Bartosz Koziak

Bartosz Koziak is the winner of the III International Cello Competition named after Witold Lutosławski in 2001 in Warsaw, a recipient of second prizes at the competitions in Tongyeong 'Isang Yun in Memoriam' (Korea) and in Kyiv named after Mykola Lysenko, a laureate and recipient of a special prize at the Prague Spring competition, and the first prize winner at the XI International Contemporary Chamber Music Competition in Krakow; he also received similar awards at the P. Tchaikovsky Competitions in Moscow and ARD in Munich.

In 2003, he received a special award from the Polish Culture Foundation awarded by Ewa Podleś.

He has performed, among others, at the Konzerthaus in Berlin, Rudolfinum in Prague, Cité de la Musique in Paris, Teatro Politeama in Palermo, the Witold Lutosławski Studio, and the National Philharmonic in Warsaw.

As a soloist, he has collaborated with orchestras such as the National Philharmonic, NOSPR, Sinfonia Varsovia, Sinfonietta Cracovia, Orchestre Philharmonique de
Monte Carlo, Münchener Kammerorchester, Prague Philharmonic, and Radio Orchestras in Warsaw and Budapest under the direction of Krzysztof Penderecki, Jan Krenz, Antoni Wit, Gabriela Chmura, Jacek Kaspszyk, and Massimiliano Caldi.

Since 2007, he has been playing in a trio with violinist Kaja Danczowska and pianist Justyna Danczowska.

He is invited to renowned festivals including the Warsaw Autumn, Young Euro Classic in Berlin, the Easter Festival named after L. van Beethoven, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Musica Polonica Nova, the Music Festival in Łańcut, and Chopin and his Europe in Warsaw.

He graduated with honors 'Magna cum Laude' from the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw in the class of Professor Kazimierz Michalik and Andrzej Bauer, as well as from the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris in the class of Philippe Muller.

For several years, he has been regularly invited to participate in concert projects by Krzysztof Penderecki. He took part in the first recording of the album 'Concerto grosso' under the direction of the Composer.

Thanks to the kindness of Kaja Danczowska, he plays on a 19th-century copy of the instrument by J. Guadagnini, on which the outstanding Polish cellist Dezyderiusz Danczowski performed.

Bartosz Koziak is represented by the Ludwig van Beethoven Association.

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