Celina Muza – Actor, chanson singer and feminist activist
Away from her professional life, Celina Muza has very close connections to the Polish community in Germany. For more than 20 years, she has been a member of the POLin Polnische Frauen in Wirtschaft und Kultur e.V. (“Polish Women in Business and Culture”) society. There, she initiated the “Jugend schreibt Gedichte”( “Young people write poetry”) international writing competition, which was held for the twelfth time in 2024.
“It was really important to me to prove publicly that for children, growing up bilingually is an asset and not a liability. Originally, the project was designed with just kids from Berlin in mind. I had no idea that so many young people would apply to take part in the competition from all over Germany, as well as from Poland and other countries. Our kids are talented, inquisitive and full of fun!”
She is also active in the political arena, and is particularly keen to promote women’s rights: “I like quoting from Professor Bartoszewski: being a decent person is worth the effort!” She also has words of advice for the young generation of artists: “Everything is in a state of flux; that’s why as an artist, it’s always a good idea to have a second source of income.”
Anna Stahl-Czechowska, June 2024
(The text is based on an oral and written interview with Celina Muza.)
Artist’s website: www.muza.de
“Der einsame Engel – Lieder von Marlene Dietrich”
With Hildegard Knef
As Roza Weneda in “Lilla Weneda” (Juliusz Słowacki)
Rehearsal photo from “Frau Arndt ist systemrelevant”
“Entdeckung – Projekt SZYMBORSKA”
Celina Muza and Adam Hanuszkiewicz
“Zornige Frauen” (by Maja Staśko)
“Nähe des Geliebten” – live in the ‘Werkstatt der Kulturen’, Berlin, October 2005 (Studio version on the CD “Madonna, Hexe und Clown”, 1998)
“Helikopter w brzuchu (Flugzeuge im Bauch)” – live in the ‘Werkstatt der Kulturen’, Berlin, October 2005 (Studio version on the CD “sorglos”, 2000)
