2024 - 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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2024 -

Aleksandra Kryńska

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

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Anaïs Tecla Drago

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

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Hugo Van Rechem

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

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Tomohiro Ishii

Tomohiro Ishii - violinist, composer. Born in Tokyo in 1994, he started playing violin at the age...

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João da Silva

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

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Amalia Obrębowska

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

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2024 - Semi-finalists

Aleksandra Kryńska

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

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Anaïs Tecla Drago

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

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Hugo Van Rechem

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

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Tomohiro Ishii

Tomohiro Ishii - violinist, composer. Born in Tokyo in 1994, he started playing violin at the age...

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João da Silva

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

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Amalia Obrębowska

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

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Winners

2022 - Winners

2022 -

Joao Silva

Violinist and composer, born in Ponte de Lima in Portugal in 1991. He comes from a family...

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Wojciech Barteczek

He was born in 1996. Bielsko-Biała. He began his musical journey at the age of 6 playing ...

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Kacper Malisz

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

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Gabriel Vieira

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

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Amalia Obrębowska

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

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Benjamin Sutin

Benjamin Sutin is a grammy-nominated jazz, latin jazz, and klezmer violinist based in the greater NYC...

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2022 -

Guilherme Pimenta

Guilherme Pimenta is part of a generation of violinists that have been bringing the instrument into...

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Joao Silva

Violinist and composer, born in Ponte de Lima in Portugal in 1991. He comes from a family...

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Lucy Southern

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

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Wojciech Barteczek

He was born in 1996. Bielsko-Biała. He began his musical journey at the age of 6 playing ...

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Hirsch Serge

Serge Hirsch studied classical music at the conservatory of Amiens (violin, musical analysis) for a few...

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Kacper Malisz

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

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Gabriel Vieira

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

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Amalia Obrębowska

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

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Benjamin Sutin

Benjamin Sutin is a grammy-nominated jazz, latin jazz, and klezmer violinist based in the greater NYC...

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Eduardo Bortolotti Lopez

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

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Winners

2020 -

Kristijan Krajnčan

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

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Johannes Dickbauer

2nd prize (5.000 EURO)

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Youenn Rohaut

2nd award (5.000 EURO)

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Omer Ashano

3rd prize (2.000 EURO)

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Clement Janinet

3rd award (2.000 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...

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Ashano Omer

NYC-based jazz violinist Omer Ashano was born in 1993. He started playing violin when he was six...

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Janinet Clement

After studying with Didier Lockwood and won a first prize at the National Conservatory of Paris...

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Byers Greg

Greg Byers, M.M. uses his talents as a performer, composer, educator and producer to share...

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Vieira Gabriel

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

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2020 - Semi-finalists

Pearce John

Born in Bristol into a musical family, John Pearce began learning the violin at the age...

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Silva João

Violinist and composer, born in Ponte de Lima in Portugal in 1991. He comes from a family...

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Ingham Dominic

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

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Krajnčan Kristijan

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

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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...

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Dešukas Tadas

Tadas Dešukas is famed for his talent as an improviser Tadas Dešukas studied violin a...

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Rudanovski Kristjan

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

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Rohaut Youenn

Youenn Rohaut is a self-taught violinist who comes from a Celtic music background. He discovered jazz...

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Ashano Omer

NYC-based jazz violinist Omer Ashano was born in 1993. He started playing violin when he was six...

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Janinet Clement

After studying with Didier Lockwood and won a first prize at the National Conservatory of Paris...

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Byers Greg

Greg Byers, M.M. uses his talents as a performer, composer, educator and producer to share...

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Vieira Gabriel

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

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Czernik Dawid

Polish jazz violinist born in 1993, he spent his childhood in Poronin in the Polish Tatra Mountains,...

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Forte Mario

1st Prize

Mario Forte Born in Tlemcen in Algeria, he was introduced to making music at the age...

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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...

