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Maciej Miecznikowski (Profesor)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the most famous and beloved artists on the Polish stage. Musician and vocalist, songwriter, television personality. Multi-instrumentalist \u2013 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\u2019t Forget the Lyrics earned him multiple nominations for Telekamera and Wiktor awards, and the popularity of the oratorios from \u201cTryptyk \u015awi\u0119tokrzyski\u201d (\u201c\u015awi\u0119tokrzyski Triptych\u201d) and \u201cSiedem Pie\u015bni Marii\u201d (\u201cSeven Songs of Mary\u201d) 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 \u201cB\u0119dzie z nami dobrze\u201d (\u201cWe’ll Be Fine\u201d) and the jazz-inspired \u201cCzarodzieje – Osiecka, Zieli\u0144ski, Miecznikowski\u201d (\u201cWizards – Osiecka, Zieli\u0144ski, Miecznikowski\u201d) and \u201cTribute to Nat King Cole\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For years, he has also been confirming his acting talent in theatre performances, such as: \u201cKolacja na cztery r\u0119ce\u201d (\u201cA Four-handed Dinner\u201d), \u201cDzie\u0144 \u015bwira\u201d (\u201cDay of the Wacko\u201d) with Kamienica and Stu Theatre, \u201cKwartet\u201d (\u201cQuartet\u201d), \u201cCompany\u201d and \u201cPrzerwana cisza\u201d (\u201cSilence Interrupted\u201d) with Basen Artystyczny, \u201cKomedia odlotowa czyli lumbago\u201d (\u201cA slip of the disc\u201d) with Capitol Theatre, and the comedy-drama \u201cVictoria. True Woman Show\u201d with Garnizon Sztuki. For several years, he appeared as a special guest on the Hrabi Cabaret\u2019s program Ariaci. Jacek Bromski cast him in the series and film \u201cU Pana Boga w Kr\u00f3lowym Mo\u015bcie\u201d (\u201cGod’s Little Village\u201d). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He can also be heard in a duet with Zbigniew Zamachowski in the \u201cHommage \u00e0 Blues Brothers\u201d concerts, accompanied by the best Polish orchestras. He makes guest appearances at the Warsaw Chamber Opera in W. A. Mozart’s \u201cThe Marriage of Figar\u201d and as Selim in \u201cThe Abduction from the Seraglio\u201d. Together with Andrzej Krzywy, he created the musical and humorous \u201c2ManShow\u201d, also known as \u201cTumanSzo\u0142\u201d. Miecznikowski also enjoys drawing on Polish and Argentinean tangos, on which an example is Idziemy w tango? (Let\u2019s go tango) with Tango Attack. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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 \u201c\u015alimakowe Rytmy\u201d (\u201cThe Beats od Cochlea\u201d).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

foto: Artist archive<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n

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Maciej Pawlak (Beethoven)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A graduate of the Stanis\u0142aw Moniuszko Academy of Music in Gda\u0144sk, Faculty of Vocal Performance and Acting, as well as the Krzysztof Kie\u015blowski Film School (formerly the University of Silesia in Katowice, film and television production management). \n \nHe has been associated with numerous theatres and musical institutions, including Teatr Muzyczny Roma, Konzert und Theater St. Gallen (Switzerland), Teatr Komedia, the Stefan \u017beromski Theatre in Kielce, the \u0141\u00f3d\u017a Musical Theatre, Teatr Potem-o-tem, the Pozna\u0144 Musical Theatre, the Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic in Bia\u0142ystok, the Mazovian Musical Theatre, Teatr Rampa, Teatr Syrena, Krak\u00f3w Vari\u00e9t\u00e9 Theatre, the Chorz\u00f3w Entertainment Theatre, the Gliwice Musical Theatre, and Studio Accantus. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

foto: Karol Nycz<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Jakub Cendrowski (Kuba\/adult)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A fifth-year student at the Aleksander Zelwerowicz National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw, specializing in acting and vocal performance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since 2025, he has been portraying the EMCEE in the musical Cabaret at the Musical Theatre in Pozna\u0144, as well as Simon in Jesus Christ Superstar at the Musical Theatre in Toru\u0144. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He collaborates with the Rampa Theatre in Warsaw (Wiruj\u0105cy seks. Polskie love story, directed by Tadeusz Kabicz) and the Syrena Theatre in Warsaw (Heathers, directed by Agnieszka P\u0142oszajska). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since 2023, he has been performing as Danny Zuko in the musical Grease at TM Proscenium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

foto: Artist archive<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n

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Krystian Kaczynski<\/strong> (Kuba\/child)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He was born in 2015 in Bia\u0142ystok. Since his earliest years, he has been interested in music and has shown musical talent He is a third-year student at the music school in Wysokie Mazowieckie, studying violin, and a student at the primary school in Rosochate Ko\u015bcielne. He is a laureate of numerous national and international violin and vocal competitions, winning, among others: second prize in the provincial song contest in Bia\u0142ystok, first place in the 11th County Uprising and Scout Song Contest, second prize in the 16th World Open Violin Competition 2024 (Spring Edition), first prize in the national competition as part of the Presto Festival 2024, first prize in the national competition as part of the 8th and 9th editions of the Forte Festival in 2023\u20132024, first degree distinction in the Siemiatyckie Smyki violin competition in 2025 and in the Opus 2025 International Music Competition in Krak\u00f3w. With his image and musical abilities, he supports the \u201cMusic in Human Auditory Development\u201d program run by the World Hearing Center: the Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing. He participated in the recording of the music therapy lullabies album, \u201cpodUSZKA\u201d (\u201cA pillow\/ under tiny ears\u201d) part 2. He also has artistic talents. He enjoys styling and designing clothes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

