Agata Szymczewska (born 1985 in

Gdańsk Gdańsk is a city on the Baltic Sea, Baltic coast of northern Poland, and the capital of the Pomeranian Voivodeship. With a population of 486,492, Data for territorial unit 2261000. it is Poland's sixth-largest city and principal seaport. Gdań ...

) is a Polish violinist and alumna of the Academy of Music in

Poznań Poznań ( ) is a city on the Warta, River Warta in west Poland, within the Greater Poland region. The city is an important cultural and business center and one of Poland's most populous regions with many regional customs such as Saint John's ...

and the

Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media (, abbreviated to HMTMH) is a university of performing arts and media in Hanover, the capital of Lower Saxony, Germany. Dating to , it has reorganised and changed names as it developed over the years, ...

, where she studied under professors Bartosz Bryła and Krzysztof Węgrzyn, respectively. In 2006 she won the 13th

Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition The International Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition ( Polish: ''Międzynarodowy Konkurs Skrzypcowy im. Henryka Wieniawskiego'') is a competition for violinists up to age 30 that takes place every five years in Poznań, Poland, in honor of the v ...

.* * * * * She has also won awards in violin competitions in Canada, Germany, Austria, and Poland.

References

External links

Agata Szymczewska's official website
Polish women violinists 1985 births Living people Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition prize-winners People from Koszalin 21st-century Polish classical violinists {{Poland-classical-musician-stub