Dances, Preludes and Toccatas of Ancient and Modern Europe

Kamil Mika was educated at the Academy of Music in Cracow, where he studied organ with Prof. Andrzej Białko and graduated with MMus Diploma in 2014. He continued his music studies at the Hochschule für Musik in Mainz with Prof. Gerhard Gnann and took part in several organ masterclasses in Europe. Kamil won several awards including First Prize on X International Organ Competition in Castellana Grotte (Italy, 2011) and Third Prize on I National Competition of Organ and Chamber Music “Per Artem ad Astra” in Krasnobrod (Poland, 2007). In 2019 he was awarded a scholarship of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage in Poland for his project Polish Organ Music Festival in Cracow where he acted as a director and performer.

As recitalist he played on music festivals in Austria, Czech Republic, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Scotland, Spain, Ukraine and Wales. The concerts took place at such venues as: Chapel of Royal Palace in Madrid, St. Paul’s Cathedral in London, St Giles’ Cathedral in Edinburgh, Arctic Cathedral in Tromsø, Uzhgorod Philharmonic, cathedrals of: Barcelona, Salamanca, Cagliari, Tallinn, Fulda, Universities of Glasgow and St Andrews, and churches in Budapest, Padova, Prague, Seville, Vienna and others.

He regularly plays organ with ensembles, orchestras and choirs, recently having performed Durufle’s Requiem with Aberdeen Bach Choir on their annual concert at St Machar’s Cathedral in Aberdeen and recorded for BBC Radio 4 with University of Aberdeen Chapel Choir.

Kamil is based in Aberdeen where he is organist at St James Episcopal Church and King’s College Chapel of University of Aberdeen and also regularly assists at St Machar’s Cathedral in Aberdeen. He is currently President of Aberdeen & District Organists’ Association.