Mariusz Patyra (born 21 November 1977 in

Orzysz Orzysz (English pronunciation , ) is a town in northeastern Poland, in the Pisz County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, with 7,512 inhabitants (2007). It is located on Orzysz Lake in the region of Masuria. A garrison of the Polish Armed Forces i ...

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) is a Polish

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ist. He won First Prize in the International Violin Competition "Premio Paganini" (

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2001).

Career

In 2001, Mariusz Patyra’s artistic career took off when he won the Niccolo Paganini International Violin Competition. At the same time, Patyra was awarded a special prize for best interpretation of the Paganini Caprices, and was presented with a copy of Paganini’s violin, “ Il Cannone”. Mariusz Patyra performed on Niccolo Paganini’s original “

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” during a later concert. Mariusz Patyra began his music education at the age of six. He studied under Prof. J. Kucharski at the

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; Prof. K.Wegrzyn and Prof. I. Kertscher at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in

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. In October 2000, he received the scholarship of Walter Stauffer Academy in

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, where he studied under Maestro

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. He is a prize winner of th
J. Joachim International Violin Competition
in

and a laureate of the Stradivari International Competition in

(1998). In addition, he won the Fourth Prize at th
Carl Nielsen International Violin Competition
as well as the Extra Prize from the

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Symphony Orchestra (

2000). Mariusz Patyra’s accomplishments launched performance tours all over the world, including Italy, Poland, Spain, Czech Republic, Russia, Austria, Germany, the United States, Mexico and Japan. He played with such distinguished orchestras a
Filharmonica Fondazione

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, Orchestra di Roma, Orchestra Filarmonica Marchigiana, the

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, the Polish Radio Chamber Orchestra (“Amadeus”), the

Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra The Warsaw Philharmonic (full Polish name: ''Orkiestra Filharmonii Narodowej w Warszawie'', "National Philharmonic Orchestra in Warsaw"), as it is legally set up, is a Polish orchestra based in Warsaw. Founded in 1901, its home is the Warsaw ...

, Sinfonia Varsovia, Jalisco Philharmonic Orchestra and the Tokyo Royal Chamber Orchestra. The recordings he has made for Polish, German and Italian radio give insight into the mastery and sensitivity of this young artist. Mariusz Patyra plays a copy of the Guarneri del Gesu 1733, built by Christian Erichson (Hannover 2003), as well as a copy of "Il Cannone" 1742, built by John.B.Erwin (Dallas 2000).

Selected discography

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: The Four Seasons'', Lipinski Royal Fidelity, 2008 *'' Paganini: Violin Concerto No 1'', DUX, 2008 *'' Wieniawski: Violin Concertos No 1 in f# minor & No 2 in d minor'', DUX, 2008

External links

Mariusz Patyra Official Facebook

Official Website
1977 births Living people People from Orzysz Polish male classical violinists Paganini Competition prize-winners 21st-century Polish classical violinists 21st-century Polish male musicians {{poland-musician-stub