Annika Mikołajko-Osman

coloratura soprano

She performs opera, operetta, oratorio, choral and, above all, contemporary music. Annika collaborates with many choirs and young composers and performs as a soloist at national and international festivals. In 2025, she received her Doctor of Arts degree by defending her doctoral thesis at the Krzysztof Penderecki Academy of Music in Kraków, devoted to vocal contemporary music from the borderline of instrumental theatre and performance.

Most important eventS

ARTISTIC PART OF DOCTORAL THESIS

The recording comes from the Special Concert „Contemporary vocal works in a different way, i.e. involving the singer in stage actions and instrumental playing”. The concert is the artistic part of the doctoral thesis of PhD Annika Mikołajko-Osman prepared under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Tomasz Sobaniec and PhD Iwona Sowińska-Fruhtrunk.

The concert featured Olga Miriam Michałowska (piano, celesta), Aleksandra Wtorek (percussion), Karolina Bizukojć (saxophone), Nadim Husni (conductor) and Annika Mikołajko-Osman (soprano, bones, glass harp, percussion instruments, piano, conductor).

implementation of electronics and sound system: Karol Osman

preparation of lights and sound system: Dawid Makosz

realisation of lights: Mateusz Wachtarczyk

audio and video recording: Beata Mikołajko, Robert Musiałek

postproduction: Annika Mikołajko-Osman

voice and electronics

DISTANT SIGNALS

Music: Karol Osman
Voice: Annika Mikolajko-Osman

The composition was written as a summary of the scholarship project Digital Tools for the Contemporary Composer funded under Investment A2.5.1 (KPO).

CAROL CONCERT

Benedictine Abbey in Tyniec

Annika Mikolajko-Osman & early music ensemble Collegium Clara Tumba

PERFORMANCE ULMA – DEATH IN THE NAME OF HUMANITY

Annika Mikolajko-Osman – soprano, percussion instruments
Agnieszka Kaczmarek-Bialic – harp

ARCHI string quartet:
Anna Hara-Pióro – violin
Bogusława Ziegelheim – violin
Błażej Michna – viola
Agata Sanchez Martos – cello

Andrzej Róg – word

WORLD PREMIERE CONCERT
Krakow – To the memory of the Ulma family

Karol Osman Once there was only darkness for voice, harp and string quartet

Zofia Dowgiałło Blessed are the Righteous for chamber ensemble

Maciej Jabłoński Mayufes for voice, string quartet, percussion and fixed media

Michał Dorman Canzona for viola, cello, voice and rhythm bones

Bel canto – performance as part of a concert to mark the centenary of the birth of Prof. Dr. h.c.
K. Moszumańska-Nazar

Bel canto for soprano, celesta and percussion (1972)

Annika Mikołajko-Osman soprano
Krzysztof Augustyn celesta
Aleksander Wnuk percussion

Krakow Philharmonic Concert in the series Wawel Evenings

Annika Mikołajko-Osman – soprano, rhythm bones

Male vocal ensemble Triplum:

Piotr Piwko – tenor

Maciej Michalik – baritone

Mariusz Zarzycki – bass

Early music ensemble Collegium Clara Tumba:
Francesco Tozzi – in artistic direction, flutes

Adrianna Adka Kania – hurdy-gurdy

Agata Sanchez Martos – soprano and bass viola da gamba

Kristin Jurkowski – bass viola da gamba

Agnieszka Kaczmarek-Bialic – harp

Anna Huszczo – harpsichord

Tiago Matos – percussion

Fabian Dydaś – entertainer

Audio-video recording

recording at Nonagram Studio

cover of the song Dancing

Eurydices

as part of the first award,

which I gained on 5.

