I was born into a Polish family of musicians and began my violin training under the guidance of my father. At age twelve, I made my debut with the Kielce Philharmonic Orchestra, performing J.S. Bach‘s Concerto in A Minor. During my teenage years, I performed violin concertos by Karol Szymanowski, Johannes Brahms, Camille Saint-Saëns, and Eduard Lalo with the same orchestra. After high school, I pursued violin studies with Prof. Zenon Ploszaj at the Music Academy in Lodz, Poland, and later with Prof. Adam Kostecki at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Hannover, Germany.
From the outset of my musical education, I developed a passion for chamber music, performing in a piano trio and a string quartet during my teens and early twenties. My string quartet and piano trio each won 2nd Prize at the Kiejstut Bacewicz Chamber Music Competition in Lodz. In 2003, while studying in Germany, I founded the Panufnik Trio and received advanced chamber music training from Hatto Beyerle and Gerrit Zitterbart. In 2005, the trio won 3rd Prize at the Charles Hennen Chamber Music Competition in Heerlen, Netherlands. That same year, the Panufnik Trio joined the European Chamber Music Academy, participating in regular sessions in Hannover, Oslo, Prades, Vienna, and Zurich, where I refined my skills under the mentorship of Shmuel Ashkenasi, Elmar Budde, Eckart Heiligers, Erich Höbarth, Avedis Kouyoumjian, Johannes Meissl, Christoph Richter, and Gabor Takacs-Nagy.
The Panufnik Trio performed at internationally renowned festivals, including the Kalkalpen Musik Festival (Austria), Festival Pablo Casals (Prades, France), Braunschweig Classix (Germany), Puccini e la sua Lucca (Italy), and Trondheim Chamber Music Festival (Norway). In 2006, we received the Märkischer Kreis Award, with the jury praising our „interpretations of youthful freshness and captivating momentum.“
That year, we also participated in the 4th Trondheim Chamber Music Festival and Academy, receiving coaching from Joseph Kalichstein, Lars Anders Tomter, and David Harrington of the Kronos Quartet, with whom we explored contemporary repertoire. In 2008, the trio performed Beethoven‘s Triple Concerto with the Philharmonie Gotha-Suhl and the Märkisches Youth Orchestra.
In 2015, I joined the Henschel Quartet for performances at the Dubrovnik Festival (Croatia), KotorArt Festival (Montenegro), and Oberstdorfer Musiksommer (Germany). With the quartet, I received the Orlando Prize at the Dubrovnik Festival for „one of the highest artistic achievements in the festival‘s history.“
Concurrently, I continued my solo career, performing at venues and festivals such as the Vendsyssel Festival (Denmark), Concert Hall of Aarhus (Denmark), Berliner Sommerklassik Festival (Germany), Sydney Opera House (Australia), Espacio Cultural in Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Spain), and Palladium in Malmö (Sweden). As leader of the Chamber Philharmonic Europe and New Philharmonic Orchestra Cologne, I toured extensively across Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.
In addition to my musical performances, I have combined my acting and musical skills. I performed the role of the Fiddler, both acting and playing the violin, in a production of The Fiddler on the Roof directed by Jan Szurmiej at the Music Theatre in Lodz, Poland. I also appeared in the film The Charm of Frederic, directed by Izabella Cywinska.
Beyond performing, I arrange music for various ensembles. My recent arrangements include Gustav Mahler‘s Symphony No. 4 for chamber ensemble, Sergei Prokofiev‘s Ten Pieces from Romeo and Juliet for piano quintet, and Johannes Brahms‘s Hungarian Dances for piano quartet.
The Panufnik Trio is a classical piano trio performing classical, romantic and modern repertoire.
The Esperia Quartet is a string quartet performing repertoire from classical to avantgarde.
