important figures on the Polish guitar scene. She began
studing the guitar under the tutoring of Prof. Edmund
Jurkowski at the Musical College in Katowice, from which
she graduated with honors in 1990 under tutor Wanda
Palacz. Als DAAD-scholarship holder she studied in
Freiburg, Germany with Sonja Prunnbauer. With highest
marks and distinctions she completed in 1994 her
postgraduate studies and than in 1996 the final
“Concertstage” diploma, reserved only for a strictly limited
circle of distinguished, promising students at this academy.
She developed her skills at master classes conductet by
such outstanding guitarist as David Russell, Thomas Müller-
Pering and David Starobin. Beata Bedkowska-Huang has
been awarded many top prizes in international competitions
like the International Guitar Competition in Tychy (Poland);
the Musical Competition in Freiburg (Germany); the Guitar
Competition in Munich (Germany) (Hochschulewettbewerb);
the International Guitar Competition “Francisco Tárrega” in
Benicasim (Spain); the international Guitar Competition
Tredrez-Locquemeau (France); the International Guitar
Competition in Gargnano (Italien). She is a frequent
teacher of master-classes and regularly performs as a solist
in Europe and North America.