Background
Rakowski, Andrzej was born on June 16, 1931 in Warsaw, Poland. Son of Mieczyslaw and Janina (Lazynska) Rakowski.
musicologist acoustical engineer
Rakowski, Andrzej was born on June 16, 1931 in Warsaw, Poland. Son of Mieczyslaw and Janina (Lazynska) Rakowski.
Bachelor of Science, Master of Science, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland, 1957. Master of Arts, State College of Music, Warsaw, Poland, 1958. Doctor of Science, Warsaw University of Technology, 1963.
Doctor of Philosophy, Warsaw University, 1977.
Sound engineer, Warsaw (Poland) Film Studio, 1952;
sound producer, Polish Disc-Recording Company, Warsaw, 1956-1958;
British county scholar, Kings College, Durham U., Newcastle, United Kingdom, 1958-1959;
research fellow, Control Institute for Deaf, St. Louis, 1978-1979;
president, Chopin Academy of Music, Warsaw, 1981-1987;
director Music Acoustics Laboratory, Chopin Academy of Music, Warsaw, since 1968;
assistant, associate professor musical acoustics, Chopin Academy of Music, Warsaw, 1955-1981;
professor musical acoustics, Chopin Academy of Music, Warsaw, since 1981. Acoustic consultant Great Theater of Opera in Warsaw, 1966-1970. President science county Institute Musicology Warsaw U., 1979-1981.
Vice president Polish Music Council, Warsaw, since 1982, Committee of Acoustics Polish Academy Sciences, since 1986. Professor musicology part-time Warsaw U., since 1987.
President Solidarity Union, Chopin Academy Music, Warsaw, 1981. Fellow: Acoustical Society of America. Member: Polish Phonetic Association, European Society Cognitive Sciences of Music (board directors 1991—2000, president 2000-2003), Catgut Acoustical Society, International Society Psychophysics, Union Polish Composers, Polish Academy of Sciences (president committee acoustics since 1996), Polish Acoustical Society (vice president 1971-1975).
Married Maria Barbara Dymmel, June 23, 1953 (divorced November 1972). 1 child, Janina Wronska. Married Magdalena Zofia Jakóbczyk, December 30, 1972.
Children: Dorota Zofia, Krzysztof Andrzej.