Małgorzata Maria Kaniowska, PhD, DSc, Associate Professor – Conductor, composer, cultural animator, and educator. Founder and artistic director of the “Camerata Impuls” Chamber Orchestra, with which she has completed numerous concert and phonographic projects, both in Poland and abroad. As a conductor, she has participated in many international and national festivals, including: the Laboratory of Contemporary Music (Warsaw), the “Warsaw Autumn” International Festival of Contemporary Music, the International Festival of Viennese Music (Wrocław), and the International Festival of Chamber and Organ Music (Leżajsk). The album Ryterband – The Journey, in which she participated as a conductor, received the Sélection ClicMag! distinction from the French magazine “ClicMag” and the “Global Music Award” – “Gold Medal – Best of Show” in 2023.

She is the author of several publications in the field of conducting pedagogy and interpretation, as well as liner notes for album recordings (Ryterband – The Journey, Wojciech Łukaszewski, Paweł Łukaszewski – Polish Choral Lyric). She has participated in many international scientific conferences, including in Latvia, Lithuania, Ukraine, Portugal, and Israel. She has given lectures on the interpretation of contemporary Polish music at the Evora University (Portugal) and the College of Music, Mahidol University in Bangkok (Thailand), among others. She is the organizer and originator of many educational events for children and youth. She is the co-author of the creative workbook for children titled The Piano, or the Game of Texture (Fortepian, czyli gra faktury) – her own compositions filled the album accompanying this publication.

She is also the composer of the Bytom City Trumpet Call (Hejnał Miasta Bytomia), written on the occasion of the 750^th anniversary of the city’s foundation. After being accepted by the heraldry commission of the Ministry of Interior and Administration and the City Council, it officially became the city’s bugle call in 2004.

Her works have been performed, among other places, during the “Silesian Days of Contemporary Music” festival in Katowice and in the United States (Vanderbilt University Blair School of Music). Her composition Mazurka Pastiche no. 1 was recorded on the CD 21st Mazurkas – Anna Kijanowska (DUX 2025).

Małgorzata Maria Kaniowska’s interests also include creative interactions of sound with image. She is the author of the sound design for works including the 3D animation by Prof. Małgorzata Łuszczak, Spring (Wiosna) and Summer (Lato) from the cycle Stages of Life (Pory życia) (presented at the 13th Asia Forum on Graphic Science [AFGS 2021], organized by the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China). [16.12.2025]