Anna Orlik (Poland)

Year of birth: 1988

Graduate of the Royal Academy of Music in London, and earlier of Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw. Winner of Haverhill Sinfonia Deena Shypitka Music Award in the violin category (UK, 2015), and 1st prize and special award at 6th International W. Marschner Violin Competition in Germany, prize-winner at International Allegro Vivo Festival in Austria, holder of the main prize in the solo category at International M. Reger Chamber Music Competition in Sondershausen. Has performed with Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Loh-Orchester Sondershausen, Deutsche Spohr Philharmonie Freiburg, Deutsche Spohr Akademie Freiburg, and collaborated with such conductors, as M. Pijarowski, W. Rajski, M. J. Błaszczyk, W Marschner, H. Masuda, and others. Grant holder of Tillet Trust, Leverhulme Trust, and Jenkins Scholarships.

Anna Orlik plays a 1735 Nicolò Gagliano violin from the collection of the Royal Academy of Music in London.

Program:

Stage 1

L. van Beethoven: Sonata No. 8 for violin and piano in G major, Op. 30

H. Wieniawski: Capriccio No. 8 Le Chant du Bivouac, Op. 10

H. Wieniawski: Polonaise in D major, Op. 4

E. Ysaÿe: Sonata no. 6 in E major, Op. 27

K. Szymanowski: Romance in D major, Op. 23

Stage 2

F. Kreisler: Caprice viennois, Op. 2

J. Massenet: Meditation from the opera Thaïs

C. Franck: Sonata for violin and piano in A major

Stage 3

W. A. Mozart: Violin concerto D major, KV 218, first movement

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

J. S. Bach: Siciliana from Sonata No. 1 for violin solo in G minor BWV 1001

Stage 4

H. Wieniawski: Violin Concerto no. 1 in F sharp minor, Op. 14

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

Pianist: Michał Francuz