Graduated from the Academy of Music in Katowice, Poland,where she studied with H. Januszewska’s class and received a Master of Music degree, later becoming a member of the voice faculty.
Ruszała’s awards include the VIII International Ada Sari Competition of Vocal Art in Nowy Sącz (Poland), where she won the Second Prize and a Special Prize for Outstanding Soprano. She was also a laureate of Polish Vocal Competitions in Duszniki Zdrój and in Katowice, where she received a Special Prize from the artistic director of Silesian Philharmonics.
She has given recitals and opera performances in Italy, Czech Republic, Lithuania, and Bulgaria, where she made her operatic debut as Gilda in Verdi’s Rigoletto, which was held in Varna State Opera. Among her roles are W. A. Mozart’s Der Schauspiel Direktor and concert versions of Verdi’s La traviata, Donizetti’s L’Elisir d’Amore and DonPasquale, Delibes’ Lakme, Gounod’s Faust, and Moniuszko’s Flis.
Currently, she is pursuing her Doctoral Degree and studying with Carol Vaness at Indiana University Bloomington.
