Małecka, Jadwiga
Choral conductor, music educator, stage director and founder of vocal ensembles, she graduated from the Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw, where she studied with Henryk Wojnarowski. She received first honourable mention at the 9th National Competition for Choral Conductors in Poznań.
For a decade she worked with the Warsaw Boys’ and Men’s Choir, initially as second conductor and, from 2006, as deputy artistic director. With the ensemble, she appeared at leading European festivals. She has also cooperated with the Warsaw Chamber Opera and the Mazovian Musical Theatre. In association with the Warsaw Rising Museum, she recorded the album Mój Śpiewnik Po wstań czy (My Uprising Songbook) with Blue Ensemble.
Since 2019 Małecka has directed Mr Moniuszko’s Choir; in 2021 she also founded its junior group, Dzieci Pana Moniuszki (Mr Moniuszko’s Children). Both ensembles participate in the National Forum of Music’s nationwide Singing Poland programme. Under her direction, they have received numerous Gold Band awards, 1st prizes and special distinctions at regional and national competitions, including events in Połczyn-Zdrój, Suwałki and Grójec. She has also taken the senior choir onto the international stage: it appeared at EUROTREFF in Germany in 2025 and the Toscana Music Festival in Italy in July 2026.
Having completed the Theatre Instructors’ Course at Teatr Ochoty, Małecka combines choral music with theatre. She writes and directs stage productions and musicals, including The Haunted Manor – The (Un)haunted Palace, The Immortal Bird, and W-Hour. She has also prepared her singers for large-scale productions, among them the musical Snow White 2.0 at the National Forum of Music in Wrocław and Bolesław Chrobry – Royal Tales, produced in cooperation with the Koncept Kultura Foundation.