Karolina Mikołajczyk
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Karolina S. Mikołajczyk - a prize winner of violin and chamber music competitions, Doctor of Arts. In 2017, she graduated with honours from the Frederic Chopin University of Music in Warsaw. She also studied at Hochschule fur Musik und Tanz in Cologne in the master class of Zakhar Bron - considered „one of the most influential violin teachers in the world” (The Violin Channel).
With her interpretations „resonating with individuality”, as a soloist and chamber musician she has performed in Argentina, Austria, Brunei, Bulgaria, Cambodia, China, Chile, Croatia, Cuba, France, Georgia, Germany, Grece, Italy, Malaysia, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Singapore, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Uruguay, United Arab Emirates, the United States in renowned concert halls such as: Carnegie Hall, Guangzhou Opera House, Den Norske Opera and Ballet in Oslo, the Star Performing Arts Center in Singapore, The National Grand Theatre and National Philharmonic Hall in Warsaw.
In 2022 she was nominated to the prestigious „Fryderyk Award” (Polish equivalent of „Grammy”) and made her successful debut in the South America. She has premiered many pieces that had been written and dedicated to her and has been awarded Polish Society of Authors and Composers Special Prize. She also worked with Krzysztof Penderecki in 2019 receiving an official approval to perform the violin-accordion arrangement of Sonata for violin and piano no. 1 from the Maestro.
She is also an innovative concert programmer and an advocate for the underrepresented societies, with one of her most recent projects promoting the works of Polish-Jewish composers neglected and forgotten after WWII.
Karolina S. Mikołajczyk plays R. Duke Londini 1766 violin.