Michał Szostak

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Michał Szostak (2019)

Michał Szostak (born 1980), is an international concert organist, organologist, musicologist and researcher from Poland. A Doctor of Music Arts in organ performance,[1] he studied organ performance at the Fryderyk Chopin Music University in Warsaw under Prof. Andrzej Chorosiński and organ improvisation at the Pontificio Istituto Ambrosiano di Musica Sacra in Milan under Maestro Davide Paleari as well as management (Master and PhD studies) at Leon Koźmiński Academy in Warsaw. As the first Pole,[2][3] he received the certificate of The Royal College of Organists. He is a member of The American Guild of Organists and The Organ Historical Society.

He performs annually dozens organ recitals around the world: Argentina, Austria, Canada, Czech Republic,[4][5] Denmark, France, Germany,[6] Italy, Kazakhstan, Nigeria, Poland,[7][8][9][10][11] Slovakia, Ukraine,[12] the United Kingdom[13] and the USA.[14]

He is an author of books (The Lichen Organ in Relation to the Largest Instruments in Poland, Europe and the World[15]), chapters of books, post-conference publications[16][17] and scientific articles in international organ magazines: British The Organ, American 'The Diapason' and The Vox Humana. He has the widest international bibliography among the Polish scholars working in area of organ studies. His fields of scientific explorations are: instruments - their features[18] and construction,[19][20] historical tendencies in organ building,[21] historical and contemporary performance practices,[22] life and creation of important figures of music world.[23][24] He is an author of many original approaches in scientific fields of organology, e.g.: methodology of the comparison of instruments according to their size,[25] aesthetically oriented approach to the perception of organ music.[26] In the years 2011-2018, he held the prestigious position of Music Director and the Leading Organist at the Shrine of the Virgin Mary in Licheń Stary where he played the largest organ in Poland (Zych, 157/6M+P) located in the Basilica in Licheń Stary (the largest church in Poland). In the years 2002-2011, he was the Music Director and the Leading Organist at the Our Lady of Lourdes church in Warsaw.

He recorded on CDs (the largest organ in Poland in Lichen basilica: “Ave Regina Caelorum” with improvisations[27] and French Inspirations: 2nd half of the 19th century with French repertoire and improvisations,[28] Prague Impressions on the Petr organ in the church of St. Ignace in Prague, Czech Republic[29]) released by L'Arte dell'Organo label, for radio broadcasts, TV and online platforms. He is an often guest of public broadcasts.[30][31][32] He was an co-author of organological auditions in Radio 106,2. Since 2004 he has been the founder and president of the Jan Drzewoski Foundation.

He held a position of Associate Professor[33] at the University of Social Sciences[34] and Collegium Civitas in Warsaw, leading research in the field of art and management,[35][36] as well as didactic activities at Bachelor, Master and MBA programmes and at the Polish campus of the Clark University.

