Zbigniew Czarnota
Zbigniew Czarnota – graduate of Karol
Lipiński Academy of Music in Wrocław, where he studied viola with Prof. F. Bryła,
he continued his education with Prof. Pál Lukács at F. Liszt Academy of
Music in Budapest. He won the First Prize at 2nd Jan Rakowski National Viola
Competition in Poznań (1980). Chamber musician, soloist and educator, he has
collaborated with top Polish symphony and chamber ensembles, incl. the Menuhin
Festival Orchestra and the Sinfonia Varsovia. He has led the viola section of
such ensembles, as “Leopoldinum” Polish Chamber Orchestra or the Vratislavia,
with which he has released several records and made numerous radio and TV
recordings. He has participated in most prestigious music festivals, incl. the
Warsaw Autumn, Chamber Music Festival in Łańcut, Mozart Festival in Copenhagen,
or the “Klang Bogen” Music Festival. He has played at such renowned European
concert venues, as the Berlin Philharmonic or the National Philharmonic in
Munich. Ministerial expert on professional promotion of music school teachers, he
runs numerous seminars and methodological courses throughout the country. His
students have won several well-known competitions, and play in chamber and
symphony ensembles throughout Europe. Founder of the biennial National Young
Viola Player Competition in Wrocław. Professor of Karol Lipiński Academy of
Music in Wrocław, where he teaches viola.
