Marta Kowalczyk
| Date of birth: | 25.08.1991 |  |
| Instrument: | violin | |
| Nationality: | Polish | |
| Competition: | International Competition of Young Musicians 'Petar Konjovic' 2009 | |
| Prize: | 1st Prize, EMCY Prize |
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| Contact: | through the EMCY Office |
Marta Kowalczyk, a young Polish violinist born in 1991 in Koszalin, started learning the violin at the age of seven with Prof. Malgorzata Kobierska in the Crayzna Bacewicz State Music School in Koszalin. Presently, she works with Prof. Jan Stanienda in the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw.
In 2008, she won the Polish preliminaries of Eurovision Young Musicians and represented Poland in the International Eurovision Competition in Vienna. She has also won numerous other national and international competitions, receiving, among others, the prize of the National 'Paganini Junior' Radio Bis Competition, the 1st Prize in the National Tadeusz Wronski Competition for Solo Violin Performers, 1st Prize in the National Groblicz Family Competition in Krakow, 1st Prize and EMCY Prize in the International Competition for Violin and Viola 'Festival Bled' (Slovenia).
She has given concerts in many European countries, as well as China, Canada and Russia. She frequently performs with the Koszalin Philharmonic Orchestra, and has also appeared with the Sinfonia Varsovia, Krakow Philharmonic, Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, and the National Orchestra at the 'Chopin and his Europe' Festival, under such conductors as Jacek Kaspszyk, Ruben Silva, Slawomir Chrzanowski, Jan Stanienda, Antoni Wit and Lukasz Borowicz.
Marta Kowalczyk was awarded the scholarships of the National Fund for Children, Minister of Culture and the National Heritage, and the Young Poland scholarship programme. She plays a Norbert Kijanka violin of 2004.
In 2011, Marta performed as a soloist on a tour through the United States with the Opole Philharmonic Orchestra for two months.
See more of Marta at www.martakowalczyk.pl
In 2008, she won the Polish preliminaries of Eurovision Young Musicians and represented Poland in the International Eurovision Competition in Vienna. She has also won numerous other national and international competitions, receiving, among others, the prize of the National 'Paganini Junior' Radio Bis Competition, the 1st Prize in the National Tadeusz Wronski Competition for Solo Violin Performers, 1st Prize in the National Groblicz Family Competition in Krakow, 1st Prize and EMCY Prize in the International Competition for Violin and Viola 'Festival Bled' (Slovenia).
She has given concerts in many European countries, as well as China, Canada and Russia. She frequently performs with the Koszalin Philharmonic Orchestra, and has also appeared with the Sinfonia Varsovia, Krakow Philharmonic, Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, and the National Orchestra at the 'Chopin and his Europe' Festival, under such conductors as Jacek Kaspszyk, Ruben Silva, Slawomir Chrzanowski, Jan Stanienda, Antoni Wit and Lukasz Borowicz.
Marta Kowalczyk was awarded the scholarships of the National Fund for Children, Minister of Culture and the National Heritage, and the Young Poland scholarship programme. She plays a Norbert Kijanka violin of 2004.
In 2011, Marta performed as a soloist on a tour through the United States with the Opole Philharmonic Orchestra for two months.
See more of Marta at www.martakowalczyk.pl
Repertoire
Solo
J. S. Bach, Sonatas and Partitas
B. Bartók, Chaconne
W. Ernst, The Last Rose of a Summer
N. Milstein, Paganiniana
N. Paganini, 24 Caprices
K. Penderecki, Cadenza
H. Wieniawski, Caprices (Op. 10 and 18)
E. Ysaÿe, Sonatas Nos. 3 and 6
With piano
L. van Beethoven, Sonata in D Major (Op. 12, No. 1), Sonata in F Major (Op. 24), Sonata in C minor (Op. 30, No. 2)
J. Brahms, Sonata in D minor (Op. 108)
C. Frank, Sonata in A Major
W. A. Mozart, Sonatas (K. 301 - 306)
C. Saint-Saëns, Introduction and Rondo capriccioso
C. Saint-Saëns and E. Ysaÿe, Etude in the form of a Waltz
F. Schubert, Rondo in A Major (D. 438)
R. Strauss, Sonata (Op. 18)
K. Szymanowski, Mythes (Op. 30), Nocturne and Tarantella (Op. 28)
F. Waxman, Carmen Fantasy
H. Wieniawski, Polonaise in D Major (Op. 4), The Legend (Op. 17), Faust Fantasy (Op. 20)
Chamber music
J. Brahms, Piano Trio in B Major (Op. 8)
J. Brahms, String Quartet in A minor (Op. 51, No. 2)
W. A. Mozart, String Quartet in C Major No. 19 (K. 465)
D. Shostakovich, Piano Trio in E minor (Op. 67, No. 2)
D. Shostakovich, String Quartet in F Major (Op. 73, No. 3)
B. Smetana, Piano Trio in G minor (Op. 15)
K. Szymanowski, String Quartet No. 2 (Op. 56)
With orchestra
G. Bacewicz, Violin Concerto No. 4
J. S. Bach, Violin Concerto in A minor (BWV 1041), Double Concerto in D minor (BWV 1043)
L. van Beethoven, Concerto in D Major (Op. 61)
J. Brahms, Concerto in D Major (Op. 77), Double Concerto for violin and cello (Op. 102)
M. Bruch, Concerto in G minor (Op. 26), Double concerto for violin and viola
P. Czajkowski, Concerto in D Major (Op. 35)
M. Karlowicz, Concerto in A Major (Op. 8)
W. A. Mozart, Concerto in B Major (K. 207), Concerto in G Major (K. 216), Concerto in D Major (K. 218), Concerto in A Major (K. 219), Sinfonia concertante (K. 364)
S. Prokofiev, Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Major (Op. 18), Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor (Op. 63)
C. Saint-Saëns, Violin Concerto in B minor (Op. 61), Introduction et Rondo capriccioso
C. Saint-Saëns and E. Ysaÿe, Etude in the form of a Waltz
F. Schubert, Rondo in A Major (D. 438)
J. Sibelius,Violin Concerto in D minor (Op. 47)
K. Szymanowski, Violin Concerto No. 1 (Op. 35)
A. Vivaldi, The Four Seasons
F. Waxman, Carmen Fantasy
H. Wieniawski, Violin Concerto No. 2 in D minor (Op. 22), Faust Fantasy (Op. 20)
If you are interested in working with Marta, please get in touch with the EMCY Office.
02.01.1988
