Michal Stanikowski

About

The Polish guitarist Michał Stanikowski graduated from the Academy of Music in Wrocław in the class of Prof. Piotr Zaleski. In Germany he continued his musical education at the University of Music Hannover with Prof. Frank Bunkgarten, at the University of Music Freiburg with Prof. Sonja Prunnbauer, at the University of Music Trossingen with Prof. Michael R. Hampel and the University of Music in Weimar with Prof. Tomasz Zawierucha and Prof. Ricardo Gallen. The award – winning musician Stanikowski received prizes at numerous international guitar competitions, for example in Velbert (Germany), Enschede (The Netherlands), Weimar (Germany), Sanok and Olsztyn (Poland). Furthermore he was awarded multiple scholarships for outstanding achievements, such as grants by the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, as well as the “Young Poland” Foundation and the “Yehudi Menuhin Live Music” Foundation. Michał Stanikowski performs as a soloist at many music festivals and  stages (Berlin, Los Angeles, New York, Warsaw or Zürich) he gives chamber music concerts with Marek Pasieczny or quartett(o) Freiburg, works together with chamber and symphonic orchestras, is a member of the jury of numerous guitar contests and gives masterclasses. From a very young age on Stanikowski records for Radio and Television. In 2007, in 2008, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015 he released his six albums in a great number of copies. Michal Stanikowski teaches the guitar at the University of Music in Trossingen and Conservatory of Music in Zürich. He is als founder and director of the Guitar Festival „Gitarrophilia“ in Trossingen.