Agnieszka
Budzińska-Bennett
Voice, medieval harps, hurdy-gurdy, organ and piano
Roots
I was born and grew up in northwest Poland, in Szczecin (=Szczecin).
Study
Piano (Szczecin, Diploma 1992), Musicology (Poznan, MA 1999, PhD 2010), Voice (Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, Degree 2001), Postgraduate studies at the University of Basel (Musicology/Nordic Studies), Postgraduate course in Advanced Vocal Ensemble Studies (Schola Cantorum Basiliensis)
Professional
At the moment I hold a professorship in musicology at the University of Freiburg im Breisgau and otherwise continue to work as a freelance singer, instrumentalist and conductor (Ensemble Peregrina, Ensemble Dragma, conducting the Radio Choir of the Polish Radio) as well as a voice teacher (private).
Why
For the love of old music and languages.
Elective Affinities
My work is my real passion, especially research. Otherwise: cooking, wine, good series, languages. A very important time in my life was my year of wandering in London in the mid-90s.
2026
April
Regola Rubertina
Ganassis virtuosic ViolsSat Kirche Reigoldswil
Sun Barfüsserkirche, HMB
May
Fleuster une chanson
Song & Dance in Attaingnant's PrintsSat Klosterkirche Dornach
Sun Barfüsserkirche Basel
June
Ach, wie grausam – A que vile
Songs for a mysterious ladySa Nydeggkirche, Bern
Su Barfüsserkirche, Historisches Museum Basel
September
Quodlibet
Puzzles, fun and gamesKirche Reigoldswil &
Barfüsserkirche Basel
October
The Queen’s Singers
The extravagant court chapel of the TudorsMartinskirche
Basel
November
Byrd & the Baron
A secret ChristmasBarfüsserkirche
Historisches Museum Basel