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Mezzo-soprano. Her musical education began with violin lessons. Later, she completed vocal studies at the Fryderyk Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw, class led by Prof.\u00a0Halina S\u0142onicka (2000). She attended master courses taught by Rusko Ruskov and Stefania Toczyska. The artist made her debut while still a student, as the Public Opinion in Offenbach\u2019s <\/span>Orpheus in the Underworld<\/span><\/i> at the Roma Musical Theatre.<\/span><\/p>\n

After graduation she became a soloist at the Warsaw Chamber Opera, where she appeared in the following operas by Mozart: as the Third Genie and Third Lady in <\/span>The Magic Flute<\/span><\/i>, Dorabella in <\/span>Cos\u00ed fan tutte<\/span><\/i>, Carmi in <\/span>Betulia Liberata<\/span><\/i>, and Sesto in <\/span>La clemenza di Tito<\/span><\/i>. At the Warsaw Chamber Orchestra she appeared as Giulietta Kelbar in Verdi\u2019s <\/span>Un giorno di regno<\/span><\/i>, Olga in Tchaikovsky\u2019s <\/span>Eugene Onegin<\/span><\/i>, and Karolka in Jan\u00e1\u010dek\u2019s <\/span>Jen\u016ffa<\/span><\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n

In her repertoire there\u2019s also the part of Jadwiga in Moniuszko\u2019s <\/span>Straszny dw\u00f3r <\/span><\/i>(\u201cThe Haunted Manor\u201d), sung on invitation of the Cracow Opera in a plein air performance at the Royal Castle in Niepo\u0142omice, and a year later on stage at the Opera Nova in Bydgoszcz. The Cracow audience had an opportunity to see the artist as Venus in Wagner’s <\/span>Tannh\u00e4user<\/span><\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The artist often appears on stage at the Polish National Opera, where she sang as: Polina in Tchaikovsky\u2019s <\/span>The Queen of the Spades<\/span><\/i>, Bersi in\u00a0<\/span>Andrei Ch\u00e9nier<\/span><\/i> and Maddalena in\u00a0<\/span>Rigoletto <\/span><\/i>by Verdi, Siebel in Gounod\u2019s\u00a0<\/span>Faust<\/span><\/i>, the Second Lady in Mozart\u2019s\u00a0<\/span>The Magic Flute,<\/span><\/i>\u00a0in the solo part in\u00a0<\/span>The Diary of One Who Disappeared<\/span><\/i>\u00a0by Jan\u00e1\u010dek, Olga in Tchaikovsky’s\u00a0<\/span>Eugene Onegin<\/span><\/i>, the Second Lady in the spectacle\u00a0<\/span>In the Land of the Magic Flute<\/span><\/i> based on Mozart\u2019s opera, the title role of Carmen in the opera by Bizet, and as Aza in Paderewski\u2019s <\/span>Manru<\/span><\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ledzion-Porczy\u0144ska has also performed in the Grand Theatre in Pozna\u0144 as Dorabella in Mozart\u2019s <\/span>Cos\u00ed fan tutte<\/span><\/i> directed by Grzegorz Jarzyna. She sang Aza\u2019s part during the premiere of\u00a0<\/span>Manru<\/span><\/i>\u00a0 by Paderewski in the Opera Nova. The spectacle opened the celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the Opera House in Bydgoszcz and was published on DVD. As part of the Warsaw Autumn International Festival of Contemporary Music, she participated in the first performance of Krauze\u2019s opera <\/span>Iwona, ksi\u0119\u017cniczka Burgunda <\/span><\/i>(\u201cYvonne, Princes of Burgundy\u201d). For several years she\u2019s successfully performed the title role in Bizet\u2019s <\/span>Carmen<\/span><\/i> in the Cracow Opera, the Opera House in Bydgoszcz, the Baltic Opera, the Grand Theatre in \u0141\u00f3d\u017a, the Grand Theatre in Pozna\u0144, and in the Podlasie Opera House.<\/span><\/p>\n

The artist\u2019s repertoire includes oratorios and cantatas as well. She performs on stage in the National Philharmonic, the Pozna\u0144 Philharmonic, the Baltic Philharmonic, the Pomeranian Philharmonic, and the Podkapracie Philharmonic, where she sings Pergolesi\u2019s and Rossini\u2019s <\/span>Stabat Mater<\/span><\/i>, Mozart\u2019s <\/span>Coronation Mass<\/span><\/i> and <\/span>Requiem<\/span><\/i>, and Beethoven\u2019s Symphony No. 9. Her repertoire includes songs by Brahms, R. Strauss, Schubert, Schumann, Mahler, Tchaikovsky\u2019s, Rachmaninov Moniuszko, and Chopin.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ledzion-Porczy\u0144ska was one of the artists performing Penderecki\u2019s <\/span>Polskie Requiem <\/span><\/i>(\u201cThe Polish Requiem\u201d) during the final concert of the 1st Polish Music Festival recorded by the Polish Radio. In 2018, she recorded two pieces for the Fryderyk Chopin Institute:\u00a0the Italian version of <\/span>Halka<\/span><\/i> (conducted by Fabio Biondi, the Europa Galante orchestra), and <\/span>Straszny dw\u00f3r<\/span><\/i> (\u201cThe Haunted Manor\u201d, conducted by Grzegorz Nowak, the Orchestra of the Eighteen Century), both by Moniuszko.<\/span><\/p>\n

She\u2019s collaborated with many acclaimed conductors, e.g.: Kazimierz Kord, Tadeusz Koz\u0142owski, Andrzej Straszy\u0144ski, Tadeusz Struga\u0142a, Grzegorz Nowak, \u0141ukasz Borowicz, Marcin Na\u0142\u0119cz-Niesio\u0142owski, Bassem Akiki, Jerzy Maksymiuk, Gabriel Chmura, and directors: Ryszard Peryt, Laco Adamik, Mariusz Treli\u0144ski, Grzegorz Jarzyna, Achim Freyer, Robert Wilson, and Marek Weiss.<\/span><\/p>\n

Since 2017 she\u2019s been a soloist at the Polish Royal Opera.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Photo by Kinga Karpati<\/span><\/p>\n

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