Katarzyna Wieczorek
Katarzyna Wieczorek She studied with Professor Matti Raekallio (of the Juilliard School in New York) at the University of Music and Drama in Hanover wherefrom she graduated with honours. She has won many national and international competitions and participated in numerous master classes.
As a pianist she has performed at many festivals including the Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele, Rheingau Festival, Braunschweig Classix Festival, Spanish Brass Festival and Bebersee Festival and given concerts in Europe, America, Asia and... Antarctica.
Ms. Wieczorek has worked with notable professors such as Ana Chumachenko, Wolfgang Boettcher and Krzysztof Węgrzyn and played chamber music with Janusz Wawrowski, Agata Szymczewska and Claudio Bohorquez.
Katarzyna Wieczorek is the official accompanist for such international competitions as the ARD Wettbewerb Muenchen, Aeolus Wettbewerb Düsseldorf, Buenos Aires International Violin Competition and Jeju Festival in South Korea and the collaborative pianist at the University of Music and Drama in Hanover (since 2005) and Folwang School of Music in Essen (since 2009).
Apart from classical works, Ms. Wieczorek also plays jazz and improvised music.
Marcin Sikorski
Marcin Sikorski. “A musician playing the piano” – that's the way he likes to think about himself. Considered once the most outstanding aspiring chamber musician, he has received acclaim from critics who called him ‘a phenomenal musician’ (S. Olędzki), ‘masterly accompanist’ (J. Kański), ‘precise and dynamic pianist’ (A. Rozlach), ‘outstanding chamber musician’ (D. szwarcman), ‘accomplished and imaginative pianist’ (D. Gonet) and ‘expert chamber musician’ (M. Komorowska). Marcin Sikorski has performed as a soloist and has participated in many Polish and international festivals including the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival (Germany), Festival Pontino (Italy), New Music Marathon (Prague), Bratislava Music Festival (Slovakia) and Polish Piano Festival (Słupsk).
Still, chamber music and collaborative piano remain the all consuming passion of his life. He has won chamber music competitions in Paris and Gdańsk and received prizes in contests in Pöstschach, Vercelli and Kraków; he has also been presented with best pianist awards in nationwide and international violin competitions. Mr. Sikorski has been accompanist for the last three editions of the Henryk Wieniawski International Violin Competition. He has collaborated with Agata Szymczewska (joint Fryderyk Award in 2006 for the album Kronika XIII Konkursu im. H. Wieniawskiego Vol. 12), Anna Maria Staśkiewicz, Jarosław Nadrzycki and two prize winners in the previous edition of the competition, Soojin Han (second prize) and Bracha Malkin (third prize). Lecturer at the Academy of Music in Poznań.
Participants of 14th International Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition perform with their own pianist or one provided by the Competition.
