We are passionate about music and education.
We believe that everyone is musical, but not everyone has or had the opportunity to experience music education in a way that works in harmony with the natural process of cognitive development.
We know that musical education has a key impact on the development of the same area in the brain that is responsible for abstract thinking and precision.
To meet the needs of parents, young people and adults, we have created a unique place on the musical map of Poznań.
The Yamaha Poznań Music School implements a programme of teaching in accordance with the Yamaha educational method, which has been used worldwide for almost 50 years.
This method reflects the natural acquisition processes of native languages, through learning to play musical instruments.
We are convinced that this method provides the most important aspects of music: joy and the opportunity to share it with our loved ones.
Management of Music School Yamaha Poznań
dr Agata Rajpold – director
Pianist • Educator • Vice President of the Performance Foundation
A doctor of fine arts graduate of the Academy of Music in Poznań and the Guildhall School of Music & Drama in London.
A laureate of national and international piano competitions, she has received five scholarships from the Minister of Culture and National Heritage.
She has extensive concert and teaching experience, which she passionately shares with students.
Since 2017, she has served as Vice President of the Performance Foundation, supporting the development of music education and young talent.
In her private life, she is a mother of two, deeply devoted to music and her daily artistic work.
dr Agata Rajpold – director
Countertenor and teacher. A graduate of the Vocal Department of the Academy of Music in Poznań, he studied solo singing with Dr. A. Stefanowicz (countertenor, Warsaw). He also studied with Rita Dams, Michael Chance, and Peter Kooij at the Royal Conservatory of Music in The Hague, and with Barbara Mądra-Bednarek, Andrzej Ogórkiewicz, and Robert Nakoneczny.
He has reached the semifinals of prestigious international competitions (Cesti Gesangwettbewerb – Innsbruck and Canticum Gaudium, Poznań).
He made his debut in 2009 at the Grand Theatre in Łódź, singing the role of Ptolemy in G. F. Handel’s Giulio Caesar under the direction of Paul Esswood. In 2014/2015, he performed the roles of Ottone and Narciso in the operatic production of G. F. Handel’s Agrippina at the Stanisławowski Theatre in the Royal Łazienki Park in Warsaw, conducted by Lilianna Stawarz and directed by Natalia Kozłowska.
He has collaborated with many distinguished conductors, such as Christophe Rousset, Ottavio Dantone, Giovanni Antonini, Raul Sochaczewsky, Vincent Dumestre, and Agnieszka Budzińska-Benett, as well as with ensembles specializing in early music performance, such as the Accademia dell’ Arcadia, the Choir of the National Forum of Music in Wrocław, Capella Cracoviensis, Capella Viridimontana, Le Poeme Harmonique, and the Poznań Baroque Ensemble.
In 2016, together with Mikołaj Rajpold, he created the innovative project “Przełącz się na Barok" (Switch to Baroque), combining baroque music with electronics.
Currently, he teaches at the Yamaha Junior Music Course and is the artistic director of the Yamaha Music School in Poznań.
He has extensive experience working with both children and adults.
Joanna Niedzielska – school coordinator
She has a bachelor’s degree in human resources management from WSB Merito in Poznań.
She also graduated from the Poznań Singing Studio.
She participated in Adam Sztaba’s first musical “Fatamorgana".
In her private life, she is a mother of two wonderful children. She loves nature, music, animals.
She loves meeting people, listening to their stories. Music is very important to her, it gives her energy and allows her to cleanse her soul.
Language skills: English, French, Russian.
Area of competence: coordination of the School’s work, planning, communication.
