Jakub Haufa
Jakub Haufa in 2001... ... and in 2012 Phot. A. Świetlik
Jakub
Haufa, born in 1980 in Poznań, graduated with a distinction from the Ignacy
Jan Paderewski Academy of Music in Poznań after studies with Jadwiga
Kaliszewska (2003). He developed his abilities with Charles Treger, Manfred
Scherzer, Marina Jashvili, Krzysztof Węgrzyn, Wanda Wiłkomirska, Toru Yasunaga
and Alessandro Cappone. He obtained scholarships from the City Council of
Poznań (2001) and the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage (2000–2003); he
was also awarded in the 6th “Young Poland” Scholarship Programme in 2009. Since September 2003, Jakub Haufa has been on the faculty of his Alma
Mater in Poznań, where in May 2008 he was granted a doctoral degree.
Jakub Haufa has won numerous awards and distinctions in national and international violin competitions, including: the 2nd prize in the National Stanisław Serwaczyński Competition for Young Violinists in Lublin (1999), the 2nd prize in the 6th National Zdzisław Jahnke Competition for Violinists in Poznań (1999), and an honourable mention in the 12th International Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition in Poznań (2001).
12th International Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition (2001). Phot. R. Świątkowski.
As a soloist, he has performed with such eminent artists as: Krzysztof
Penderecki, Jacek Kaspszyk, Jerzy Maksymiuk, Jan Krenz, Grzegorz Nowak,
Jean-Jacques Kantorow, Marc Minkowski, Nigel Kennedy, Albrecht Mayer, Gabor
Boldoczki, Michael Nyman (music for the film Jestem – I Am) and
Jarosław Śmietana, in such famous concert halls as e.g. the Suntory Hall in
Tokyo, philharmonic halls in Berlin, Munich and Cologne, Leipzig Gewandhaus,
the Alte Oper in Frankfurt, the Tonhalle in Düsseldorf, Theatre des
Champs-Elysees, Les and Theatre du Chatelet in Paris, the Concertgebouw in
Amsterdam, the Konzerthaus in Vienna, the Tonhalle in Zurich, Auditorio
Nacional de Musica in Madrid and Berwaldhallen in Stockholm. He has appeared as
a soloist at such festivals as La Folle Journee, La Roque d’Antheron and the
Baltic Sea Festival. Since 2003, Jakub Haufa has been the principal concert master of the
Sinfonia Varsovia orchestra, with which he has toured throughout the world and
recorded extensively for the radio, television and record companies. He has
frequently led the Polish Chamber Orchestra
– Sinfonia Varsovia from the concert master’s chair during concerts and
recording sessions which featured such musicians as Nigel Kennedy, Vadim Repin,
Albrecht Mayer, Sir James Galway, Gabor Boldoczki, Sergey Nakariakov, Boris
Berezovsky and Ryu Goto.
In 2006, EMI released the DVD Live at the Citadelle, containing the Polish Chamber Orchestra’s concert at Carcassonne in France with Jakub Haufa and Nigel Kennedy as soloists in Antonio Vivaldi’s Concerto in C major for two violins. The concert was also frequently broadcast on TV by MEZZO. In August 2006, Deutsche Grammophon brought out the solo album New Seasons by the oboist Albrecht Mayer (followed in 2007 by a DVD), on which Jakub Haufa features as the concert master and a soloist. In March 2012 played as a guest concertmaster with the National Symphony Orchestra of Polish Radio in Katowice.
Autumn 2012 in cooperation with the Polish Radio Programme and CD Accord released his album of Strauss and Shostakovich Sonatas and the world premiere recording of Krzysztof Penderecki Ciaccona version for violin and viola. The album was recorded with pianist Marcin Sikorski and violist Katarzyna Budnik-Gałązka.
The artist plays an early 19th-century violin built by Nicolas Lupot and
an instrument specially
built for him by Stephan von Baehr (Paris, 2010). The bow was also specially made
and dedicated to him by Benoit Rolland (Boston, 2010).
