BEATA BEDKOWSKA-HUANG is currently one of the mostimportant figures on the Polish guitar scene. She beganstuding the guitar under the tutoring of Prof. EdmundJurkowski at the Musical College in Katowice, from whichshe graduated with honors in 1990 under tutor WandaPalacz. Als DAAD-scholarship holder she studied inFreiburg, Germany with Sonja Prunnbauer. With highestmarks and distinctions she completed in 1994 herpostgraduate studies and than in 1996 the final“Concertstage” diploma, reserved only for a strictly limitedcircle of distinguished, promising students at this academy.She developed her skills at master classes conductet bysuch outstanding guitarist as David Russell, Thomas Müller- Pering and David Starobin. Beata Bedkowska-Huang hasbeen awarded many top prizes in international competitions like the International Guitar Competition in Tychy (Poland); the Musical Competition in Freiburg (Germany); the GuitarCompetition in Munich (Germany) (Hochschulewettbewerb); the International Guitar Competition “Francisco Tárrega” inBenicasim (Spain); the international Guitar CompetitionTredrez-Locquemeau (France); the International GuitarCompetition in Gargnano (Italien). She is a frequentteacher of master-classes and regularly performs as a solist in Europe and North America.