Roland Baldini

Solo and chamber violinist, teacher. Music studies in Vienna and Salzburg with E. Steinbauer   and J. Geise (diploma with distinction), furthered under M. Rostal in Bern and F. Gulli in Siena. Has had concert tours in most European countries, also in Russia, North and South America, Asia and Africa. Masterclasses throughout Europe, Asia and the Americas. A visiting prof. of violin in Poland, Finland, Lithuania, USA and Thailand. From 1994 – 2012 prof. of violin at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater F. Mendelssohn Bartholdy , Leipzig, and since 2015 a visiting   prof. of violin at the Academy of Music in Katowice, Poland. He sat on the jury at competitions incl. the J. S. Bach Competition in Leipzig.

Katarzyna Duda

Michał Grabarczyk

solo and chamber violinist, teacher. Diplomas cum laude from music schools in Łódź (Z. Frieman’s class) and the Moscow Conservatory where he studied with D. Ciganov and Z. Sichmurzajewa. Prizewinner of competitions including the Wieniawski, Poznań; the Paganini, Genoa; the J. Thibaud, Paris and the Bordeaux Festival. Concertized in Europe, USA, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Jamaica and Cuba and made numerous recordings.
Professor of Violin at the Academies of Music in Poznań and Łódź. Masterclass teacher and juror at international competitions. Honoured with a Gloria Artis medal.

Wojciech Koprowski

soloist, chamber musician, and educator, as well as a violinist of the Meccore String Quartet, regarded as one of the leading string quartets of his generation. He is one of the few performers to play all of Eugène Ysaÿe’s Solo Violin Sonatas Op. 27 in a single recital. His album Ysaÿe Impressions was nominated for a Fryderyk Award in 2010. He has performed as a soloist with the Max Bruch Philharmonie, Philharmonie Baden-Baden, and the majority of Polish philharmonics. Koprowski graduated with honors from the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw, where he studied with K. A. Kulka. He is a laureate of 15 top awards at violin competitions. He teaches violin and string quartet at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw and the Academy of Music in Kraków, and also conducts masterclasses in Europe and the USA.

Ewa Kowar

violinist, chamber musician and teacher. Doctor of Musical Arts. Graduated from the Chopin Academy of Music, Warsaw, where she studied with prof. Z. Brzewski, prof. M. Ławrynowicz and prof. K. Makowska-Ławrynowicz. Comleted master classes in Łańcut taught by prof.” Z. Bron, E. Feltz, K. Lewin. Teaches the violin at Warsaw’s Fryderyk Chopin Unoiversity of Music affiliate in Białystok and the Z. Brzewski Secondary School of Music in Warsaw. Juror of competitions for children and young adults. General Secretary of ESTA Poland.

Roman Lasocki

distinguished violin virtuoso, teacher, popularizer of violin music. Studied violin with F. Jamry at the Higher School of Music, Łódź (diploma with distinction). He continued his studies with A. Gertler, H. Szeryng, T. Wroński and S. Lewandowski. He performed on the most important stages in the world on four continents with excellent orchestras, conductors and pianists. He recorded over 30 vinyl records and CDs for Polish, English, Korean and Japanese labels. Many composers dedicated their works to him. He is the author of over 150 television programmes for which he received the “Złoty Ekran” award. Professor and vice-rector (4 terms) of the UMFC in Warsaw. Professor at the AM in Katowice. He lectured at universities in Europe, Asia and America. His graduates occupy an important place in musical life in Poland and abroad. Juror of numerous national and international competitions. Honored with the highest state and departmental awards and distinctions.

Oriana Masternak

violinist, chamber musician, and professor at the Krzysztof Penderecki Academy of Music in Kraków, holding a Doctor of Musical Arts degree. She has performed across Europe, the Americas, and Asia, presenting both classical masterpieces and world premieres of contemporary works. A laureate of national and international competitions, she has received prestigious scholarships and nominations for the Fryderyk and Koryfeusz Muzyki Polskiej awards. She is a member of the Messages Quartet, with whom she recorded the complete string quartets of Szymon Laks. Her extensive discography includes over 15 albums. She has collaborated with numerous festivals and orchestras and has premiered more than 30 contemporary compositions. As Head of the Violin and Viola Department at AMKP, she conducts masterclasses in Poland and abroad and actively organizes artistic and academic events. She is also a recipient of the SONATA BIS research grant from the National Science Centre, focusing on the Kraków violin tradition.

