Physics of Magnetism 2026 (PM'26)

The Golden Jubilee Concert:
Fifty Years of the Physics of Magnetism Conference

	Jacek Kortus piano
	Zofia Anna Olesik violin
	Michał Francuz piano
	Marcin Suszycki violin
	Ewa Kozieł-Suszycka violin
	Dominik Dębski viola
	Józef Czarnecki cello
	Ewa Jarmakowska-Kolanus concert host
All photos from Filharmonia Poznańska (Poznań Philharmonic)

Jacek Kortus
Piano

Jacek Kortus is a graduate of the Ignacy Jan Paderewski Academy of Music in Poznań, where he studied piano under Professor Waldemar Andrzejewski. He currently serves as an assistant professor in the Piano Department of his Alma Mater.

He has participated in numerous national and international piano competitions, receiving many prestigious awards. In 2003, he was a finalist at the Stefan Seiler International Piano Competition in Kitzingen, Germany. In 2004, he received a special prize at the 6th Arthur Rubinstein in Memoriam International Competition for Young Pianists in Bydgoszcz. In 2005, he was a distinguished finalist at the 15th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw.

Jacek Kortus has performed in leading concert halls and philharmonic venues in Poland and abroad, appearing in Germany, France, Belgium, the United Kingdom, Italy, Romania, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Moldova, Montenegro, Serbia, the United States, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, China, Japan, Israel, Palestine, Morocco, and Taiwan.

In 2002, he was awarded a scholarship from the Jolanta and Aleksander Kwaśniewski Foundation “Aid for Young Talents.” He also received scholarships from the Polish Minister of Culture in 2002 and 2005. In 2006, he was honored with the Young Art Medal, awarded by the newspaper Głos Wielkopolski for outstanding artistic achievements, as well as the Hipolit Cegielski Young Positivist Medal for excellence in public and cultural engagement. He was also nominated for the prestigious Paszport Polityki award.

In 2011, he received a scholarship from the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education for outstanding artistic achievements. In 2017, he was awarded the honorary distinction Meritorious for Polish Culture by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage.

Jacek Kortus’s debut solo album, featuring works by Fryderyk Chopin and Franz Liszt and released by Muza Polskie Nagrania in 2008, was nominated for a Fryderyk Award in 2009. In 2015, he released an album of songs by Polish composers recorded with the distinguished Polish tenor Tomasz Zagórski. In 2023, an album featuring Feliks Nowowiejski’s Piano Concerto and Cello Concerto, recorded with Jacek Kortus, the Poznań Philharmonic Orchestra, and conductor Łukasz Borowicz, received the Fryderyk Award.

Zofia Anna Olesik
Violin

Twenty-year-old violinist Zofia Anna Olesik from Katowice is a student at the Ignacy Jan Paderewski Academy of Music in Poznań, where she studies under Professor Marcin Baranowski.

She is a laureate of more than 30 national and international competitions, including the Henryk Wieniawski and Karol Lipiński International Violin Competition in Lublin, the Jascha Heifetz Competition in Vilnius, the Aram Khachaturian International Competition in Yerevan, and the Arthur Grumiaux International Violin Competition in Brussels.

She has performed as a soloist with orchestras such as the Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra, Sinfonia Iuventus, the National Symphony Orchestra of Armenia, and the Pomeranian Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra.

She collaborated with musicians of the Vienna Philharmonic as part of the “Penderecki Project,” was a member of the prestigious European Union Youth Orchestra, and is currently participating in the young artists’ programme of the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra.

She has further refined her artistry under the guidance of distinguished musicians including Julia Fischer, Midori, Vadim Gluzman, and Donald Weilerstein. She has also been awarded scholarships through the Young Poland Programme and the Morningside Music Bridge masterclasses in the United States.

In November 2025, she won the 11th Zdzisław Jahnke National Violin Competition, thereby qualifying for the 17th Henryk Wieniawski International Violin Competition, which will take place in Poznań in October 2026.

Michał Francuz
Piano

Michał Francuz is a pianist, chamber musician, and educator. He began studying the piano at the age of nine and graduated from the Ignacy Jan Paderewski Academy of Music in Poznań, where he studied under Professor Waldemar Andrzejewski.

For more than twenty years, he has maintained an active artistic career, performing symphonic concerts as well as solo and chamber recitals. He has appeared before audiences in Poland, Germany, Switzerland, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Denmark, France, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Russia, the Czech Republic, Algeria, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, and the United States.

He regularly collaborates with leading musical institutions and ensembles, including the Poznań Philharmonic Orchestra, Sinfonia Varsovia, the Szczecin Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, the Feel Harmony Orchestra, the Baltic Opera, and the Henryk Wieniawski Music Society in Poznań.

Michał Francuz has performed at numerous prestigious festivals, including the International Sacrum non Profanum Festival in Trzęsacz, the International Les Folles Journées – Chopin Open Festival in Warsaw, and the Poznań Music Spring Festival. He inaugurated the International Chopin Competition in Antonin with a piano recital and has given numerous performances at Chopin’s Manor House in Żelazowa Wola and at the Royal Łazienki Park in Warsaw.

Among his concert projects, one of the most ambitious was the performance of all of Ludwig van Beethoven’s piano concertos over the course of just two days.

Marcin Suszycki
Violin

Marcin Suszycki has been the Concertmaster of the Poznań Philharmonic Orchestra since 2008. His musical interests span a wide range of styles and periods. Since 2006, together with Bartosz Bryła, Mariola Banaszkiewicz-Bryła, Tomasz Lisiecki, and Marzena Michałowska, he has been a member of a baroque ensemble specializing in historically informed performance on period instruments. Just a year later, he turned to music from a completely different era, joining the contemporary music ensemble an Arche as its first violinist.

