Adam Tański - NOSPR

Adam Tański is a graduate of the Paris Conservatoire (Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris), the Mainz School of Music (Hochschule für Musik Mainz), and the Chopin University of Music in Warsaw. He studied under notable instructors, including Michel Bouvard, Olivier Latry, Gerhard Gnann, Magdalena Czajka, and Jarosław Wróblewski.

He was granted the Special Prize at the 5th Feliks Nowowiejski International Organ Competition in Poznań (2015) and the First Prize at the International Organ Competition ‘In the Circle of European Baroque Organs’ in Katowice (2014).

Between 2015 and 2017, the artist taught at the Grażyna and Kiejstut Bacewicz Academy of Music in Łódź. In 2019, at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music, he defended his doctoral dissertation titled Characteristic Features of Kurpian Musical Folklore as a Basis for the Creating Organ Improvisations.

He is recognised as an accomplished improviser, and improvisation forms a central part of his concert programmes. The fullest expression of his creativity is demonstrated in his performances accompanying silent films, fairy tales, and animations. He also runs regular masterclasses in organ interpretation and improvisation.

The artist has on several occasions received a Scholarship of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage for projects connected with the dissemination of knowledge about the organ. In 2025 he prepared and created a series of videos on his YouTube channel devoted to music from Nicolaus Copernicus’ times; the series was titled De Revolutionibus Organorum.

His first monographic publication, comprising five works for keyboard instruments, was released in 2018 in the Biblioteczka Kurpiowska series. In 2019, Requiem Records issued his debut album of organ improvisations titled Polichromia.

Adam Tański is the co-founder and artistic director of the Etnosakralia Kurpiowskie festival, which combines organ music with traditional and improvised music. Since 2023 he has also served as artistic curator of the festival called Sztuka Źle Obecna*, organised by the Institute of National Remembrance.

*There is no official English name of the festival, but it can be translated as the Mis(re)presented Art Festival.