On October 14th, 2015, the Minister of Culture and National Heritage Prof. Małgorzata Omilanowska decorated 23 persons with Gold, Silver and Bronze Medals for Merit in Culture “Gloria Artis.” Amongst those honored were composer Krzesimir Dębski and pianist Jerzy Marchwiński. All of the winners are listed below:
Gold Medals for Merit in Culture – Gloria Artis
- Maria Kałamajska-Saeed
- Stanisław Kulon
- Maciej Szańkowski
Silver Medals for Merit in Culture – Gloria Artis:
- Andrzej Tadeusz Betlej
- Andrzej Chyra
- Krzesimir Dębski
- Wojciech Kass
- Włodzimierz Korcz
- Jarosław Kozakiewicz
- Boris Kudlička
- Wojciech Malajkat
Jerzy Marchwiński- Zbigniew Mikołejko
- Teresa Murak
- Rena Rolska
- Ryszard Rynkowski,
- Zbigniew Zamachowski
- Antoni Ziemba
Bronze Medals for Merit in Culture – Gloria Artis:
- Agnieszka Chylińska
- Hanna Etemadi
- Edyta Górniak
- Artur Rojek
- Michał Żebrowski
The Medal for Merit in Culture – Gloria Artis is a decoration awarded by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland to persons and organizations for distinguished contributions to, or protection of the Polish culture and heritage. For more information, visit www.mkidn.gov.pl.
[Sources: polmic.pl, mkidn.gov.pl]