Closed during the Nazi occupation of 1939-1945 , especially after Sonderaktion Krakau in 1939 , the conservatoire continued its activity underground and finally reopened on 1 September 1945 , becoming the State Higher School of Music as of 1 February 1946 under its first rector , Prof. Zbigniew Drzewiecki . In 1979 it gained the rank of an Academy of Music . On 1 October 2000 the Academy inaugurated its new premises at 41-43 , St. Thomas Street ( ul . Sw . Tomasza )
Sonderaktion Krakau
Sonderaktion Krakau
Academy of Music in Kraków