Karolina Mikołajczyk

winner of the Paszport Polityki in the category of Classical Music; soloist and chamber musician, DMA, teacher at the ZPSM and OSM im. Z. Brzewski in Warsaw. She graduated with distinction from the UMFC, studying with A. Gębski, A. Szymczewska, J. Wawrowski and M. Machowska. She studied at the Hochschule fur Musik und Tanz in Cologne with Z. Bron. She perfected her skills with M. Vengerov, I. Turban, W. Marschner, K.A. Kulka. She has performed recitals in 32 countries on 5 continents in venues such as: Carnegie Hall, the National Philharmonic, Guangzhou Opera House, NOSPR, Teatro del Lago, The Star Performing Arts Center in Singapore, The Edge in Melbourne and Esplanade in Singapore. In 2022 nominated for the Fryderyk award for the album “BŁAŻEWICZ” with compositions dedicated to Duo Karolina Mikołajczyk & Iwo Jedynecki. She collaborates with contemporary composers and promotes Polish music in the world. Living in New York and giving concerts in the USA, she gained new artistic experiences and competences.

Dorota Obijalska

violinist, chamber musician, teacher, teacher trainer. A graduate of the Music Academy in Gdańsk – violin studies with prof. Maria Suwara.Formerly a long-serving violinist with the Warmińsko-Mazurska Filharmonia in Olsztyn and a member of the Con Flauto quartet, she is the founder and conductor of the string orchestra ABSOLWENT (Alumnus) and co-author of a popular book of pieces for violin and piano Fiddling Notes, intended for the youngest player. She teaches the violin at primary and secondary music schools in Olsztyn and, since 2002, has been a Suzuki method teacher, which she studied with Tove Detrekoy. She has completed a large number of methodology courses run by outstanding pedagogues including those taught by Almita Vamos. Her students and chamber groups are prizewinners at competitions. She runs workshops for children and teachers and is a juror at violin competitions. She has received numerous awards for her pedagogical work.

Paweł Radziński

violinist, teacher, born in Gniezno. He was educated at a high school in Poznań under the supervision of M. Kujawa. He graduated with distinction from the Conservatory. P. Tchaikovsky in Moscow in the class of virtuoso W. Pikaizen. He developed his artistic competences with K. von Hausegger, R. Ricci and H. Szeryng. He started his teaching career at the Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz. He has conducted numerous masterclasses in Europe, China and Poland, including: Bałoszyce, Łańcut and Żagań. He educated over a hundred graduates, including many winners of nat. and internat. competitions. Founder of the Academia dell’Arco orchestra. From 1991 he taught the violin class at the Conservatory in Vasa, Turku, Jakobstad (Finland). He teaches the violin class at the OSM. Z. Brzewski in Warsaw. He was honored with many prestigious awards, including the KEN Medal, the Gold Cross of Merit and the Gloria Artis Medal.

Magdalena Szczepanowska

chamber musician and teacher. She graduated from the Warsaw Academy of Music (diploma wit hdistinction), studying with of T. Wroński, S. Kawalla and M. Rezler. She deepened her knowledge at masterclasses in the classes of O. Krysa and A. Gertler. Prizewinner of national and international violin and chamber competitions in Lublin, Krakow, Gorizia, Brescia and Vercelli. She gives concerts as a chamber musician. She is a professor of the violin class at the UMFC in Warsaw and the AMKP in Krakow. She has taught for many years at the Z. Brzewski OSM. Her students are prizwinners of competitions, and graduates join the best orchestras in Poland, Austria, Sweden and Spain. She conducts master classes in Poland and abroad. She is a juror in many competitions, including international ones. She has received many awards; the most important awards – the Distinguished Cultural Service Award, the KEN Medal, the Gloria Artis Medal, several times the Award of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage.

Małgorzata Wacławik

graduate of the Academy of Music in Katowice. Certified teacher with many years of experience at the W. Kilar ZSM in Katowice and the F. Chopin PSM in Będzin. Her students are prizwinners of internat. and nat. competitions. Juror at inter.and nat. competitions, as well as the National Consultant of CEA. Conducts violin workshops throughout Poland. In 2015 and 2018 she was awarded the CEA Director’s Award, 2nd and 1st degree, and in 2024 she received the Award of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, 2nd degree. Permanently associated with the Silesian Philharmonic. Together with the artistic agency Pro Musica from Wrocław, she conducts lively artistic activity, performing in the most important concert halls in the world, including Santory Hall Tokyo, Tonhalle Zurich, KKL Luzern Konzert Hall, Geneva Victoria Hall, Gewandhaus Leipzig, Berlin Philharmonic, Shanghai Oriental Art Center, Forbidden City Concert Hall Beijing.

