Bydgoszcz Music Academy - "Feliks Nowowiejski"
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Polish: Akademia Muzyczna im. Feliksa Nowowiejskiego w Bydgoszczy
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Motto of the Academy at the main building entrance
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| Motto | Musica Spiritus Movens |
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Motto in English
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Music moves the soul |
| Type | Music Academy |
| Established | October 1, 1974 |
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Parent institution
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Academy of Music in Łódź |
| President | Jerzy Kaszuba |
| Vice-president | Maria Murawska, Hanna Michalak |
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Academic staff
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147 (2016) |
| Students | 552 (2015) |
| Address | Slowackiego street 7, Bydgoszcz, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, 85-008, Poland |
| Language | Polish / English |
| Website | amuz.bydgoszcz.pl |
Coordinates: 53°07′47″N 18°00′35″E / 53.1297°N 18.0097°E
The Bydgoszcz Academy of Music is a Polish state music university located in downtown Bydgoszcz. Its origins date back to 1974, as Branch of the High School of Music in Lodz till 1979. From 1979 to 1981, it was established as Bydgoszcz State Higher School of Music, comprising for four departments. Since 1981, it is called Academy of Music - "Feliks Nowowiejski".
Since December 1, 1981, the patron of the music university is Feliks Nowowiejski (1877-1946), a Polish composer, conductor, teacher, organist and virtuoso.
Living in Poznan since 1919, Feliks Nowowiejski repeatedly visited Bydgoszcz in the interwar period as a conductor and composer. On April 3, 1921, he conducted in Bydgoszcz the local choir "Halka" in a room on Torunska street, and on November 18, 1923, he led a concert in the Seminar Building on the occasion of the 5th anniversary of Polish independence. One of the large-scale event he attended was the unveiling of the Monument to Henryk Sienkiewicz in Bydgoszcz, the first at the time in Poland, on July 31, 1927. During the ceremony, in the presence of President of Poland Ignacy Moscicki, Feliks Nowowiejski conducted a solemn concert performed by the orchestra of the 68th Infantry Regiment and combined choirs of Bydgoszcz and Poznan.
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