foto: Artist archive<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Barbara Kaczynska<\/strong> (Kuba\u2019s Mother<\/strong>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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 \u201cMusic in Human Hearing Development\u201d 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Natalia Kujawa (Ma\u0142gosia)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A graduate of the Aleksander Zelwerowicz National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw. She is a lecturer at the Academy of Music in Pozna\u0144. She currently collaborates with Teatr Syrena (Six<\/em>, Heathers<\/em>, Wypi\u00f3r<\/em>, archival productions Piplaja<\/em>, Rock of Ages<\/em>), Teatr Roma (Jednego serca<\/em>), the Dramatic Theatre in Warsaw (Kinky Boots<\/em>), Krak\u00f3w Vari\u00e9t\u00e9 Theatre (Rent<\/em>, Pretty Woman<\/em>), and the Pozna\u0144 Musical Theatre (Cabaret<\/em>).She debuted at Teatr Roma (Akademia Pana Kleksa<\/em>, The Phantom of the Opera<\/em>). For ten years, she worked at Studio Buffo, where she created, among others, the roles of Anka in Metro<\/em> and Juliet in Romeo and Juliet<\/em>. She has also performed at the Contemporary Theatre in Warsaw (Z r\u0119k\u0105 na gardle<\/em>), Teatr Rampa (Czterdziestolatek<\/em>, Przybysz<\/em>), the Polish Theatre in Szczecin (Cabaret<\/em>), and the Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic in Bia\u0142ystok (West Side Story<\/em>).She also works as a dubbing actress. Before pursuing acting, she studied Russian philology at the University of Warsaw. For her portrayal of Stefania Grodzie\u0144ska in Piplaja<\/em>, she received the Jan Kiepura Musical Theatre Award<\/strong>. She is also a laureate of the Maryna Miklaszewska Young Artists Award<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

foto: Magdalena Prosu\u0142<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Wojciech Kurcjusz (Olaf)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wojciech Kurcjusz is a graduate of the AST National Academy of Theatre Arts in Krak\u00f3w and a laureate of the 24th National Festival \u201cPami\u0119tajmy o Osieckiej.\u201d In 2022, at the 40th Festival of Theatre Schools in \u0141\u00f3d\u017a, he received the Toya Group Award \u201cSilver Tuning Fork\u201d for outstanding auditory impact (for his role in Dyplom z mi\u0142o\u015bci<\/em>, directed by Agnieszka Gli\u0144ska). He has performed, among others, on the main stage of Teatr Muzyczny Roma as Galileo in We Will Rock You<\/em> (directed by Wojciech K\u0119pczy\u0144ski), at Teatr Rampa as Dawid in Wiruj\u0105cy Seks<\/em> (directed by Tadeusz Kabicz), at the \u0141\u00f3d\u017a Musical Theatre as Sky in Mamma Mia<\/em> (directed by Jakub Szyd\u0142owski), and in Bal w Operze<\/em> at the Warsaw Chamber Opera (directed by Agnieszka P\u0142oszajska, with musical direction by Leszek Mo\u017cd\u017cer). He also appears as a guest actor at the Municipal Theatre in Leszno.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

foto: Micha\u0142 Mianowski<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n

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Anna Czypryn<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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 \u201cTekla Klebetnica\u201d. As a highlander from \u017bywiec, she has been deeply connected to traditional music since childhood\u2014she 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Together with her band \u201cTekla Klebetnica\u201d she has released several CDs, won second place on TVN\u2019s 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 \u201cMazowsze\u201d Orchestra, the Polish Radio Orchestra, Virtuosi of Houston, and the Stok\u0142osa Collectiv Orchestra.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She is a scholarship recipient of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage and the IDYLLWILD ARTS ACADEMY in California (USA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

foto: Artist archive<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n

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Ma\u0142gorzata Strycharz-Dudziak<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ma\u0142gorzata Strycharz-Dudziak, M.D., a dentist and assistant professor at the Medical University of Lublin, has been involved with music since her childhood. She was a student at a music school in the piano class when, at the age of 13, she lost her hearing in one ear and partially in the other. Two years later, she lost her hearing completely. Thanks to the implantation of two cochlear implants by Prof. Henryk Skar\u017cy\u0144ski, she not only began and successfully continues her professional career but also plays the piano. She has performed at numerous events at the Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing. Her story inspired Prof. Henryk Skar\u017cy\u0144ski to organize the annual International Music Festival for Children, Youth and Adults with Hearing Impairments \u201c\u015alimakowe Rytmy\u201d (\u201cThe Beats od Cochlea\u201d), dedicated to people who, thanks to advances in medicine, can return to the world of sound and pursue their musical passions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

foto: Artist archive<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Children<\/h5>\n\n

Children under the care of Professor Skar\u017cy\u0144ski\u2019s \u201cS\u0142ysz\u0119\u201d (\u201cI can hear\u201d) Foundation are participating in the production of the musical \u201cReturn of Beethoven\u201d. The Foundation is an organization that has been working for years to support people affected by hearing loss. The Foundation\u2019s mission is to create a world in which everyone can fully participate in social life, and consequently, in cultural life as well. The Foundation\u2019s charges\u2019 performance in the musical provides symbolic proof of the effectiveness of the methods used by Prof. Skar\u017cy\u0144ski and the entire medical staff of the World Hearing Center. The following will perform on stage: Rita Niewi\u0144ska, Zofia \u015alusarska, Adrian Kaczy\u0144ski, Stanis\u0142aw Kaleta, and Tymoteusz Mosakowski.<\/p>\n\n

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Zofia \u015alusarska<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Tymoteusz Mosakowski<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Stanis\u0142aw Kaleta<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Rita
Rita Niewi\u0144ska<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Adrian Kaczyn\u0301ski<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n

foto.: Artist archive<\/p>\n\n

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