Wiesław Suruło – flute

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In 1995 he graduated from the Academy of Music in Krakow – class of Professor Kazimierz Moszyński.  He improved his skills under the guidance of Prof. Meinhart Niedermayr at the Vienna Conservatory. Participant of the master classes conducted by Meinhart Niedermayr and  Peter-Lukas Graf, of the BachAkademie Stuttgart orchestral courses under the direction of Helmuth Rilling and of the International Orchesterkurs Attergau conducted by Sir Jehudi Menuhin. Laureate of the second prize at the 3^rd National Flute Competition in 1995 (Krakow), of distinctions at the 4^th National InterUniversity Chamber Music Competition in 1996 (Bydgoszcz) in the wind quintet category, and participant of the 2^nd edition of the Aleksander Tansman International Festival and Competition of Musical Personalities in 1998 (Łódź).
He collaborates with the Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne (PWM), for which he recorded a selection of works for the flute by Polish composers. He made recordings for the Polish Radio and Polish Television. He is active as a concert soloist and chamber musician. He works full-time as teacher of music, conducting numerous courses and methodological workshops. He sits on the jury of many competitions, including those under the patronage of the Centre for Artistic Education. He took part in the following festivals: the International Festival of Chamber Music in Zakopane, the Baroque Festival in Spisz, Przemyska Jesień Muzyczna [Musical Autumn in Przemyśl], and the International Festival of Organ Music in the Pelplin Cathedral.
Since 1994, he has been working as a soloist in the Krakow Opera, and since 2007 – as a lecturer at the Academy of Music in Krakow.  As a Haynes Ambassador Clinician, Wieslaw plays a 5% gold Custom Wm.S. Haynes Flute.