In addition to his ensemble work, he performs extensively as a chamber musician and appears as a soloist with orchestras in Poland and abroad. In 2013, he was invited by the Scottish Chamber Orchestra to serve as guest concertmaster, performing with the ensemble in Edinburgh, Glasgow, and St Andrews. In 2021, he was guest concertmaster of the Orquesta Ciudad de Granada, performing under the baton of Paul McCreesh during the Festival Internacional de Música y Danza de Granada.

As a soloist, he has performed under the direction of such conductors as Christopher Hogwood, Łukasz Borowicz, Marek Pijarowski, Frank Strobel, Jakub Chrenowicz, and Michał Klauza.

In 2015, he received the Young Art Medal, an award presented by the newspaper Głos Wielkopolski to outstanding young and original artists.

Marcin Suszycki began studying the violin at the age of seven at the State Music School Complex in Przemyśl. He continued his education at the Music High School in Przemyśl in the class of Robert Naściszewski. During this time, he collaborated with the Przemyśl Chamber Orchestra Capella Premisliensis, with which he recorded an album featuring Bartosz Bryła and Andrzej Hiolski.

He graduated with distinction from the Ignacy Jan Paderewski Academy of Music in Poznań, where he studied under Professor Bartosz Bryła.

He is currently a faculty member at the Academy of Music in Poznań.

Ewa Kozieł-Suszycka
Violin

Ewa Kozieł-Suszycka graduated from the Ignacy Jan Paderewski Academy of Music in Poznań in 2005, where she studied violin under Professor Jadwiga Kaliszewska.

Together with distinguished Polish musicians, she has been a member of several chamber ensembles, including the Wielkopolski Quartet, an Arche New Music Ensemble, Panufnik Ensemble, and Infinite String Quartet. With these groups, she has performed extensively in Poland and abroad, appearing at such festivals as the Sommer Festival in Hanover, the Poznań Music Spring Festival, the Warsaw Autumn Festival, and the Susaa Festival in Denmark. She has also participated in numerous world premieres of works by composers including Wojciech Blecharz, Dariusz Przybylski, Rafał Zapała, and Mårten Jansson.

Orchestral music has played a particularly important role in her artistic career. While still a student, she began collaborating with Sinfonia Varsovia and the Polish Chamber Orchestra. She has also been closely associated with the Collegium F Orchestra, serving as both leader of the second violins and concertmaster.

In 2018, she began collaborating with the New Theatre in Poznań on the production Pan Tadeusz, featuring music by Zygmunt Konieczny and directed by Mikołaj Grabowski.

Her association with the Poznań Philharmonic Orchestra began in 2000, and four years later she became a permanent member of the ensemble. In 2008, she was appointed principal player, and since 2018 she has served as leader of the second violin section. With the orchestra, she has participated in numerous recordings and concert tours in Poland and abroad, performing under the baton of distinguished conductors such as Łukasz Borowicz, Paul McCreesh, Marek Pijarowski, Frank Strobel, Reinhard Goebel, Antoni Wit, Jacek Kaspszyk, and Andrey Boreyko.

Alongside her performing career, Ewa Kozieł-Suszycka is actively engaged in music education. She teaches violin at the Henryk Wieniawski Primary Music School No. 1 in Poznań.

In 2022, she was awarded the honorary distinction “For Merits to the Wielkopolska Region” in recognition of her contributions to cultural life in the region.

Dominik Dębski
Viola

Dominik Dębski, principal violist of the Poznań Philharmonic Orchestra, graduated from the Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz in 1996. He studied under Professor Zbigniew Frieman and further refined his artistry under his guidance during masterclasses held between 2001 and 2003. He also pursued violin studies at the Ignacy Jan Paderewski Academy of Music in Poznań.

Alongside his work with the Poznań Philharmonic Orchestra, he is actively involved in the performance of early music on period instruments. Since 2006, he has been a regular collaborator and principal violist of the Wrocław Baroque Orchestra. This collaboration led to work with distinguished musicians such as Paul McCreesh, Jaap ter Linden, and Andreas Spering. The orchestra received a Fryderyk Award in 2009 for its recording of symphonies by Jan Antonín Koželuh, Anton Reicha, and Jan Václav Voříšek.

Dominik Dębski is also an accomplished chamber musician. He has performed on numerous occasions with artists including Zbigniew Pilch and Jakub Jakowicz. Since 2008, he has collaborated regularly with the Poznań-based ensemble Arte dei Suonatori and the Parisian ensemble Les Ambassadeurs.

Józef Czarnecki
Cello

Józef Czarnecki began his musical journey with the cello at the age of seven. He graduated from the Grażyna and Kiejstut Bacewicz Academy of Music in Łódź. Following the completion of his studies in 2000, he continued his education at the Musikhochschule Lübeck, where he studied cello with Ulf Tischbirek and chamber music with Walter Levin until 2006.

He further refined his artistic skills through masterclasses with distinguished musicians, including Natalia Shakhovskaya, Raphael Wallfisch, Jaap ter Linden, Barbara Hoffmann, and Lynn Harrell.

Józef Czarnecki is a laureate of numerous chamber music competitions and has received multiple scholarships from the Polish Ministry of Culture. He has performed alongside renowned artists such as Christiane Edinger, Maurice Bourgue, and Marek Drewnowski.

Since 2006, he has served as principal cellist and soloist of the Poznań Philharmonic Orchestra.

The Golden Jubilee Concert:Fifty Years of the Physics of Magnetism Conference

The Golden Jubilee Concert:
Fifty Years of the Physics of Magnetism Conference