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Terracciano Gabriel

3th Prize

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

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Obrębowska Amalia

Audience Award

Amalia Obrębowska Amalia has been playing violin since she was 7, but her adventure with improvisation ...

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Al-Rubaye Layth

Layth Sidiq Globally acclaimed violinist and composer Layth Sidiq is a leading Middle Eastern violinist on...

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Delzant Cécile

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

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Forte Mario

Mario Forte Born in Tlemcen in Algeria, he was introduced to making music at the age...

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Terracciano Gabriel

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

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von Gutzeit Benni

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

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Al-Rubaye Layth

Layth Sidiq Globally acclaimed violinist and composer Layth Sidiq is a leading Middle Eastern violinist on...

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Byers Greg

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

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Delzant Cécile

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

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Dešukas Tadas

Tadas Dešukas Famed for his talent as an improviser Tadas Dešukas studied violin at t...

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Dumitriu George

George Dumitru Active as a performer and composer in the field of jazz/improvised music and...

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Forte Mario

Mario Forte Born in Tlemcen in Algeria, he was introduced to making music at the age...

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Hałat Marcin

Marcin Hałat graduate of the Faculty of Jazz and Popular Music of the Academy of ...

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Obrębowska Amalia

Amalia Obrębowska Amalia has been playing violin since she was 7, but her adventure with improvisation ...

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Palazón González Francisco

Francisco Palazón González Born in Madrid, violinist and violist. He obtains the bachelor’s deg...

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Rohaut Youenn

Youenn Rohaut. Youenn was born in Brittany, an area in western France which has a strong...

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Terracciano Gabriel

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

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von Gutzeit Benni

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

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Smoczyński Mateusz

1st award

Mateusz Smoczyński graduated from the Fryderyk Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw in the class ...

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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...

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Rusinowska Dominika

Audience award

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

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Forte Mario

3rd award

Mario Forte, a violinist, composer and conductor. He took interest in music at the age of...

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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...

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Braun Stephan

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

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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...

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Forte Mario

Mario Forte, a violinist, composer and conductor. He took interest in music at the age of...

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Smoczyński Mateusz

Mateusz Smoczyński graduated from the Fryderyk Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw in the class ...

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Willeitner Florian

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

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Braun Stephan

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

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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...

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Forte Mario

Mario Forte, a violinist, composer and conductor. He took interest in music at the age of...

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Hałat Marcin

Marcin Hałat graduated from the Faculty of Jazz of the Academy of Music in Katowice ...

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Lenczowski Krzysztof

Krzysztof Lenczowski was born in Kraków in 1986, a graduate of the Fryderyk Chopin University of ...

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Rusinowska Dominika

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

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Sighartner Florian

Florian Sighartner was born in 1980 in Linz in Austria. He started to play violin at the...

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Smoczyński Mateusz

Mateusz Smoczyński graduated from the Fryderyk Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw in the class ...

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Willeitner Florian

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

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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 o...

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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 w...

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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 o...

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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 t...

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Bittmann Klemens

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

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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 o...

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Janoska Roman

​Roman Janoska was born in 1989 in Bratislava into a musical family, which took note of his t...

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Lubowicz Dawid

​Dawid Lubowicz comes from Zakopane, from a family of rich music tradition. As a child he w...

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Anick Jason

​Talk to the abundantly gifted violinist and mandolin player Jason Anick and the phrase “ jazz without bor...

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Bittmann Klemens

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

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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 o...

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Górewicz Łukasz

Ł​ukasz Górewicz was born in 1980 in Szczecin, where he took his first steps into the wor...

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Janoska Roman

​Roman Janoska was born in 1989 in Bratislava into a musical family, which took note of his t...

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Lubowicz Dawid

​Dawid Lubowicz comes from Zakopane, from a family of rich music tradition. As a child he w...

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Omura Tomoko

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

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Slongo Eva

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

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Słowiński Stanisław

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

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