Urszula Mizia is a cellist, teacher and music event organiser. She works at the University of Silesia in Katowice (Poland) as an associate professor at the Faculty of Arts and Educational Science. From 2016 to 2019, she was the vice-director of the Institute of Music. She obtained her PhD in 2001 at Cracow Academy of Music, and her habilitation in 2013 at Gdańsk Academy of Music. Since 1995, she has been the president of the Bielsko-Biała Music Society.

• History of the cello – Mimetic literature for cello – History of cello construction – Cello popularisation and emancipation – Cello performance over the centuries – The playing technique of cellists past and present – Cello transcriptions and arrangements – Cello iconography – String instruments

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