DIRECTOR / VIOLIN
Between the 5-7th April, Maria Włoszczowska performed Mozart’s Violin Concerto no.5, K.219 with Orquestra XXI as part of their April tour to Porto and surrounding cities. The concerts in Viseu (5 Apr), Braga (6 Apr) and Porto (7 Apr) also featured a programme of Justė Janulytė Elongation of Nights and Schumann’s Symphony No. 2, Op.…Read more ›
Following her celebrated return to the US for sold-out recitals with Jeremy Denk in New York City and Philadelphia at the beginning of the year, Maria Włoszczowska joins the Chamber Orchestra of Europe for performances at Mozartwoche, Salzburg and Casals Forum, Kronberg on the 1st and 2nd February. Directing the ensemble for part of the…Read more ›
The Royal Northern Sinfonia has announced that Maria Włoszczowska is to become Artistic Partner from autumn 2024, a role created especially for her. The orchestra’s leader for the past two years, Maria has also directed a number of programmes with repertoire including Beethoven’s Violin Concerto and Bartok’s Divertimento for String Orchestra in that time. With…Read more ›
Following a busy season which began with her solo debut at the BBC Proms and included her Hong Kong debut and the launch of the Valo Quartet, Maria Włoszczowska begins her summer in Tenerife with the Orquesta Sinfónica de Tenerife. For the inaugural concert of the Festival de Música de Cámara Villa de la Orotava,…Read more ›
This week, Maria Włoszczowska tours Beethoven’s Violin Concerto with the Royal Northern Sinfonia, play/directing the orchestra in three concerts throughout England’s north. The programme also includes the Cavatina from Beethoven’s String Quartet Op. 130 and Bartók’s Divertimento. Next month in Gateshead, Maria joins Dinis Sousa in recital for a programme celebrating the Mendelssohns and the…Read more ›
In celebration of the 1st prize she won at the the 2018 Leipzig International Bach Competition, Maria Włoszczowska returns to Leipzig this week. On 11 March at the Gewandhaus Leipzig, Maria joins conductor Reinhard Goebel, fellow prize-winners Hed Yaron Meyerson and Maia Cabeza, and the Neues Bachisches Collegium Musicum, in a programme of concerti for…Read more ›
This Saturday 26 November, Maria Włoszczowska makes her Hong Kong debut at the Musicus Fest 10th Anniversary Concert directing the newly founded ensemble Musicus Soloists Hong Kong. She performs Vivaldi’s Concerto in G minor, RV 104, La Notte and directs works by Dvorak, Mendelssohn and Rameau in a programme which also features Mozart’s Piano Concerto…Read more ›
Leader Maria Włoszczowska is joined by Tim Crawford, Lilli Maijala and Amy Norrington to form the Valo Quartet. On 1st September at the Festival Resonances in Brussels, the Quartet performs Mozart’s String Quartet in D major “Hoffmeister” and Mendelssohn’s String Quartet in A minor.
Congratulations to Maria Włoszczowska who made her BBC Proms soloist debut last Sunday morning with the Royal Northern Sinfonia and Dinis Sousa. Performing the London premiere of Kaija Saariaho’s Vers toi qui es si loin, Maria ‘ventured through Saariaho’s soul-consuming extended lines with penetrating focus.’ (Claire Seymour, Seen and Heard International seenandheard-international.com)
Maria Włoszczowska is in New York this week to make her recital debut there, a concert which forms part of The 92nd Street Y’s ten-day festival The Bach-Mendelssohn Connection. Together with the distinguished pianist Jeremy Denk, Włoszczowska performs the Six Sonatas for Violin and Keyboard by Bach, an immersive experience for performers and audience alike.…Read more ›