Ewa Rzetecka

Dr. habil. Ewa Rzetecka-Niewiadomska graduated with distinction from the Academy of Music in Łódź in the harpsichord class of Professor Leszek Kędracki, and subsequently completed postgraduate studies at the Geneva University of Music (HEM) in the solo harpsichord class of Alfonso Fedi. Also in Geneva, in 2014, she obtained the title Maestro al Cembalo and received the special Groux-Extermann Prize for staging John Blow’s opera Venus and Adonis, which also served as her graduation performance in class of Leonardo García Alarcón.

These studies focused on issues related to leading chamber ensembles and orchestras, conducting, and playing various keyboard instruments such as harpsichord, organ, and pianoforte ( Marcelo Giannini, Liuwe Tamminga, Vincent Thévenaz). She has participated in masterclasses with distinguished harpsichordists and organists.

She performs as a solo harpsichordist and organist. She has collaborated, among others, with the Atelier Baroque of the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (Switzerland) and the Grand Theatre in Łódź. She is a member of the duo Musica Graziosa (with harpsichordist Paulina Tkaczyk), and the duo E&E (with Ewelina Zawiślak), performing contemporary music for flute and harpsichord.

Since 2010, she has regularly participated as a pedagogue and accompanist (harpsichord, organ) in the international Forum for Flute and Piano in Luxembourg.

She has made numerous recordings. Among the most important are Henry Purcell’s Harpsichord Suites, released by DUX (1437), which constitute the first Polish recording of these works, as well as a solo organ album devoted to Bach and his sons – The Joachim Wagner Organ in Siedlce 4 (DUX 1608).

Her solo harpsichord album Ah vous dirai-je, Maman (ARSO-CD-175), awarded a Silver Diploma in the Muzyczne Orły competition, is dedicated to children and reflects her pedagogical and methodological interests. In 2021, Dr. habil. Ewa Rzetecka initiated a seminar titled On Teaching in the 21st Century.

In 2022, the album Dedications by the duo E&E—formed with flautist Ewelina Zawiślak—was released. The album marks the beginning of a collection of works dedicated to the ensemble.

Ewa Rzetecka-Niewiadomska works as a professor at the Academy of Music in Łódź.