Andrzej Bujakiewicz
Andrzej Bujakiewicz (21 September 1939 – 31 March 2022) was a Polish conductor. Biography. Bujakiewicz was born in Winna Góra, Greater Poland Voivodeship. He attended at State Music High School in Poznań, where Bujakiewicz began to learn about conducting. He first worked as a teacher in 1959 for which he taught at the State Music High School in Poznań, til' 1965. Bujakiewicz served as assistant conductor for the Pomeranian Philharmonic from 1963 to 1964, later directing at the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun for the choirs from 1965 to 1973. He also served as the conductor for the State  Symphony Orchestra in Zielona Góra from 1967 to 1972. Bujakiewicz served as the director for the H. Melcer State Music School in Kalisz from 1973 to 2007. Bujakiewicz worked as a lecturer at the Higher Teacher Training School in Zielona Góra from 1972 to 1973. In 1974, he established a school orchestra, in which he served as the artistic director. His school orchestra became the Kalisz Philharmonic. Bujakiewicz was honored with medals, such as, Order of Polonia Restituta, Cross of Merit, Medal of the Commission for National Education, Meritorious Activist of Culture and Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis . In 1983, he was honored with the title "Honorary Badge of the City of Kalisz". Bujakiewicz was also honored with the title "Award of the President of the City of Kalisz", in 2009. Bujakiewicz died in March 2022 in Kalisz, at the age of 82.