Janusz Wawrowski (born March 22, 1982) is a Polish

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, lecturer at the

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, and director of multiple violin festivals.

Biography

Wawrowski began playing the violin at the age of 6. He attended the Henryk Wieniawski Music School in

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and went on to study at the

. In his younger life Wawrowski was the student of Mirosław Ławrynowicz,

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, and

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. Janusz Wawrowski has performed as a soloist at concerts in the

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in Vienna,

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, Lithuanian National Philharmonic in

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, Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory in

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, Tel Aviv Music Center, Teatro Teresa Carreno in

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, and the Stuttgart Philharmonic. Throughout his career he has collaborated with conductors such as Conrad van Alphen, Łukasz Borowicz, Gabriel Chmura, Mykola Diadiura, Agnieszka Duczmal, Jacek Kaspszyk,

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, Juozas Domarkas, Daniel Raiskin, and

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. In 2013 Wawrowski defended his doctoral dissertation in musical arts at the

. He is currently a lecturer at this university in the department of instrumental studies. Wawrowski is the director of violin competitions such as Muzyka na Szczytach in

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(2009–2010) and Muzyczne Przestrzenie in Greater-Poland (since 2011). Wawrowski plays on the first and only Polish-owned

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since the

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. The violin, named ''Polonia'', was gifted to him by Polish business magnate Roman Ziemian. The instrument is said to have been built in1685, and is one of Antonio Stradivari's best preserved violins which are still in use today. In an interview, Wawrowski stated that ''Polonia'' was purchased for around 20 million PLN (about 5 million

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Awards

In recognition of his achievements in music Wawrowski was awarded with the title of ''Meritorious for Polish Culture'', by the

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in 2015. Throughout his career he has received many scholarships from the Polish Ministry of Culture. Wawrowski has participated in many local and international violin competitions. In 1996 he received the 1st place award at the Polish National Contest for Young Violinist's in

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as well as the 2nd place award in the International Violin Competition im. Rodziny Grobliczów in

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. Wawrowski won the 3rd place award twice, at the International Competition for Young Violinists in Kloster Schoental, Germany in 1997, and the 3rd place award at the

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International Competition for Young Violinists in

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, Germany in 2000. In 2006 he claimed the 3rd place prize at the International Violin Competition dedicated to

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. Wawrowski is a two-time recipient of the Polish

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music award. He was award his first Fryderk in 2017 for his album ''Sequenza'' and the second in 2019 for ''Hidden Violin''. ''Sequenza'' was later nominated for the International Classical Music Awards in 2018.

Discography

* 2007:

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: ''24 Caprices Op. 1'' (CD Accords) * 2016
Niccolò Paganini: ''24 Caprices Op. 1''
(reissue by Warner Classics) * 2016:

:''

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, Bjarne Brustad, Grażyna Bacewicz,

Krzysztof Penderecki Krzysztof Eugeniusz Penderecki (; 23 November 1933 – 29 March 2020) was a Polish composer and conductor. His best-known works include '' Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima'', Symphony No. 3, his '' St Luke Passion'', '' Polish Requiem'', '' ...

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, Tomasz Opałka, and Dariusz Przybylski (Warner Classics) * 2017:
Brillante
' with Stuttgart Philharmonic Orchestra: Wieniawski's '' Violin Concerto No. 2,'' Max Bruch's ''Scottisch Fantasy'' (Warner Classics) * 2019:
Hidden Violin
' with José Gallardo:

Henryk Wieniawski Henryk Wieniawski (; 10 July 183531 March 1880) was a Polish virtuoso violinist, composer, and pedagogue, who is regarded amongst the most distinguished violinists in history. His younger brother Józef Wieniawski and nephew :pl:Adam Tadeusz Wien ...

, Grażyna Bacewicz,

Karol Szymanowski Karol Maciej Szymanowski (; 3 October 188229 March 1937) was a Polish composer and pianist. He was a member of the modernism (music), modernist Young Poland movement that flourished in the late 19th and early 20th century. Szymanowski's early w ...

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, and

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(Warner Classics)

References

External links

Janusz Wawrowski's Official Page

Janusz Wawrowski's Youtube Channel
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