Anna Wandtke-Wypych

violinist, soloist, chamber musician. In 2018, she obtained DMA at the Academy of Music in Gdańsk, where she teaches her violin class as an assistant professor. She is a graduate of the S. Moniuszko Academy of Music in Gdańsk (class of prof. K. Jurecka) and the Hochschule Fur Musik in Mannheim (class of prof. W. Gradow). She has collaborated with artists such as: M. Vengerow, J. Bell, R. Lakatos, J. Rachlin, H. Hahn, Ch. Treger, J. Kaliszewska, B. Bryła, K. Jakowicz and many others. As a soloist, she has performed with many orchestras in Poland and abroad. As a chamber musician, she has collaborated with SWR Rundfunkorchester Kaiserslautern, where she recorded for the German radio station SWR. Gives recitals all over the world. Anna Wandtke has released 5 solo albums: Violin Soul, Wandtke Plays Polish, Poldowski Creation, Avarp Prologue, Poeme and numerous chamber albums. And in February of this year Vivaldi Osiecka New Four Seasons will be released.

Katarzyna Budnik

soloist, chamber musician. A Chopin Univ. of Music graduate, she studied the violin with M. Ławrynowicz, A. Gębski, and the viola with P. Reichert. Prize-winner at int. competitions incl.: the L. van Beethoven Comp. (Hradec, 1^st prize), the J. Brahms Comp. (Pörtschach, 1^st prize), the M. Rostal Comp. (Berlin, 2^nd prize), the M. Reger Chamber Music Comp. (Sonder-shausen, 2^nd prize and special award), the M. Spisak Comp. (Dąbrowa Górn., Poland, 2 ^nd prize) and the J. Rakowski Viola Comp. (Poznań, 1^st prize). Concertized in Poland, the Czech Rep., Austria, Germany, France and Russia. A Min. of Culture grant holder, she also won a Young Poland scholarship. Teacher at the Chopin Univ. of Music Warsaw.

Ewa Guzowska

soloist, chamber musician, professor at the I. J. Paderewski Academy of Music in Poznań. Expert and consultant at CEA. Vice-president of the ViolaArte association. She graduated with distinction from the viola class at the Universität der Künste in Berlin and completed postgraduate studies. She is a graduate of the Academy of Music in Poznań (diploma with distinction). Prizewinner of numerous awards. She won the competition for a scholarship and internship at the DSO Berlin, Komische Oper Berlin and Deutsche Oper Berlin. She received a medal from the President of Poland and the City of Konin for promoting musical culture. She has received awards from the Rectors of the Academy of Music in Poznań several times for her outstanding pedagogical and phonographic achievements. She has recorded albums with sonatas by J.S. Bach, R. Clarke, D. Shostakovich, P. Hindemith, J. Brahms, F. Chopin, F. Schubert, E. Fabiańska-Jelińska. Many composers dedicate their works to her.

Ewa Maria Groblewska

chamber musician, teacher at ZPSM nr 1 and PSM nr 4 in Warsaw. Since September 2022, he has been the deputy artistic director in POSM. E. Młynarski. A graduate of the AM in Warsaw in the class of prof. A. Zieliński and prof. P. Hausenplas. She improved her skills with A. Parisot and at chamber courses conducted by the Tokio String Quartet, Medici String Quartet, Vermeer String Quartet, Camerata Quartet and Amadeus String Quartet. She completed the first level of the Suzuki Method teaching course. He conducts workshops, lectures and open lessons in many schools throughout Poland. Nationwide juror at auditions and competitions. Her students win top prizes in cello and chamber music competitions. She is a great promoter of chamber music. Honored with the Merit for Polish Culture Medal, the KEN Medal, the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage Award and many times with the CEA Director’s Award.

Zdzisław Łapiński

diploma with distinction from the State High Mus. S. in Kraków (cello studies with H. Zarzycki and then with A. Parisot at Yale Univ.) Cellist with a quartet – 1^st prize at Chamber Mus. Comp. in Łódź (1977) and 3^rd prize at String Quartet Comp. in Evian, France (1978). 3^rd prize winner at Cello Comp. in Poznań (1978). Member of Trio Jagiellońskie awarded at the Chamber Mus. Comp. in Florence (1979). Numerous recordings for Polish Radio and TV and Radio France. Concerts in Europe, US, Brazil, Japan, Lebanon and Malta. Principal cellist with Capella Cracoviensis (1979-81), concertmaster with PRTV Orchestra in Kraków (1981-89), concertmaster with NOSPR in Katowice. Professor of cello and Rector of the Music Academy, Kraków.

