Karolina Kapela

Maker, renovator and decorator of historic keyboard instruments.

In 2019  graduated from the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy in Leipzig and the Academy of Music. Ignacy Jan Paderewski in Poznań. Has since carried out renovation and restoration work on instruments in  e.g. Warsaw, Szczecin, Poznań, Gdańsk, Łódź, Berlin, Rostock and Basel. Since 2020  has been working  as a specialist in historic instruments maintenance at the Poznan Academy of Music. I. J. Paderewski. Since March 2022, he has been a member of the Polish Piano Tuners Association (SPSF). She collaborated with the Fryderyk Chopin Institute, the Fryderyk Chopin Museum in Warsaw, the Polonia Theater in Warsaw, Arte dei Suonatori and the builders Paul McNulty (Czech Republic), Johann-Gottfried Schmidt (Germany), Andrea Restelli (Italy). Since 2022, he has been working  with David Ley (Switzerland). Since October 2023, she has been a doctoral student at the Doctoral School of Historical Performance Practices and Musical Instrument Making at the Poznan Academy of Music.