Tomasz Spalinski (1967) studied in the Secondary Music School and then the Academy of Music in Katowice. His teacher was Assistance Professor Edmund Jurkowski when he got his diploma with distinction. During 1989-2002 he was a lecturer in the guitar class of the Academy of Music in Katowice. At present is a tutor in the Musical Education Faculty of the Silesian University, Branch in Cieszyn. Tomasz Spalinski is a laureate of the All-Polish Classical Guitar Competition in Lodz (1985) and Intemational Guitar Competition (Black Diamonds’ Guitar Prize) in Tychy (1986). In the years 1992-1993 got a scholarship from the Polish Ministry of Culture and Art and the Govemment of Spain to study in the Real Conservatorio Superior de Musica in Madrid in the class of José Luis Rodrigo. He has made many radio and television recordings and has given numerous individual recitals and with orchestra in Poland and abroad: in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Germany, Austria, Italy, Sweden, Denmark, Switzerland, Spain, the United States and Cuba.