label, which recorded albums of artists such as Stara Rzeka, Wacław Zimpel, Lotto, Kristen or BNNT. Educated journalist (writing about films and music among others for Onet, T-Mobile Music), by profession IT Program Manager.
• BARTEK STAWIARZ
  Music and cultural manager in the industry for over a decade. For 6 years has been a manager of Wojtek Mazolewski and his bands, with which he’s been very successful not only in Poland but also abroad. Bartosz was also the initiator and director of student Bluesroads Festival in Kraków. Last year was a roll for Wojtek Mazolewski Quintet, i.a. concerts wround the world and reedition of their album Polka, which was recognised by a prestigious Downbeat magazine as one of the best five jazz albums of 2018. In the meantime, Bartek made a use of his pedagogical talent by leading the Toruń group of TBM Incubator.
• JAREK SZUBRYCHT
  Publisher and editor-in-chief of Gazeta Magnetofonowa, quarterly journal on Polish music. Gazeta Wyborcza’s music journalist, associate of, i.a. Polityka. Author of books, including extended interview with Maryla Rodowicz and first ever Slayer’s biography. Member of the OFF Festival’s Advisory Board. Retired metal singer.
  
• MARCIN WOŹNIAK
  A lawyer, an etrepeneur and inwestor. Senior Partner and co-owner of Phinance SA, the largest independent financial consulting company in Poland. Despite 15 years in the industry, never stopped being an idealist, believes in synergy as an optimal business strategy. Loves a good sound. If he was born again and discovered a little talent in himself, he would have become a musician. From love to music created Art Synergy, a start-up dedicated to the artistic industry, about which is simply worth to get know more.
  
• BART ZABOROWSKI
  Owner of BART Music Library, guitarist and a singer in a Polish-English band The Poise Rite. They made a mark in a history of Polish rock music with their performance on Glastonbury Festival in 2017. Born in Rzeszów, after his grandfather a Cracovian with a New York soul, who from 1997 has been creating, composing and performing. Writing music for TV shows, documentary movies and music used in many TV productions.