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.

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Psalmy Dawida 2022 June