Friday, August 22, 2025, 7:00 PM

Julian Gembalski is a graduate of the State Higher School of Music in Katowice, where he graduated from the organ class of Prof. H. Klaja, and the Department of Composition and Theory. He continued his studies in Belgium and France. He has performed in concerts in Europe and the USA, and has recorded over 40 albums. In the years 1991–2007 he made a series of radio recordings Anthology of Organs in Upper Silesia, in which he recorded the sound of over 90 instruments from that region. A laureate of organ and piano improvisation competitions, winner of numerous awards (including the W. Korfanty Award, the Catholic Lux et Silesia Award, the Evangelical Silesian Emerald Award), and awarded the Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice medal by Pope John Paul II. He is a professor at the Academy of Music in Katowice, where he teaches the organ class and heads the Department of Organ and Harpsichord. He founded the first organ museum in Central and Eastern Europe. For many years he has served as archdiocesan visitor of organs and organists.