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  1. ^ "Zawiadomienie o publicznej obronie pracy doktorskiej".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ "Michał Szostak absolwentem Papieskiego Instytutu Muzyki Sakralnej w Mediolanie". lichen.pl. 20 June 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ "Jedyny taki w Polsce. Organista z Lichenia odznaczony przez brytyjskie towarzystwo". TVN24. 11 March 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ "Varhanni koncert sv. Ludmily". informuji.cz. 2 August 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ "Varhanni koncert Dr. Michał Szostak". mesto-most.cz. 1 August 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ "Szostak begeistert mit Improvisation für Orgel". schwaebische.de. 9 April 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ "Organ Concert Słupsk". gp24.pl. 29 July 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ^ "Koncert organowy w Legnicy zagra Michał Szostak". kulturalia.lca.pl. 12 September 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. ^ "Zapraszamy na koncert Michała Szostaka". walbrzych24.com. 18 September 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. ^ ""Więź z Mesjaszem". Wielkanocny koncert organowy dr. Michała Szostaka". wiez.pl. 8 April 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. ^ "Rybnik dla Was". 3 October 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  12. ^ "Szostak Organ Concert". gastroli.ua. 16 December 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  13. ^ "Organ Recital by Michał Szostak". smaaa.org.uk. 26 April 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  14. ^ "Erben Organ Days 2020". Erben Organ. Retrieved 2 October 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  15. ^ Szostak, Michał (2017). Licheńskie organy na tle największych instrumentów Polski, Europy i świata (in Polish). Licheń Stary: Zakład Gospodarczy Dom Pielgrzyma. ISBN 978-83-64126-14-7.
  16. ^ Szostak, Michał (2017). "Wielkie organy Bazyliki w Licheniu w zestawieniu z największymi organami świata". In Pasternak, Paweł (ed.). Wokół nowych organów w kościele NSPJ w Tarnowie (in Polish). Tarnów: wydawnictwo Biblos. pp. 95–128. ISBN 978-83-7793-504-0.
  17. ^ Szostak, Michał (15 September 2020). "Kitsch in Management". IBIMA Conference.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  18. ^ Szostak, Michał (September 30, 2018). "The largest pipe organs in the world". The Vox Humana.
  19. ^ Szostak, Michał (May–July 2018). "Evolution of Cavaillé-Coll's symphonic organs". The Organ. Musical Opinion Ltd, London. 384: 8–23. ISSN 0030-4883.
  20. ^ Szostak, Michał (February–April 2018). "Implementation of the Aristide Cavaillé-Coll's Vatican project in Poland". The Organ. Musical Opinion Ltd, London. 383: 33–47. ISSN 0030-4883.
  21. ^ Szostak, Michał (Summer 2018). "Romantic tendencies in 19th-century organ building in Europe". The Organ. Musical Opinion Ltd, London. 385: 10–27. ISSN 0030-4883.
  22. ^ Szostak, Michał (May–July 2019). "Louis James Alfred Lefébure-Wély - a sesquicentenary assessment". The Organ. London: Musical Opinion Ltd. 388: 4–21. ISSN 0030-4883.
  23. ^ Szostak, Michał (February–April 2019). "An appreciation of Aristide Cavaillé-Coll on the 120th anniversary of his death". The Organ. Musical Opinion Ltd, London. 387: 6–21. ISSN 0030-4883.
  24. ^ Szostak, Michał (2019). "Frédéric Chopin and the organ". The Organ. London: Musical Opinion Ltd. 389: 30–49. ISSN 0030-4883 – via ResearchGate.
  25. ^ Szostak, Michał (September 30, 2018). "The largest pipe organs in the world". The Vox Humana.
  26. ^ Szostak, Michał (2020). "The Perception of Organ Music". The Organ. London: Musical Opinion Ltd. 383 (August-October 2020): 8–13. ISSN 0030-4883 – via Ceon.
  27. ^ Szostak Michał, CD, Ave Regina Caelorum, L'Arte dell'Organo, 2017
  28. ^ Szostak Michał, CD, French Inspirations: 2nd Half of 19th Century - symfonic organ at Licheń Stary Basilica, L'Arte dell'Organo, 2018
  29. ^ Szostak Michał, CD, Prague Impressions, L'Arte dell'Organo, 2020
  30. ^ "Katolickie Radio Zamość". 2 September 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  31. ^ "Poranek RDC: dr Michał Szostak – jedyny Polak w Królewskim Towarzystwie Organistów".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  32. ^ Szostak, Michał (18 January 2021). "Poranek RDC: o historii kiczu".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  33. ^ "Professor nominations at SAN Warsaw". 25 June 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  34. ^ "University of Social Sciences".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  35. ^ Szostak, Michał; Sułkowski, Łukasz (2020-06-04). "Manager as an Artist: Creative Endeavour in Crossing the Borders of Art and Organizational Discourse". Creativity Studies. 13 (2): 351–368. doi:10.3846/cs.2020.11373. ISSN 2345-0479.
  36. ^ Szostak, Michał; Sułkowski, Łukasz (2021). "The identity and self-perception of artists-managers". Problems and Perspectives in Management. 19 (1): 372–386. doi:10.21511/ppm.19(1).2021.32 – via webpage of the journal.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)

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