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Winners

João da Silva

Audience award

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Amalia Obrębowska

Special award funded by Krzysztof Penderecki European Music Centre

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Aleksandra Kryńska

Classical violinist, jazz violinist and composer, graduate of the Academy of Music in Cracow in the class of Prof.…

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Anaïs Tecla Drago

Anaïs Drago is an Italian violinist, born in Biella in 1993. Winner of Top jazz 2022 (referendum organized by Musica…

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Hugo Van Rechem

Violinist, multi-instrumentalist and composer crossing bridges between contemporary music, electronic pop and jazz, Hugo…

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Tomohiro Ishii

Tomohiro Ishii - violinist, composer. Born in Tokyo in 1994, he started playing violin at the age of four. He has won…

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João da Silva

João’s musical journey is an awe-inspiring testament to the power of passion and dedication in transcending artistic…

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Amalia Obrębowska

Improviser, composer, leader of the Amalia Umeda Quartet, member of Hand to Earth. The instruments she uses most often…

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2024 -

Semi-finalists

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Aleksandra Kryńska

Classical violinist, jazz violinist and composer, graduate of the Academy of Music in Cracow in the class of Prof.…

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Anaïs Tecla Drago

Anaïs Drago is an Italian violinist, born in Biella in 1993. Winner of Top jazz 2022 (referendum organized by Musica…

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Hugo Van Rechem

Violinist, multi-instrumentalist and composer crossing bridges between contemporary music, electronic pop and jazz, Hugo…

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Tomohiro Ishii

Tomohiro Ishii - violinist, composer. Born in Tokyo in 1994, he started playing violin at the age of four. He has won…

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João da Silva

João’s musical journey is an awe-inspiring testament to the power of passion and dedication in transcending artistic…

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Amalia Obrębowska

Improviser, composer, leader of the Amalia Umeda Quartet, member of Hand to Earth. The instruments she uses most often…

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Winners

2022 -

Winners

2022 -

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Joao Silva

Violinist and composer, born in Ponte de Lima in Portugal in 1991. He comes from a family of amateur musicians. After…

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Wojciech Barteczek

He was born in 1996. Bielsko-Biała. He began his musical journey at the age of 6 playing the violin, guitar and piano.…

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Kacper Malisz

Kacper Malisz (born 03/10/1999) - violinist, composer. Through family traditions, he is deeply connected with…

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Gabriel Vieira

A multi-instrumentalist graduated from the University of the State of Santa Catarina (UDESC) - Brazil, in Violin…

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Amalia Obrębowska

Amalia “Umeda” Obrębowska Improvising violinist, composer, leader of the Amalia Umeda Quartet. Amalia started…

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Benjamin Sutin

Benjamin Sutin is a grammy-nominated jazz, latin jazz, and klezmer violinist based in the greater NYC area. He began his…

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Guilherme Pimenta

Guilherme Pimenta is part of a generation of violinists that have been bringing the instrument into Brazilian styles…

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Joao Silva

Violinist and composer, born in Ponte de Lima in Portugal in 1991. He comes from a family of amateur musicians. After…

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Lucy Southern

Originally from the San Francisco bay area in California, USA, Lucy Southern studied classical violin at the San…

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Wojciech Barteczek

He was born in 1996. Bielsko-Biała. He began his musical journey at the age of 6 playing the violin, guitar and piano.…

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Hirsch Serge

Serge Hirsch studied classical music at the conservatory of Amiens (violin, musical analysis) for a few years but his…

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Kacper Malisz

Kacper Malisz (born 03/10/1999) - violinist, composer. Through family traditions, he is deeply connected with…

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Gabriel Vieira

A multi-instrumentalist graduated from the University of the State of Santa Catarina (UDESC) - Brazil, in Violin…

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Amalia Obrębowska

Amalia “Umeda” Obrębowska Improvising violinist, composer, leader of the Amalia Umeda Quartet. Amalia started…

