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Barbara Żołnierczyk

Barbara Żołnierczyk is a graduate of the Ignacy Jan Paderewski Academy of Music in Poznań.

She is a prizewinner of numerous competitions, and has won first prizes at the 4th International Music Competition in Paris, the 10th International Music Competition in Belgrade, the 10th Zdzisław Jahnke National Violin Competition in Poznań, and the 11th Stanisław Serwaczyński National Competition for Young Violinists in Lublin.

She has also participated in the semi-finals of the Young Musician of the Year television competition and has twice received the Młoda Polska (“Young Poland”) scholarship.

Stage One

H. Wieniawski – La Vélocité, Op. 10 No. 2

H. Wieniawski – Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 15

E. Ysaÿe – Sonata for Solo Violin in G major, Op. 27 No. 5

[Pianist: Michał Francuz]

Stage Two

M. Ravel –Sonata No. 2 in G major, M. 77

C. Saint-Saëns – Étude in the form of a Waltz, Op. 52 No. 6 (by E. Ysaÿe)

K. Szymanowski –Sonata in D minor, Op. 9

Stage Three

M.P. Górecki – Concerto-Notturno, Op. 13

Stage Four

A. Dvořák – Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 53

Final

H. Wieniawski – Violin Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 22