<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\nMaria Wesierska \u2013 violinist, musician, culture manager, editor.
\nBorn in Lancut, Poland, Ms. Wesierska was brought up in a very artistic atmosphere. In 2000 she graduated with distinction from the Teodor Leszetycki School of Music in Lancut and was invited by Counts Rosa and Stanislaw Potocki to perform in Lancut\u2019s Castle \u2013 Museum and the famed \u201cCasa Polonia\u201d in Lima, Peru. Ms. Wesierska was a prizewinner at Young Artists Competition on numerous occasions, at the local and national level. After a year in Rzeszow Music School she decided to take a hiatus in her music education to develop her other interests in arts, theatre and the humanities. She had cooperated with \u201cMaska\u2019 Theatre and Wanda Siemaszkowa\u2019s Theater in Rzeszow, participated in numerous theatre workshops and science Olympiads, co-created international projects and took part in EU\u2019s international student exchange programs.
\nAfter she graduated with distinction from John Paul II\u2019s High School, fascinated by Germanistics, Ms. Wesierska got accepted to the German Philology Faculty at the University of Rzeszow.
\nIn 2007, after a 6-year hiatus from music education, Ms. Wesierska returned to the violin and was accepted to the Music Academy of Bydgoszcz as the highest-ranked candidate, where she had an opportunity to study with Professor Marcin Baranowski. On assistant Jadwiga Stanek\u2019s initiative she was appointed the first violinist of string quartet which had later captured 2nd prize in Academy\u2019s Chamber Music Competition in Bydgoszcz, 2009 (1st prize not awarded). This performance was enthusiastically received by musicians of the internationally-acclaimed Silesian Quartet who offered their artistic guidance and tutelage.
\nIn 2010 Ms. Wesierska completed her Bachelor\u2019s Degree and currently is a Master\u2019s candidate at the Fryderyk Chopin\u2019s University of Music in Warsaw under Professor Julia Jakimowicz-Jakowicz.
\nDuring her musical education Ms. Wesierska had the honor to cooperate with such Professors as Marcin Baranowski, Helen Brunner, Antoni Cofalik, Julia Jakimowicz-Jakowicz, Krzysztof Wegrzyn and Wanda Wilkomirska. She participated in multiple international courses and masterclasses worldwide i. e. Master Classes in Hochschule fur Musik Theater und Medien in Hannover and Universitat Mozarteum in Salzburg.
\nAs a violinist she has cooperated with Vienna Morphing Orchestra, International Symphony Orchestra in Lanciano, Pan \u2013 European Philharmonia, Royal Symphony Orchestra of Warsaw, Witold Lutoslawski\u2019s Plock Symphony Orchestra, Karol Namyslowski\u2019s Symphony Orchestra of Zamosc , Pomeranian Philharmonic of Bydgoszcz, Torun Symphony Orchestra and many others.
\nIn 2011 she completed a Postgraduate Course in Culture Management in EU Structures and Postgraduate Course in Editing at the Institute of Literary Research of the Polish Academy of Science.<\/p>\n