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Benjamin Sutin

Benjamin Sutin is a grammy-nominated jazz, latin jazz, and klezmer violinist based in the greater NYC area. He began his…

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Eduardo Bortolotti Lopez

Eduardo Bortolotti, Mexican jazz violinist and composer. Living for many years in Poland, graduated from the Karol…

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Winners

2020 -

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Kristijan Krajnčan

Special award founded by the Zbigniew Seifert Foundation (1.500 EURO)

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Greg Byers

The International Journalists Award (1.000 EURO)

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Gabriel Vieira

The audience award (concert organized by the Zbigniew Seifert Foundation)

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Dawid Czernik

Special awards: 1. for the best Polish participant founded by SAWP (1.000 EUROS) and 2. concert organized by the Krzysztof Penderecki European Music Centre in Lusławice

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Dickbauer Johannes

Violinist Johannes Dickbauer is renowned for his incredible versatility. Classically trained at the Curtis Institute in…

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Rohaut Youenn

Youenn Rohaut is a self-taught violinist who comes from a Celtic music background. He discovered jazz at the age of 16…

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Ashano Omer

NYC-based jazz violinist Omer Ashano was born in 1993. He started playing violin when he was six years old, later taking…

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Janinet Clement

After studying with Didier Lockwood and won a first prize at the National Conservatory of Paris in Jazz and improvised…

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Byers Greg

Greg Byers, M.M. uses his talents as a performer, composer, educator and producer to share the wisdom and beauty of…

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Vieira Gabriel

A multi-instrumentalist graduated from the University of the State of Santa Catarina (UDESC) - Brazil, in Violin…

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2020 - Semi-finalists

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Pearce John

Born in Bristol into a musical family, John Pearce began learning the violin at the age of seven. By the age of eleven,…

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Silva João

Violinist and composer, born in Ponte de Lima in Portugal in 1991. He comes from a family of amateur musicians. After…

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Ingham Dominic

British violinist, singer and composer based in London, who seeks to combine violin techniques from his folk and…

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Krajnčan Kristijan

Kristijan Krajnčan is a drummer, cellist, composer and filmmaker. Born in Slovenia in 1986, he started playing…

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Dickbauer Johannes

Violinist Johannes Dickbauer is renowned for his incredible versatility. Classically trained at the Curtis Institute in…

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Terracciano Gabriel

A native of Portland, Maine, Gabriel Terracciano has been playing the violin since the age of three. After eight years…

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Dešukas Tadas

Tadas Dešukas is famed for his talent as an improviser Tadas Dešukas studied violin at the National M.K. Čiurlionis…

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Rudanovski Kristjan

Since 2016 he is studying at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre with professor Mari Tampere-Bezrodny who he…

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Rohaut Youenn

Youenn Rohaut is a self-taught violinist who comes from a Celtic music background. He discovered jazz at the age of 16…

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Ashano Omer

NYC-based jazz violinist Omer Ashano was born in 1993. He started playing violin when he was six years old, later taking…

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Janinet Clement

After studying with Didier Lockwood and won a first prize at the National Conservatory of Paris in Jazz and improvised…

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Byers Greg

Greg Byers, M.M. uses his talents as a performer, composer, educator and producer to share the wisdom and beauty of…

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Vieira Gabriel

A multi-instrumentalist graduated from the University of the State of Santa Catarina (UDESC) - Brazil, in Violin…

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Czernik Dawid

Polish jazz violinist born in 1993, he spent his childhood in Poronin in the Polish Tatra Mountains, where he was…

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Forte Mario

1st Prize

Mario Forte Born in Tlemcen in Algeria, he was introduced to making music at the age of three, and to violin a year…

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Al-Rubaye Layth

2nd Prize

Layth Sidiq Globally acclaimed violinist and composer Layth Sidiq is a leading Middle Eastern violinist on the world…

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Terracciano Gabriel

3th Prize

Gabriel Terracciano has been playing the violin since the age of three. After eight years of strictly classical…

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Obrębowska Amalia

Audience Award

Amalia Obrębowska Amalia has been playing violin since she was 7, but her adventure with improvisation did not start…

