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JOLANTA SOSNOWSKA
Polish violinist Jolanta Sosnowska possesses a unique fusion of versatility, strength, and
sensitivity in both her playing and stage presence – a combination that is earning her the
acclaim of audiences and critics alike. She has been described as volcanic, instinctual, and
totally committed.
Jolanta comes from musically talented parents, an organ virtuoso and a violinist. She begun
playing the violin at the age of six.
Jolanta graduated from the Karol Szymanowski Music Lyceum and the Frederic Chopin Music
University in Warsaw in the violin class of Prof. Mirosław Ławrynowicz. She undertook her
second Master’s Degree, having received a Scholarship, at the University of Illinois in the
United States, under the tutelage of Prof. Sibbi Bernhardsson. Having become a winner of
The Paul Rolland Memorial Violin Competition, she received the Rolland String Award.
Jolanta continued her musical education at the Conservatory of Vienna with Prof. Werner
Hink. Further study at the Early Music Department of the Conservatory with Professors
Ulrike Engel and Gunar Letzbor. Thoughtfully & gradually Jolanta built a repertoire,
establishing a direction and development of her exceptional talent.
Jolanta’s knowledge and expertise of Baroque, Classical, Romantic & Contemporary violin
allows her to interpret each composer’s intent with remarkable intuition & sophistication.
Jolanta’s performances in Europe, United States, Peru, Mexico & Japan have received critical
acclaim and audience appreciation. As a zeallous proponent of Polish Romantic and
Contemporary works, few recently discovered, Jolanta has played and recorded Premier
Performances of these compositions. Some of the recent original works were created and
dedicated to her.
Having become a finalist and winner of several violin competitions has opened many
European concert doors. As a soloist, Jolanta performed at the renown Austrian Baroque
festivals such as the Austrian Resonanzen 2012 in the Viennese Konzerthaus and the
Innsbrucker Festwochen der Alten Musik 2012.
Jolanta enthusiastically participates & collaborates with numerous Baroque and Chamber
Music ensembles such as Ars Antiqua Austria, Harmoniae Suavitas, Altomonte Ensemble,
Ensemble 1765, Pandolifs Consort, Cambiata Wien and La Certa Basel. Concert tours have
led to number of performances in Concertgebouw Bruges for the Musica Antiqua Festival, at
the Vienna & Berlin Konzerthaus and the Prinzregententheater in Munich.
Jolanta has recorded concerts, CDs and documentaries for the Austrian Radio ORF, Polish TV
Trwam and labels like the Megavox, Sony Classical, Pan Classics, Deutsche Grammophon.
In 2011 Acte Prealable released the World Premiere CD recording of the Romantic Violin and
Chamber Works of composer Zygmunt Noskowski played by Jolanta Sosnowska.