Anna Reichhold & Agnieszka Skorupa
Biography Anna Reichhold & Agnieszka Skorupa
Anna Reichhold
studied the modern flute under Annette von Stackelberg on the Orchestral Instruments degree programme for flute at Berlin University of the Arts. She attended master classes with András Adorján and master classes in early music with Laurence Déan and Christoph Huntgeburth. A few years ago, she specialised in historical performance practice and expanded her knowledge of the baroque flute with renowned artists: her teacher is Benedek Csalog and she completed master classes with Marc Hantaï at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis and with Barthold Kuijken.
As a freelance artist and passionate music teacher for modern flute and historical baroque flutes, Anna Reichhold has been teaching students from all over the world, giving concerts and working with various chamber music ensembles for 23 years. 18th century Baroque music is her great passion, which she loves to share and pass on.
Agnieszka Skorupa
plays the fortepiano, harpsichord, clavichord and piano. Currently, she works as an accompanist at the University of the Arts Berlin and the Music Academy in Poznań, having previously held positions at the Music Academy in Katowice and the Academy of Arts in Szczecin.
She has performed with numerous distinguished ensembles, such as the New Century Chamber Orchestra with Daniel Hope, the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester at the Berlin Philharmonie, and the Philharmonic Orchestra in Poznań. She has also performed at prestigious festivals, including the Stagioni Festival in Montecastelli Pisano (alongside Giovanni Antonini and Dmitry Smirnov), the Göttingen International Handel Festival, and the Utrecht Early Music Festival.
Agnieszka Skorupa is the recipient of numerous awards from international competitions and music festivals. She recently won with her early music ensembles first prize at the International Händel Competition in Göttingen 2023, the Biagio Marini Competition in Neuburg upon Danube 2023, and the Competition for Early Music Ensembles at the UdK in Berlin 2023, 2024. Her artistic achievements have been recognized with an award from the Polish Minister of Culture and National Heritage, as well as two scholarships from the Polish Minister of Science and Higher Education. She has also received support from the Paul Hindemith Society in Berlin and is currently a scholar with the Förderverein Pianomuseum e.V., where she has been provided with a clavichord from the Dohr collection as part of two consecutive one-year scholarships (2023/2024 and 2024/2025).
She studied at the University of the Arts Berlin with Avinoam Shalev and Lucas Blondeel, as well as at the music academies in Poznań with Alicja Kledzik and in Katowice with Katarzyna Drogosz.
