Employees

ad. dr hab.

Agnieszka Marucha

violin

Fot. Barbara Piotrowska

Dr. Agnieszka Marucha – prizewinner in numerous competitions, soloist, chamber musician and teacher. She is an Assistant Professor at the Chopin University in Warsaw and guest profesor in Keimyung University in Daegu (South Korea). A versatile musician performing a wide repertoire from all periods on both modern and periods instruments. In 2011–2017 she was a Leader of the Opium String Quartet. She regularly performs with various eminent chamber ensembles around Europe and teaches at the annual music courses Bosa Antica (Italy), Zenon Brzewski International Music Courses (Łańcut, Poland) and UMFC’s Courses Chopin-Górecki. Recently Ms Marucha has given master classes in Brunei, China, Denmark, Italy and Scotland. In 2009 she was the Leader of the Danish Chamber Players and the Storstroms Symphony Orchestra (Denmark). In 2011 she worked with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra as the Leader of the 2^nd Violins. Ms Marucha is an active propagator of Polish and Swiss music, which led to recordings on Dux, CdAccord and Acte Prealable labels.

Ms Marucha comes from a family with strong musical traditions. She is a graduate of the Chopin Music University in Warsaw, Zuid Nederlanse Hogeschool voor Musiek in Maastrich and the Hochschule der Künste in Bern where she studied with Mirosław Ławrynowicz, Robert Szreder and Monika Urbaniak-Lisik respectively. In 2008 she completed the Doctorate Programme at the Chopin Music University under the mentorship of Professor Jan Stanienda. She also studied baroque violin with Chiara Banchini at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis in Switzerland.

Ms Marucha was awarded the 3^rd Prize at the 5^th International Szymanowski Violin Comeptition in Łódź, 1^st Prize at the National Violin Auditions in Elbląg and a Distinction as well as a Special Prize a the 4^th Jahnke Violin Competition in Poznań. For two years in a row she was the recipient of the Studienpreis at the Kiefer Hablitzel Foundation Competition in Bern. As a member of the Polish Duo she was awarded the 1^st Prize as well as several Special Prizes at the 1^st International Chamber Music Competition in Zakopane and the 2^nd Prize, and the Gaudeamus Foundation Prize at the Penderecki Contemporary Music Competition in Cracow. Concert engagements have taken her to most European countries as well to Asia. She has taken part in many Festivals across Europe and performed as a soloist with the Bern Symphony Orchestra, Anglian Chamber Players, Aurora Philharmonic, Symphony Orchestra of the Chopin Music University, Łańcut International Festival Orchestra and various other symphony orchestras across Poland. As a member of the Ensemble Modern she has performed in many major venues including the Philharmonie in Berlin, Baden-Baden Festispielhaus, Alte Oper in Frankfurt, Amsterdam Concertgebouw and Salle Pleyel in Paris. She has worked with such conductors as Pierre Boulez, Peter Eotvös and Paavo Järvi. Ms Marucha has made many recordings for radio and television stations.