Gustaw Bafeltowski

Gustaw Bafeltowski began his musical education at the age of 6 in a music school in Warsaw. From the earliest years he had the opportunity to experience music in many different forms, playing in various chamber music and orchestral ensembles. In his later training, his musicality was strongly influenced by Julius Berger, Marcin Zdunik, Andrzej Bauer, Danjulo Ishizaka and Steven Doane. He was awarded prizes at national and international competitions, including such important ones as the International Dotzauer Competition in Dresden, the International Wilkomirski Competition in Poznan, the International Bogdan Warchal Competition "Talents for Europe" in Dolny Kubin. In addition to participating in competitions, Gustaw has had the opportunity to perform at music festivals in Poland, Germany, Slovakia, Italy and China. He is part of Jacob Shaw's Scandinavian Cello School, which he has received support from since 2018. He is currently continuing his musical education at the Robert Schumann Hochschule under the direction of Pieter Wispelwey.