

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.
2025
May
Lost and Found
From the rediscovered Egenolff songbookBarfüsserkirche
Historical Museum Basel
June
Amor, Fortuna!
Madrigals for Palestrina's 500th BirthdayBarfüsserkirche
Historical Museum Basel
September
Festival 2025 «ARCADIA»
2. ReRenaissance FestivalBasel, Martinskirche