Maria Włoszczowska (Poland) – 6th Prize Winner of 15th International Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition (2016)

Year of birth: 1991

Studied with Prof. Jan Stanienda at Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw (B.A.), and with Leonid Kerbel at Conservatoire Royal in Brussels. In 2014 graduated with distinction (M.A.) from the Royal Academy of Music in London, where she studied with Maxim Vengerov. The same year, she was the only string player to be selected for the final of Young Classical Artist Trust audition in London, where she was awarded the prestigious Emily Anderson Prize and Royal Philharmonic Society Young Artist title. Winner of 1st prize at Elsky International Violin Competition in Minsk (Belarus), and of five special prizes at 14th International H. Wieniawski Competition in Poznań, in March 2016 she gave debut recital at London’s Wigmore Hall (with pianist Alasdair Beatson).

Maria Włoszczowska plays a 1715 violin by Pietro Guarneri da Mantua.

Phot. by Barbara Regulska

Program:

Stage 1

L. van Beethoven: Sonata No. 10 for violin and piano in G major, Op. 96

H. Wieniawski: Capriccio no. 5 Alla Saltarella, Op. 10

H. Wieniawski: Scherzo-Tarantella, Op. 16

E. Ysaÿe: Sonata no. 3 in D minor, Op. 27 Ballade

K. Szymanowski: Myths Op. 30 – Narcissus

Stage 2

F. Kreisler: Romance, Op. 4

G. Fauré: Apres un reve

M. Ravel: Sonata No. 2 for violin and piano in G major

Stage 3

W. A. Mozart: Violin concerto in G major KV 216, first movement

W. A. Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat major KV 364, first movement

J. S. Bach: Largo from Sonata No. 3 for violin solo in C major BWV 1005

Stage 4

H. Wieniawski: Violin Concerto no. 2 in D minor, Op. 22

J. Brahms: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77

Pianist: Sophia Rahman