KAROLINA NOWOTCZYŃSKA     

POLAND

• date of birth: August 13, 1992
• currently studying at the Richard Wagner Conservatory in Vienna with Prof. Igor Petrushevski, as well as pursuing a PhD at the Gdańsk Academy of Music in Prof. Konstanty Andrzej Kulka’s class;
• masterclasses with Robert Szreder, Maxim Vengerow, Konstanty Andrzej Kulka, Igor Petrushevski, Wanda Wiłkomirska, Marco Rizzi, Petru Munteanu, Sergei Stadler, Michael Vaiman, Zakhar Bron, Robert Kabara;
• since 2013, Karolina Nowotczyńska has been a concertmaster of the Elbląg Chamber Orchestra and in 2019 she became the Director of the ensemble.

Prizes: 1^st Prize at the International Chamber Music Competition in Smarhoń (Belarus, 2016), 1^st Prize at the International Competition Premio Citta’ di Padova (Italy, 2014)

Program:

First Round

Bach Adagio and Fugue from Sonata in G minor for Solo Violin

Mozart Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major K. 218

Paganini Caprice No. 21

Second Round

Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 4 in A minor Op. 23

Enescu “Ménétrier” from Impressions d’enfance Suite Op. 28

Ysayë Sonata No. 2 in A minor for Solo Violin Op. 27

Semifinal

Brahms Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor Op. 108

Enescu Sonata No. 2 in F minor for Violin and Piano Op. 6

Milstein Paganiniana

Final

Sibelius Violin Concerto in D minor Op. 47