Marta Nowaczyk-Łapińska

Cello studies with prof. Z. Łapiński at the Music Academy Cracow, furthered at numerous masterclasses included those taught by I. Monighetti, J.Berger, C. Bohorquez, and U. Tischbirk. A cellist with Cracow’s Polish Radio and TV Orchestra and Capella Cracoviensis, she achieves notable success in her teaching career, which is evidenced by the prizes won by her students at national and international competitions (Liezen, Dolny Kubin, Wrocław, Warszawa, Poznań, Kłodzko, Kraków, Stalowa Wola). Since 2002 – Director of the B. Rutkowski Primary and Secondary School of Music in Cracow. Juror of national and international competitions. Honoured with many prizes incl. the Award of the Mayor of Krakow, the Medal of the National Education Commission and Honoris Gratia.

Leszek Sokołowski

He first studied double-bass at secondary music school in Białystok and then at Warsaw’s Acad. of  Mus. studying with M. Stadnicki and prof. A. Mysiński and continuing at masterclasses led by Klaus Stoll – principal double-bassist of Berlin Philharmonic. At present, he is Professor of Double-Bass at  University of Music in Warsaw and Academy of Music in Gdańsk, also a principal double-bassist with the Podlaska Opera and Philharmonic. He collaborates with Camerata  quartet and Deutsche Oper Berlin Polish Quartet. He founded and now leads the chamber orchestra Sinfonia Academica. Honoured with the Gloria Artis medal.

Mateusz Kowalski

one of the most outstanding guitarists, according to Classical Guitar Magazine, he is a “spectacular” musician who performs an extensive repertoire from the Renaissance to the present day with extraordinary expertise and sense of style, as well as great musical culture. He has performed in the most important concert halls around the world, including the Musikverein in Vienna and the Shanghai Grand Theatre, delighting audiences in cities such as New York, Los Angeles, Paris, and London. He became famous for the first-ever live performance of Fryderyk Chopin’s Piano Concerto in F minor arranged for guitar and orchestra. The first performance with the {Oh!} Orchestra conducted by Martyna Pastuszka took place during the “Chopin and His Europe” festival in 2023. In parallel with his solo career, he develops his teaching activity: among others at festivals in Szeged (Hungary), Rust (Austria) and Qingdao (China). Since October 2019, he has been a lecturer at the Chopin University of Music in Warsaw.

Zuzanna Małgorzata Budzyńska

a soloist and chamber musician, Young Promoter of Poland 2023, Koryfeusz of the Polish Music 2019, laureate of many international competitions. The founding member of Cuore Piano Trio, which performed in most of the European countries, in North America and Asia. She performs regularly in Musikverein Wien, Warsaw Philharmonic, NOSPR and others. She gave concerts alongside Ch. Altenburger, R. Latzko, K. Makowska-Ławrynowicz, J. Wawrowski or G. Skrobiński and she performs as a baroque violinist and guest concertmaster in Austria and Poland as well. She studied at the F. Chopin Univ. of Music and the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna and her teachers included Ch. Altenburger, E. Zienkowski, A. Gębski, D. Smolarski and A. Szymczewska. She also took lessons from W. Marschner, H. Beyerle, E. Feltz or R. Fain. She conducts masterclasses in Poland and Canada.

Maksym Dondalski

solo and chamber violinist, conductor,teacher. He graduated with distinction from the Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz, where he first studied the violin with Jadwiga Kalisze-wska and Marcin Baranowski, and, two years later, orchestra con-ducting under Zygmunt Rychert and Piotr Sułkowski. Award-win-ner at many violin competitions, he is an active concert violinist and orchestral conductor, performing at home and abroad. Until 2016 he was first violin leader/ concertmaster with the Gorzów Philharmon-ic, Poland. For two years now he has been a faculty member of the Academy of Arts in Szczecin, teaching the violin and chamber music, as well as collaborating, since 2016, with Sinfonia Varsovia

Grażyna Paciorek-Draus

music theorist, composer, teacher, personal and professional development trainer. Specializes in music neurodidactics (techniques of learning and memorizing music), development of hearing and musical imagination, as well as mental and physical preparation for stage performances. Graduate of the Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw (currently the UMFC) in the field of composition and music theory and the SET Academy Coach School. Assistant professor at the Chopin University of Music, teacher at the ZPSM No. 1 in Warsaw, lecturer in international and national music workshops and courses. Juror of solfeggio and composition competitions for young people, co-creator of scientific and artistic projects. Speaker at scientific conferences, author of publications in the field of theory, philosophy, perception and interpretation of music and 20th century music. Winner of many awards for artistic, scientific and didactic achievements.