Agnieszka Podłucka – violinist and violist. She is a graduate from the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw (diploma with distinction) where she studied in Jan Stanienda violin class and in professor Piotr Reichert viola class. Currently she is an assistant in the viola and chamber music class at her maternal University. She has the position in National Radio Symphony Orchestra in Katowice as Principal violist. Since 2020 Agnieszka studies the baroque violin with dr Martyna Pastuszka at Academy of Music in Katowice.  

Agnieszka has been already awared at many national and international violin, viola  and chamber music competitions: Primuz International Strings Competition (2021, 1st prize),
67. ARD International Music Competition in Munich  (2018, second round), Michał Spisak XI International Music Competition (2017, 1st prize),  I Intercollegiate Viola Competition (2017, 1st prize), II Baltic Competition for String Duos  (2016, 1st prize), II Chamber Music Competition in students category (2015, 1st prize),  XX International Johannes Brahms Competition (2012, semifinal); IV Tadeusz Wronski  Young Solo Violin Competition (2012, distinction).  

She has attended master classes and festivals (violin, viola, chamber music, orchestra)  such as International Summer Academy of the University of Music and Performing Arts  Vienna; Musethica International Chamber Music Festival in Spain, Sweden and Germany;  International Chamber Music Festival Ensemble in Wałbrzych; International Chamber Music  Festival Quarto Mondi in Poznań; Singer’s Warsaw Festival; Summer Academy of Music with  Scharoun Ensemble from Berliner Philharmoniker; iPalpiti Festival in United States.  

She has worked with Tabea Zimmerman, Jerzy Kosamala, Stefan Kamasa,  Wolfgang Boettcher, Peter Riegelbauer, Micha Afkham, Wolfram Brandl, Christoph Horak,  Jose Gallardo, Avri Levitan, Agata Szymczewska, Marcin Zdunik, Krzysztof Jakowicz,  Jakub Jakowicz, Marcin Baranowski, Krzysztof Chorzelski, Danuta Głowacka-Pitet.  

Agnieszka Podłucka has performed extensively as a soloist, chamber and orchestral musician  in her native Poland in such halls as the National Philharmonic Hall, Royal Castle in Warsaw,  Łańcut Castle, National Forum of Music in Breslau, Polish National Radio Symphony  Orchestra in Katowice, Książ Castle in Wałbrzych, as well as in different parts of Europe,  Germany, Holland, Spain, Japan, South Korea, United States. She was a member of Sinfonia  Varsovia Academy as a violist. She took part in orchestra tours with European Union Youth  Orchestra and Baltic Sea Philharmonic.  

She was awarded the “Polish Minister of Culture and National Heritage” scholarship.