For the last 80 years the musical life of Poznan has been closely connected with the Academy of Music, one of eighteen similar establishments of higher education in Poland. There are many famous institutions of culture in Poznan such as the Grand Theatre, the Poznan Philharmonic, the Polish Dance Theatre, the Musical Theatre. Poznan hosts the famous Henryk Wieniawski International Violin and Violin Makers Competitions.

There are four departments in the Academy: The Department of Composition, Conducting, Music Theory and Calisthenics; The Instrumental Department; The Department of Singing and Acting; and The Department of Choral Conducting, Musical Education and Church Music. The rich collection of the Academy’s library contains more than 70,000 volumes and 10,000 recordings.

The Academy Rector is the cellist Stanislaw Pokorski.