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Al-Rubaye Layth

Layth Sidiq Globally acclaimed violinist and composer Layth Sidiq is a leading Middle Eastern violinist on the world…

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Delzant Cécile

Cécile Delzant began playing the violin at the age of five and starts studying classical violin at the conservatory of…

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Forte Mario

Mario Forte Born in Tlemcen in Algeria, he was introduced to making music at the age of three, and to violin a year…

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Terracciano Gabriel

Gabriel Terracciano has been playing the violin since the age of three. After eight years of strictly classical…

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von Gutzeit Benni

Benjamin “Benni” von Gutzeit – was born in Bochum, Germany and endowed with a strong musical heritage. His father,…

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Al-Rubaye Layth

Layth Sidiq Globally acclaimed violinist and composer Layth Sidiq is a leading Middle Eastern violinist on the world…

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Byers Greg

Greg Byers uses his talents as a performer, composer, educator and producer to share the wisdom and beauty of great…

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Delzant Cécile

Cécile Delzant began playing the violin at the age of five and starts studying classical violin at the conservatory of…

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Dešukas Tadas

Tadas Dešukas Famed for his talent as an improviser Tadas Dešukas studied violin at the National M.K. Čiurlionis…

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Dumitriu George

George Dumitru Active as a performer and composer in the field of jazz/improvised music and theatremusic, the Romanian…

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Forte Mario

Mario Forte Born in Tlemcen in Algeria, he was introduced to making music at the age of three, and to violin a year…

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Hałat Marcin

Marcin Hałat graduate of the Faculty of Jazz and Popular Music of the Academy of Music in Katowice in Henryk…

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Obrębowska Amalia

Amalia Obrębowska Amalia has been playing violin since she was 7, but her adventure with improvisation did not start…

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Palazón González Francisco

Francisco Palazón González Born in Madrid, violinist and violist. He obtains the bachelor’s degree of Classic Violin…

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Rohaut Youenn

Youenn Rohaut. Youenn was born in Brittany, an area in western France which has a strong culture in tradition and music.…

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Terracciano Gabriel

Gabriel Terracciano has been playing the violin since the age of three. After eight years of strictly classical…

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von Gutzeit Benni

Benjamin “Benni” von Gutzeit – was born in Bochum, Germany and endowed with a strong musical heritage. His father,…

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Smoczyński Mateusz

1st award

Mateusz Smoczyński graduated from the Fryderyk Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw in the class of Andrzej Gębski. He…

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Carod Requesens Apel·les

2nd ex aequo

Apel-les Carod Requesens, a jazz violinist and composer, was born in Cambrils in Catalonia in 1989. He started playing…

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Rusinowska Dominika

Audience award

Dominika Rusinowska, a violinist born in 1989, completed primary and secondary music schools in Przemyśl, and graduated…

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Forte Mario

3rd award

Mario Forte, a violinist, composer and conductor. He took interest in music at the age of three, and began to play the…

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Willeitner Florian

2nd award ex aequo

Florian Willeitner is a German violinist, composer, and arranger. His works have premiered at major halls and festivals,…

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Braun Stephan

Stephan Braun, born in 1978 in Germany, studied classical cello and jazz cello at the universities of Hamburg and…

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Carod Requesens Apel·les

Apel-les Carod Requesens, a jazz violinist and composer, was born in Cambrils in Catalonia in 1989. He started playing…

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Forte Mario

Mario Forte, a violinist, composer and conductor. He took interest in music at the age of three, and began to play the…

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Smoczyński Mateusz

Mateusz Smoczyński graduated from the Fryderyk Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw in the class of Andrzej Gębski. He…

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Willeitner Florian

Florian Willeitner is a German violinist, composer, and arranger. His works have premiered at major halls and festivals,…

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Braun Stephan

Stephan Braun, born in 1978 in Germany, studied classical cello and jazz cello at the universities of Hamburg and…

