The Mariański Choir ( pl, Chór Mariański), also known as the Maryan Choir,
is a mixed
choir
A choir ( ; also known as a chorale or chorus) is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform. Choirs may perform music from the classical music repertoire, which ...
based at the
Lazarite Church of the Holy Virgin Mary of Lourdes in
Kraków
Kraków (), or Cracow, is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city dates back to the seventh century. Kraków was the official capital of Poland until 1596 ...
, Poland. The choir's repertoire includes works of great masters, religious compositions of Polish and foreign composers, international songs and folk songs, and fragments of operas and musicals.
Mariański Choir was founded in 1932. Since 1968, the group has been led by conductor Jan Rybarski. Members of the choir have varying levels of experience ranging from several months to over 40 years. Recently the choir toured in
Lyon
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,
Nice
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,
Rome
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, and
Vienna
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Conductor
Jan Rybarski (b. 1941), conductor and organist, graduated from the Secondary School for Organists in
Przemyśl
Przemyśl (; yi, פשעמישל, Pshemishl; uk, Перемишль, Peremyshl; german: Premissel) is a city in southeastern Poland with 58,721 inhabitants, as of December 2021. In 1999, it became part of the Subcarpathian Voivodeship; it was pr ...
and the Music High School in Kraków. His tutors were Idzi Ogierman-Mański, Józef Radwan and Jerzy Kurcz. In 2001 he received a doctoral degree in directing from the
Academy of Music in Kraków
The Krzysztof Penderecki Academy of Music in Kraków ( pl, Akademia Muzyczna im. Krzysztofa Pendereckiego w Krakowie) is a conservatory located in central Kraków, Poland. It is the '' alma mater'' of the renowned Polish contemporary composer Krz ...
.
Rybarski has been a lecturer of music conducting at the
Pontifical Academy of Theology
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History
The Pontifical Academy of The ...
in Kraków. He is an Artistic Director of the Polish Federation of Choirs and Orchestras in Kraków and teaches organ and choral music. In recognition of his contribution to local culture and art, Rybarski received the Kraków Voivode Prize in 1995 and the Medal of the National Education Committee in 2003.
Awards
The choir has won many awards. The Grand Prix prizes and the first place awards include a gold medal at the Polish Festival of choral song in
Katowice
Katowice ( , , ; szl, Katowicy; german: Kattowitz, yi, קאַטעוויץ, Kattevitz) is the capital city of the Silesian Voivodeship in southern Poland and the central city of the Upper Silesian metropolitan area. It is the 11th most popul ...
, a Grand Prix at a competition dedicated to
Pope John Paul II
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in Kraków, and festivals of Christmas carols at
Myślenice
Myślenice is a town in southern Poland, situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship (since 1999), previously in Kraków Voivodeship (1975–1998). Population: 20,261 (2007). The town is divided into six districts. One of them, Zarabie, is a popu ...
and in
Prague
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. Prizes were won at festivals in
Misdroy,
Caecilianum (2000) and in
Warsaw
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(2004),
Loretto and
Gorizia
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in Italy,
Košice
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,
Ilava
Ilava (german: Illau, hu, Illava) is a town in the Trenčín Region, northwestern Slovakia.
Name
The name is of uncertain origin. The historic medieval names were ''Lewe'', ''Lewa'' (the same historic name as Levice), ''Lewa de cidca fluviom V ...
,
Mogilev
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, and in
Frankfurt am Main
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and
Berlin
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.
Notes and references
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Musical groups established in 1932
Polish choirs