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Biografie<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Zuzanna Mika is an organist and soprano of Polish origin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She graduated with distinction from the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna (mdw), completing degree programs in Organ Performance (Konzertfach), Catholic Church Music, Instrumental and Vocal Pedagogy (IGP) in Organ, as well as in Voice. She studied organ with Martin Haselb\u00f6ck and Bal\u00e1zs Szab\u00f3, and voice with Birgid Steinberger and Martina Steffl-Holzbauer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During her organ studies, she received several awards, including the mdw Appreciation Award (W\u00fcrdigungspreis) and the mdw Great Talent Award powered by Christian Zeller. She also won third prize at the Marian Sawa Organ Competition in Warsaw.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a concert organist, she has performed on historically significant instruments, including the oldest organ in Vienna (W\u00f6ckherl, 1642) at the Franciscan Church in Vienna and the Freundt organ (1642) at Klosterneuburg Abbey. She has appeared at various festivals, including Goldene Stunde at the Jesuit Church in Vienna, the International Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Chopin Festival in Gaming and the International Organ Summer in the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church in Berlin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a soprano soloist, she has performed major works such as Johann Sebastian Bach\u2019s Magnificat<\/em>, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart\u2019s Requiem<\/em> and Vesperae solennes de confessore<\/em>, Joseph Haydn\u2019s Stabat Mater<\/em>, and Camille Saint-Sa\u00ebns\u2019 Oratorio de No\u00ebl<\/em>. Among her notable appearances are renowned festivals such as the Trigonale Festival in Carinthia, the Kirch\u2019Klang Festival in Upper Austria, and the Chopin Piano Fest Prishtina, where she performed with pianist Natalia Rehling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also performs regularly with the duo OrganVoices, which she founded together with the Italian pianist and organist Sophie Magnanini. They focus on repertoire for organ four hands and four feet as well as works for organ and voice. In 2026, they performed on the Rieger-Organ of St. Stephen\u2019s Cathedral in Vienna.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zuzanna Mika serves as organist at the historic Sieber organ (1714) in St. Michael\u2019s Church in Vienna. She is also active as a teacher of organ, voice, and piano, as well as a r\u00e9p\u00e9titeur, at the Franz Schmidt Music School in Perchtoldsdorf.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Biography Zuzanna Mika is an organist and soprano of Polish origin. She graduated with distinction from the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna (mdw), completing degree programs in Organ Performance (Konzertfach), Catholic Church Music, Instrumental and Vocal Pedagogy (IGP) in Organ, as well as in Voice. She studied organ with Martin Haselb\u00f6ck and Bal\u00e1zs […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1093,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/full-width-page.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-28","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"blocksy_meta":{"has_hero_section":"disabled","styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":8}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zuzannamika.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zuzannamika.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zuzannamika.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zuzannamika.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zuzannamika.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28"}],"version-history":[{"count":37,"href":"https:\/\/www.zuzannamika.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1115,"href":"https:\/\/www.zuzannamika.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28\/revisions\/1115"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zuzannamika.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zuzannamika.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}