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Carod Requesens Apel·les

Apel-les Carod Requesens, a jazz violinist and composer, was born in Cambrils in Catalonia in 1989. He started playing…

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Forte Mario

Mario Forte, a violinist, composer and conductor. He took interest in music at the age of three, and began to play the…

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Hałat Marcin

Marcin Hałat graduated from the Faculty of Jazz of the Academy of Music in Katowice in the class of the violin of…

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Lenczowski Krzysztof

Krzysztof Lenczowski was born in Kraków in 1986, a graduate of the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw in…

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Rusinowska Dominika

Dominika Rusinowska, a violinist born in 1989, completed primary and secondary music schools in Przemyśl, and graduated…

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Sighartner Florian

Florian Sighartner was born in 1980 in Linz in Austria. He started to play violin at the age of ten. At the age of 16,…

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Smoczyński Mateusz

Mateusz Smoczyński graduated from the Fryderyk Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw in the class of Andrzej Gębski. He…

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Willeitner Florian

Florian Willeitner is a German violinist, composer, and arranger. His works have premiered at major halls and festivals,…

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Dworak Bartosz

1st prize

​Bartosz Dworak was born on the 11-th of April 1988 in Dabrowa Tarnowska town. At the age of 6 he started his music…

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Carod Requesens Apel·les

2nd award

(Cambrils, Catalonia, 1989). Jazz violinist and composer based in Barcelona. He started playing the violin at age 8,…

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Lubowicz Dawid

3rd prize ex aequo

​Dawid Lubowicz comes from Zakopane, from a family of rich music tradition. As a child he was a student of M. Galica…

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Słowiński Stanisław

Audience award

​Violinist, arranger, composer, music producer, and multi-instrumentalist. He took up the violin in the fifth year of…

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Janoska Roman

3rd award ex aequo

​Roman Janoska was born in 1989 in Bratislava into a musical family, which took note of his talent in his early…

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Bittmann Klemens

violinist, violist, mandolinist, composer, arranger. Born in Graz / Austria. Classical Violin studies at the University…

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Carod Requesens Apel·les

(Cambrils, Catalonia, 1989). Jazz violinist and composer based in Barcelona. He started playing the violin at age 8,…

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Dworak Bartosz

​Bartosz Dworak was born on the 11-th of April 1988 in Dabrowa Tarnowska town. At the age of 6 he started his music…

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Janoska Roman

​Roman Janoska was born in 1989 in Bratislava into a musical family, which took note of his talent in his early…

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Lubowicz Dawid

​Dawid Lubowicz comes from Zakopane, from a family of rich music tradition. As a child he was a student of M. Galica…

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Anick Jason

​Talk to the abundantly gifted violinist and mandolin player Jason Anick and the phrase “ jazz without borders”…

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Bittmann Klemens

violinist, violist, mandolinist, composer, arranger. Born in Graz / Austria. Classical Violin studies at the University…

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Carod Requesens Apel·les

(Cambrils, Catalonia, 1989). Jazz violinist and composer based in Barcelona. He started playing the violin at age 8,…

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Dworak Bartosz

​Bartosz Dworak was born on the 11-th of April 1988 in Dabrowa Tarnowska town. At the age of 6 he started his music…

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Górewicz Łukasz

Ł​ukasz Górewicz was born in 1980 in Szczecin, where he took his first steps into the world of music. From the very…

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Janoska Roman

​Roman Janoska was born in 1989 in Bratislava into a musical family, which took note of his talent in his early…

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Lubowicz Dawid

​Dawid Lubowicz comes from Zakopane, from a family of rich music tradition. As a child he was a student of M. Galica…

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Omura Tomoko

Tomoko Omura is among today’s leading voices in jazz violin. “Roots”, her debut album for Inner Circle, is a…

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Slongo Eva

​After studying classical violin, obtaining her teaching diploma from the Conservatory of Fribourg (Switzerland) and…

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Słowiński Stanisław

​Violinist, arranger, composer, music producer, and multi-instrumentalist. He took up the violin in the fifth year of…

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