Prof. Jerzy MARCHWIŃSKI
Warsaw, 13 October 2021
Ladies and Gentlemen.
- Five years ago, I approached the late Mrs Ewa Stąporek-Pospiech, Headmistress of the Artur Rubinstein Music Schools in Bydgoszcz, with a proposal to establish a National Centre for Musical Partnership there.
- I had a dream of a Centre that would support non-academic education levels.
- As I see it, the concept of musical partnership should be present already at the earliest stages of musical education: the primary and secondary schools of music.
- It seems to me that introducing that concept at the
academic level may be a bit late, as at that stage the majority of young people are already infected with the twisted concept of the
so-called soloist-accompanist relation and the false soloist obsession as the only option for a musician.
- I confess that I was charmed by the openness of the Headmistress and the community at the Bydgoszcz School, who enthusiastically responded to the idea of partnership. The current Principal and administration continue those efforts in a manner worthy of the highest praise!
- The day after our conversation, Ewa Stąporek-Pospiech spontaneously went to the Ministry of Culture to share the news about the emerging Centre.
- I feel the need to explain two of the many reasons for my efforts: The first is my deep conviction that the idea of partnership in music and partnership in general should be passed on to students right from the beginning of their education. Secondly, it is the phenomenon of Bydgoszcz, a city which I first visited 60 years ago. Bydgoszcz is worthy of the highest praise for its drive to create a new reality and new things, including many ideas and initiatives serving culture and the fair co-existence of a Human with another Human, so wonderfully initiated by the demiurge who was the unforgettable Andrzej Szwalbe.
Please accept my words of congratulations, praise, encouragement and best wishes for your perseverance in goodness.
Prof. Jerzy Marchwiński
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