Artistic biography

The artist was born in Wrocaw, Poland. It was also in Wrocaw

where she began her musical education first as a violinist, and
then as a singer at the Academy of Music in Professor B.E.
Werners class. Afterward, Joanna Klisowska completed baroque
singing course under the artistic direction of C. Ansermet (Milan)
as well as graduated with honors from a two-year post-graduate
studies at the faculty of early music at the Musikhochschule
Trossingen under the direction of Ch. Hilz and M.K. Kiehr.
The Soprano also worked under the direction of famous Polish
singer Jolanta murko and attended numerous courses devoted to
baroque music performance led by G. Banditelli, P. Kooija, B.
Schlick, J.Christensena, L. Brunmayr-Tutz, inter alia.
Joanna Klisowska specializes in performing music of the baroque
and classical periods. She is, however, also interested in French
music from the end of the 19th century, lied and contemporary
music.
The artist carries out intense concert activity. She collaborates
with
C.
Astronio,
G. Capuano, R. King, B. Kuijken, L. Ghielmi, V.Luks P. Nemeth, P.Neumann, M. Schuldt-Jensen, M.
Toporowski, Ch.Toet, R. Vettori as well as with such groups like Accademia della Arcadia, Artsemble,
Bozen Baroque Ensemble, Il Canto di Orfeo ,Collegium 1704, Divina Armonia, Immortal Bach
Ensemble, Stuttgarter Vocal Ensemble, Mitteleuropea Orchestra Barocca, La Verdi Barocca.
The Soprano performed at many festivals: Festival Ambronay, Rheingau Musik Festival (Germany),
Wratislavia Cantans (Wrocaw),
Settimane Barocche (Brescia), Musica e Poesia a S. Maurizio
(Milan), Festival Hendlowski [Heandel Festival] (Pozna), Festival Internazionale di Danza e di
Musica Antica (Milan), Festival Breice (Brezice), Festival di Musica Barocca di Rovino (Rovigno),
Festival Mozart (Rovereto), Maj z Muzyk Dawn [May with Early Music] (Wrocaw), Midzynarodowy
Festiwal Muzyki Organowej i Kameralnej [International Festival of Organ and Chamber Music]
(Wrocaw), Musica Elettronica Nuova (Wrocaw), among others.
Joanna Klisowska gives concerts all over Europe. She also conducts educational activity and master
music courses. For two years, she has been in the jury of Concorso Internazionale di Musica Antica,
which takes place in Pienza (Italy). Presently, together with G. Capuano and Il Canto di Orfeo group,
Joanna Klisowska is recording all the oratorios of Carissimi and Rossi.
In her recording oeuvre, one can find the currently discovered Oratorium Musicum Der Mensch ein
Gottesmrder by L. Mozart recorded with Bolzano Baroque Ensemble (C.Astronio) under the
direction of Claudio Astronio for Amadeus (Italy) as well as motets by F. A. Bonporti recorded for the
Austrian ORF (Alte Musik).
Currently, she is working on a new CD, presenting repertoire for soprano and bass, with the
participation of P. Kooija for CD Accord (Poland).
www.klisowska.art.pl
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Joanna Klisowska 2001 - 2011 .