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Hello and welcome !!!

Hello and welcome !!!
You have reached the website where I post information not only about me, but above all where I will share with you cultural life seen from the perspective of an instrumentalist of the NOSPR and a teacher of the Academy of Music in Katowice.

In the news section you will find the latest information about the latest, most important events for me and the projects I am currently working on. I also encourage you to follow my profile on Facebook.

I invite you to check out my recordings, gallery, achievements of my students and lectures on oboe issues. I hope to expand this website with new useful information in the future.

I also invite you to my concerts, both solo and chamber ones, as well as as a NOSPR musician, information about these events can be found in the NEWS

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About me

Piotr Pyc – oboe / cor anglais. He graduated from the Academy of Music in Kraków, where he was in Professor Jerzy Kotyczka's class, with distinction. Then he started to work as first oboe in the Silesian Philharmonic in Katowice. Since the 2004, he has been an oboist and a soloist (cor anglais) of the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra in Katowice..

As an orchestral musician he took part in over 1500 concerts, working with many ensembles – The Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra, the Kraków Philharmonic Orchestra, the Polish Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Sopot and Sinfonietta Cracovia to name a few. He performed under the baton of such maestro conductors as Marin Alsop, Lawrence Foster, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Charles Dutoit, Simone Young, Gabriel Chmura, Christian Eschenbach, Lorin Maazel, Jerzy Semkow, Krzysztof Penderecki.

He is very active in soloist and chamber ensemble fields. He took part in numerous music festivals, including Nordsee and Schwetzinger Festspiele in Germany, as well as Warszawska Jesień (Warsaw Autumn). As a soloist, he recorded a concert by Stanisław Skrowaczewski for Medici.tv.

Teaching is an important part of his work. Piotr Pyc is also associated with the Academy of Music in Katowice, where he works as a university professor, teaching the oboe class. His students win laurels at national and international competitions. He lectures master classes and serves on the jury of many competitions dedicated to wind instruments. From 2021, consultant of the Artistic Education Center and expert of the Ministry of National Education and Science. In 2023, he was awarded the rank of professor of art. and was awarded the Silver Cross of Merit by the President of the Republic of Poland.

News

2026-04-29

2026-04-28 - Students' Success at the National CEA Competition "Music Spring"

Aleks Malej takes second place, and Michał Pasierbek receives an honorable mention in the National Competition "Music Spring 2026" the Częstochowa School of Music.

2026-03-04

2025-02-16 - Zosia wins oboe position to South Bohemian Philharmonic

Zosia Frączek, a second-year master's student, won the competition for 1 oboe (substitute) for the South Bohemian Philharmonic in České Budějovice.

2025-12-11

2025-12-09 - Gosia wins exam

Małgorzata Cieszko student supervised by me and mgr Alicja Matuszczyk, passed the exam to the Opole Philharmonic Orchestra.

2025-11-29

2025-11-29 - Success of students in Bytom

At the 10th National Bassoon and Oboe Festival in Bytom, Aleksander Malej and Michał Pasierbek take 1st and 2nd place

2025-05-19

2025-05-19 - More awards for pupils and students :)

At the OPUS 2025 International Music Competition Małgorzata Cieszko wins 1st prize, Zofia Frączek and Emilia Ciupek - 3 prizes.

2025-05-17

2025-05-17 - Success of pupils and students in the National REZONANS Competition

1st place was taken by: Małgorzata Cieszko, Michał Pasierbek, Aleksander Malej, Zosia Frączek won 2nd place and Emilia Ciupek 3rd place.

2025-04-12

2025-04-12 - Success in Wadowice

Aleksander Malej wins the GRAND PRIX award at the 6th National Wind Instrument Students' Competition in Wadowice

2025-04-08

2025-04-06 - Gosia a laureate of an international competition in the Czech Republic

Małgosia Cieszko wins 2nd place in the International Music Competition Pro Bohemia 2025 in Ostrava

2024-10-18

2024-10-18 - Gosia Cieszko passes the exam for the Young Academy of the Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra

The NOSPR Academy is a scholarship and mentoring program that offers young instrumentalists the opportunity to improve their skills under the watchful eye of outstanding NOSPR musicians.

2024-10-07