International Festival Songs

Your Fairy Tale in Bielsko-Biała

SPECIAL CONCERT

Different contemporary vocal repertoire – involving the singer in stage actions and playing instruments

The concert is part of the artistic work of PhD dissertation by A.Mikołajko-Osman prepared under the supervision prof. dr hab. Tomasz Sobaniec and dr. Iwona Sowińska-Fruhtrunk

WORLD PREMIERE

Oktawia Pączkowska

chamber video opera based on

Steppenwolf by H. Hesse

WORLD PREMIERE

Mariusz Kramarz

Oh my land (O kraju mój)

for soprano and piano

as part of the project
Artists paying tribute to Independence

POLISH PREMIERE

Alden Jenks

Oh, it’s you

for soprano and electronics

during X National Youth Festival Alchemia Teatru

debut

at the Iwona

Borowicka Operetta

Summer Festival  

on the Vistula River

polish premier

Roberto Ventimiglia

Liebestod

for soprano solo, tubular bells, crotal amd cowbell

solo part

Carl Orff

Carmina Burana

under the baton of  Stanisław Welanyk

world premiere

Karol Osman

Hortus Nocti

for soprano solo and orchestra

world premiere

Mariusz Kramarz

Small Mass G Major

for soprano, tenor,  baritone,

orchestra and choir

solo part

Claude Debussy

Pelléas et Mélisande

Cracow Philharmonic

under the baton

of Gabriel Chmura

polish premiere

David Pellejer Ven, muerte

for soprano, piano, violin and drums

world premiere

Vincenzo La Spesa

I am nobody

world premiere

Juan Luis de Pablo

Enriquez Rohen

She-Divine

for soprano solo

using chromatic tuning fork and piano

chamber arrangement

Luciano Berio

Folk Songs

world premiere

Fan Yuqingqing

Entanglement

world premiere

Julia Schwartz

Lamento

for soprano, saxophone tenor,

piano and congas

solo PART

F.Schubert

Missa No. 2 D. 167, G major

SOLO SOPRANO AND

CONDUCTOR PART

Kamil Kruk

…and shadow and flame…

for soprano, viola, piano and drums

polish premiere

Mark Wolf

Without an Exit

for piano, soprano-actor

and percussion instruments

SOLO PART

Roman

Haubenstock – Ramati

Ludus Musicalis für

Spielmusikgruppen

version for soprano, bones, percussion,

tapdance, piano, alto saxophone, wind

instruments and percussion instruments

world premiere

Michał Dorman

Dodi li va’ani lo

for soprano, baritone, narrator and orchestra

world premiere –

Esther’s part

Michał Dorman

studio recording

of the opera Esther

solo part

Martin Palmeri

Misatango.

Misa a Buenos Aires

under the baton of Viktorija Gan

RECITAL

concert

BeethLOVEn. From classical music to the heart

repertoire from the border of the world opera, musical and song acting for voice and piano

RECITAL

concert

Dalla musica all’amore

love repertoire from the border the world of opera and musicals and acting songs for voice and piano

♫ soloist during the New Year’s Mozart Gala The Magic School of Lovers under the baton of Tomasz Tokarczyk

♫ soloist in the celebration of the 175th anniversary of the Concordia choir and at the anniversary concert in Eichen Nidderau

♫ soloist during the 70th anniversary of the Pedagogical University of KEN in Krakow at the Theater. J Słowacki

♫ soloist during Spring concert with SymfUni and Educatus (Copenhagen) – the concert took place as part of cooperation between SymfUni Copenhagen University Student Orchestra and the Mixed Choir Educatus in Copenhagen

♫ soloist during an artistic tour with the Educatus choir to Denmark and Germany

♫ soloist at the concert Polish Music in the Borderlands as part of the International Interdisciplinary Scientific Conference – Krzemieniec – Volhynian Athens. Historical, educational and artistic space organized at the 5th International Artistic and Scientific Symposium Meetings in Krzemieniec

♫ soloist with music by Jan Pilch for the film Kisses and Hugs by Wioletta Sowa

♫ soloist during the artistic tour of the Educatus Choir including Valle de los Caídos in Spain, Augsburg, Lyon, Madrid and Nuremberg

♫ soloist during the Concert of world premieres of works by Eugeniusz Popławski and Silver Cooper

♫ soloist during the Sopot Vocal Art Days Festival

♫ solo part in G.Fauré’s song Messe Basse performed by the Krakow Philharmonic. K. Szymanowski

Guest member and artistic cooperation with vocal groups, including: AcCordo, Hejnał, Argento, women’s choir Przestrzeń Głosu, mixed choir Contemplatio, Municipal Teachers’ Choir  Gorce, Hereditatem Regnum, Mixed Choir Kantorei Sankt Barbara, Mixed Choir Educatus of the Pedagogical University of KEN in Krakow.