Academy of Music in Łódź

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Academy of Music in Łódź, is a government-funded Institution of higher education in Łódź, Poland. It was created at the turn of the 20th century as the Helena Kijeńska-Dobkiewiczowa Music Conservatory. After World War II, the Academy was reactivated as the State Conservatory of Music . It was re-structured as the Music Academy by the Act of Polish Parliament in 1982. Since 1999 it is named after one of its Rectors, as the Grażyna i Kiejstut Bacewicz Academy of Music.Among the former rectors of the Academy were such luminaries of the Polish music scene as Kazimierz Wiłkomirski, cellist, composer, conductor and brother of Wanda Wiłkomirska, as well as Kazimierz Sikorski, recipient of the Order of Polonia Restituta, composer of symphonies, overtures and concertos.FacultiesEach of the four faculties of the Academy is divided into several departments, and institutes: Composition and theory of music (Wydział Kompozycji, Teorii Muzyki, Rytmiki i Edukacji Artystycznej) Piano, organ and classical instruments (Wydział Fortepianu, Organów, Klawesynu i Instrumentów Dawnych) Instrumental music (Wydział Instrumentalny) Voice and acting (Wydział Wokalno-Aktorski)