"Powrót Beethovena" strona książki prof. Henryka Skarżyńskiego

Maciej Miecznikowski (Profesor)

One of the most famous and beloved artists on the Polish stage. Musician and vocalist, songwriter, television personality. Multi-instrumentalist – he sings, accompanying himself on the piano and guitar, and also plays the trumpet, flute, and accordion. Winner of numerous blues and jazz awards, as well as journalists’ and audience awards at festivals in Opole. He has participated in dozens of musical projects: album releases, concerts, and television programs. Hosting the show Don’t Forget the Lyrics earned him multiple nominations for Telekamera and Wiktor awards, and the popularity of the oratorios from “Tryptyk Świętokrzyski” (“Świętokrzyski Triptych”) and “Siedem Pieśni Marii” (“Seven Songs of Mary”) series brought him platinum, diamond, and double diamond records. He is the frontman of the entertainment group Leszcze, with which he has released five albums and several hits. He has also recorded solo albums, including his own album “Będzie z nami dobrze” (“We’ll Be Fine”) and the jazz-inspired “Czarodzieje – Osiecka, Zieliński, Miecznikowski” (“Wizards – Osiecka, Zieliński, Miecznikowski”) and “Tribute to Nat King Cole”.

For years, he has also been confirming his acting talent in theatre performances, such as: “Kolacja na cztery ręce” (“A Four-handed Dinner”), “Dzień świra” (“Day of the Wacko”) with Kamienica and Stu Theatre, “Kwartet” (“Quartet”), “Company” and “Przerwana cisza” (“Silence Interrupted”) with Basen Artystyczny, “Komedia odlotowa czyli lumbago” (“A slip of the disc”) with Capitol Theatre, and the comedy-drama “Victoria. True Woman Show” with Garnizon Sztuki. For several years, he appeared as a special guest on the Hrabi Cabaret’s program Ariaci. Jacek Bromski cast him in the series and film “U Pana Boga w Królowym Moście” (“God’s Little Village”).

He can also be heard in a duet with Zbigniew Zamachowski in the “Hommage à Blues Brothers” concerts, accompanied by the best Polish orchestras. He makes guest appearances at the Warsaw Chamber Opera in W. A. Mozart’s “The Marriage of Figar” and as Selim in “The Abduction from the Seraglio”. Together with Andrzej Krzywy, he created the musical and humorous “2ManShow”, also known as “TumanSzoł”. Miecznikowski also enjoys drawing on Polish and Argentinean tangos, on which an example is Idziemy w tango? (Let’s go tango) with Tango Attack.

He has been familiar with hearing problems for a long time, which is why he willingly supports the World Hearing Center with his musical knowledge and talent. As a friend, not only to the smallest patients in Kajetany, he performs during the annual editions of the International Music Festival for Children, Youth and Adults with Hearing Impairments “Ślimakowe Rytmy” (“The Beats od Cochlea”).

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Jakub Cendrowski (Kuba/adult)

A fifth-year student at the Aleksander Zelwerowicz National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw, specializing in acting and vocal performance.

Since 2025, he has been portraying the EMCEE in the musical Cabaret at the Musical Theatre in Poznań, as well as Simon in Jesus Christ Superstar at the Musical Theatre in Toruń.

He collaborates with the Rampa Theatre in Warsaw (Wirujący seks. Polskie love story, directed by Tadeusz Kabicz) and the Syrena Theatre in Warsaw (Heathers, directed by Agnieszka Płoszajska).

Since 2023, he has been performing as Danny Zuko in the musical Grease at TM Proscenium.

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Barbara Kaczynska (Kuba’s Mother)

Coordinator of the Music Therapy Team at the World Hearing Center: the Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing. She is the co-author of the innovative program “Music in Human Hearing Development” used in the rehabilitation of people with hearing disorders, for which she developed compositional guidelines. She is also the author of lyrics and co-author of music for children with hearing impairments, as well as the author of the textbook Music Therapy Home Clinic, intended for both professional music therapists and parents / guardians of children, which contains ready-made sets of exercises and musical pieces for conducting home rehabilitation for patients.

She completed her music therapy studies at the Academy of Music in Katowice and obtained her NMT certificate at the University of Toronto. She is also a graduate of the Faculty of Polish Philology and Journalism at the University of Warsaw and the Faculty of Directing at the Social Academy of Sciences in Warsaw. She also pursues her passion for music as an opera singer (contralto), performing in chamber concerts and opera performances in Poland and abroad.

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Wojciech Kurcjusz (Olaf)

Wojciech Kurcjusz is a graduate of the AST National Academy of Theatre Arts in Kraków and a laureate of the 24th National Festival “Pamiętajmy o Osieckiej.” In 2022, at the 40th Festival of Theatre Schools in Łódź, he received the Toya Group Award “Silver Tuning Fork” for outstanding auditory impact (for his role in Dyplom z miłości, directed by Agnieszka Glińska). He has performed, among others, on the main stage of Teatr Muzyczny Roma as Galileo in We Will Rock You (directed by Wojciech Kępczyński), at Teatr Rampa as Dawid in Wirujący Seks (directed by Tadeusz Kabicz), at the Łódź Musical Theatre as Sky in Mamma Mia (directed by Jakub Szydłowski), and in Bal w Operze at the Warsaw Chamber Opera (directed by Agnieszka Płoszajska, with musical direction by Leszek Możdżer). He also appears as a guest actor at the Municipal Theatre in Leszno.

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Anna Czypryn

A professional violinist and singer with a clear, bright voice, a graduate of the Academy of Music in Katowice, and the lead singer of the folk band “Tekla Klebetnica”. As a highlander from Żywiec, she has been deeply connected to traditional music since childhood—she leads instrumental and vocal workshops for folk ensembles and bands (in Poland, the U.S., China, and France), and she also serves as the director and music instructor for folk ensembles.

Together with her band “Tekla Klebetnica” she has released several CDs, won second place on TVN’s show: Mam Talent, and appears on numerous television programs. She performs in Poland and abroad; she has toured in over 20 countries on 4 continents (including the USA, Australia, New Zealand, Uzbekistan, Georgia, and Jordan). As a soloist, she has performed with the “Mazowsze” Orchestra, the Polish Radio Orchestra, Virtuosi of Houston, and the Stokłosa Collectiv Orchestra.

She is a scholarship recipient of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage and the IDYLLWILD ARTS ACADEMY in California (USA).

She was born with a congenital left-sided hearing impairment (microtia with atresia). As a child, she underwent a series of reconstructive ear surgeries, and in 2017, she received a bone-conduction hearing implant at the World Hearing Center.

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