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Former Laureate of the Wieniawski becomes new Chair

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Agata Szymczewska takes the helm at the violin competition in Poznań

 

Agata Szymczewska, violinist, winner of 13th International Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition in Poznań in 2006 was elected new Chair of the Board. Holder of “Polityka” Passport Prize, four “Fryderyk” Music Awards, as well as London Music Masters Award, the first violinist of Karol Szymanowski Quartet holds post-doctorate degree and works as professor at Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw. Ambassador of 16th Henryk Wieniawski International Violin Competition (in the picture), she is winner of the 2022 Koryfeusz Muzyki Polskiej (Coryphaeus of Polish Music) Award in the category Personality of the Year.

The Wieniawski Board 2023-2026 (from the left): Przemysław Olejnik, Monika Kusz, Włodzimierz Walkowiak, Agata Szymczewska – Chair, Karolina Kaźmierczak, Bartek Nizioł – Deputy Chair, Alina Mądry.

"As Chair, I am certain to get tremendous support from the Society’s Office, as well as from members of the new Board. Together we will be able to build not only the most recognisable element of the Society’s operation, i.e. International Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition, but also other events, such as the international violin-making competition, festivals, national events (here, it is the upcoming Zdzisław Jahnke competition which precedes the Wieniawski event that is worth mentioning). Ideas abound.

My dream is to expand the range of our activities into, say, education, into projects undertaken with the young generation in mind. There are countless talents in Poland, not only in the violin category, but in other instruments, too. If we were to find a niche in our operation whereby we could support such young talents in the form of, say, a scholarship fund for the young, I would be happy."

- said Agata Szymczewska.

The remaining Members of the Board – which in the current term consists in seven persons – are: Karolina Kaźmierczak, Monika Kusz, Alina Mądry, Bartłomiej Nizioł – Deputy Chair, Przemysław Olejnik, Włodzimierz Walkowiak.

Karolina Kaźmierczak remains General Manager of the Society’s Office.

WFIMC sends its congratulations and wishes Agata Szymczewska much success in her endeavours on behalf of the Wieniawski Competition.

 

©WFIMC 2023

Foto Credits: ©Krzysztof Mystkowski/ Wieniawski Music Society