Jakub Pankowiak

Jakub Pankowiak is an Assistant Professor at the Paderewski Academy of Music in Poznań, affiliated with the Institute of Instrumental Studies. He holds a Master's degree in Instrumental Studies with Organ specialization from the same institution, awarded in 2008.

• Education: Master's (2008) from Paderewski Academy of Music in Poznań; artistic residency at Fryderyk Chopin Music University in Warsaw (2010); Socrates/Erasmus studies at Musikhochschule Lübeck (2007) and teaching residency there (2009).

His research and artistic activities focus on Organ Performance, Baroque Music, and Liturgical Music, with expertise in chamber ensemble coordination and historical performance practices. He has performed extensively across Europe and recorded the album "Boże Narodzenie-Weihnachten" with the Poznań Boys' Choir.

Scientific awards and honors:

• II Prize, International Organ Music Competition of Fr. Stanisław Ormiński in Rumia (2004)
• IV Prize and Special Recognition (Youngest Participant), III International Organ Competition of Felix Nowowiejski in Poznań (2005)
• I Prize, Polish Organ Music Competition in Legnica (2006)
• Special Mention, International Organ Competition for Young Organists in Opava (2006)
• Semi-Finalist, International Organ Competition of D. Buxtehude in Lübeck (2007)
• I Prize, National Organ Performance Competition of Dietrich Buxtehude in Kraków (2008)
• Special Recognition, I Academic Organ Competition Romuald Sroczyński In Memoriam in Poznań (2008)
• III Prize and Special Recognition (Best Bach Performance), International Organ Competition of M.K. Čiurlionis in Vilnius (2011)
• Artistic Scholarship of Poznań City in Organ Performance (2010)
• Rector's Prize III Class (2011)

Teaching and activities: He instructs courses in organ performance, chamber ensemble, specialist literature, and liturgical playing at the Paderewski Academy of Music.