President of the Management Board

Katarzyna Pilipiuk

Kobieta z instrumentem Fot. Konrad Mika

A baroque oboist, Doctor of Arts, researcher, and university professor, she is a faculty member at the Karol Penderecki Academy of Music in Kraków and the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice. She has extensive experience organizing events, including concerts—both chamber and large-scale events—as well as conferences. She organizes the Count Leopold Poletyło Music Festival i Krasnysnaw, Poland, and serves as its artistic director.
As a performer, she collaborates with leading specialists in the field of early music. When carrying out projects, she often takes on a dual role—both as a soloist and as the concert host. In 2024, Brilliant Classics released her solo album featuring oboe concertos by Johann Wilhelm Hertel; another album is scheduled for release in late 2026.
She honed her skills on the historical oboe through studies under Marek Niewiedział, Frank de Bruine, and Alfredo Bernardini. She has participated in numerous masterclasses led by Alfred Bernardini, Elisabeth Baumer, Magdalena Karolak, Molly Marsch, Josep Domenech, and Paolo Grazzi. She performs music from the 17th through the 19th centuries on replicas of Baroque, Classical, and Romantic instruments and oryginals, as well as contemporary music. 

She collaborates with numerous early music ensembles in Poland and abroad. She has performed with, among others, Capella Cracoviensis, the Royal Baroque Ensemble, the Polish Orchestra of the 18th Century, Concerto Polacco, the Famd.pl Orchestra, Il Tempo, Diletto, Risonanza, Arte dei Suonatori, the Goldberg Baroque Ensemble, Cappella di Ospedale della Pietà, the Barockorchester Concerto München, the Salzburger Bachgesellschaft, the Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century, La Divina Armonia, Le Concert Lorrain, and Ensemble Zefiro. She has made numerous recordings and has participated in concerts broadcast live on radio and television. She is a member and one of the driving forces behind the early music ensemble Il Vento. In addition to her concert activities, she is also engaged in scholarly work, conducting research on the history of the oboe and on the now-forgotten repertoire of 18th-century composers. She is a recipient of a scholarship from the Polish Minister of Culture and National Heritage for the year 2026.