mgr Anna Nowak-Dańda
She graduated from the Academy of Music in Katowice, in the piano class of Professor Czesław Stańczyk and in the chamber music class of Prof. Urszula Stańczyk and Prof. Zygmunt Jochemczyk (1993).
She perfected her skills during master classes with professors: Ryszard Bakst, Tatiana Shebanova and Lee Kum Sing.
As a soloist, she was the prize winner of The Academic Mozart Competition (1991), a holder of The Fryderyk Chopin Society scholarship (1992), also took part in The Concert of the Year in Warsaw and the Polish Piano Festival in Słupsk (1993).
After graduation, the main area of her professional activities became piano chamber music. Since 1997 she has been working at the Academy of Music in Kraków, currently as a senior lecturer-accompanist in the Chair of Chamber Music, collaborating with violin students. She also teaches and accompanies at a local secondary music school.
As a chamber pianist she performs in Poland and abroad, works in numerous music courses and workshops, frequently supports participants of national and international competitions, during which she was many times awarded with diploma of honour.