Biography of Prof. Marcin Baranowski
A violinist, performing both solo and in chamber ensembles, and a teacher of violin. A laureate of music competitions recognised as one of the most prominent Polish professors of music. He remains attached to the city of Poznan, where he was born and studied violin with Prof. Jadwiga Kaliszewska at the I.J. Paderewski Academy of Music, graduating with honours in 1985. He perfected his violin skills with prof. Andre Gertler.
A recognised chamber musician – member of the Collegium Musicorum Posnaniensium Early Music Ensemble for 10 years. For 24 years he performed with one of the best orchestras in Europe, the Chamber Orchestra of the Polish Radio Amadeus, conducted by Agnieszka Duczmal. Prof. Marcin Baranowski participated in a large number of recording projects and toured nearly the whole world giving concerts in the majority of European countries and the USA, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Japan, Kuwait and Taiwan. Marcin Baranowski is a professor at schools of music in Poznan and Bydgoszcz. In 1992 he started teaching at the elite Music School in Poznan, the so-called “Talents’ School”, contributing to the success of the Polish school of violin by working with the most promising youth. Prof. Marcin Baranowski leads many masterclasses in Poland and abroad (Lancut, Busko-Zdroj, Zagan, Przemysl, Zakopane Art Academy, Pulawy, Kozlowka, Lublin, Bern, Hannover, Graz, Rostock, Cardiff, Spring Time Malkocin, Fuzhou -China, Beijing – China, Guangzhou – China, Bayerische Musikakademie Hammelburg – Germany, The European Krzysztof Penderecki Center for Music in Luslawice, Calisia Music Center Warsaw, Warsaw International Master Courses in Radziejowice, Kazimierz Dolny). He regularly receives invitations to be a jury member at competitions for violinists and violinmakers at home and around the world. His students perform in renowned radio studios and concert halls. Some of them have become concertmasters of the most famous orchestras in Poland (Sinfonia Varsovia, National Philharmony in Warsaw, Opole Philharmony Orchestra, Orchestra of Polish Radio in Warsaw, Poznan Philharmony Orchestra, Grand Theatre National Opera) and other countries (Staatskapelle Dresden, Wiener Symphoniker, Netherlands Chamber Orchestra – Amsterdam, Orquesta del Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía in Valencia, Luzerner Sinfonieorchester, Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra in Kuala Lumpur, Nürnberger Symphoniker.). Many (Anna Maria Staskiewicz, Dominika Falger, Anna Reszniak, Bartosz Woroch, Joanna Kreft, Maxima Sitarz, Aleksandra Januszajtis, Aleksandra Bryla, Lena Zeliszewska, Linda Jankowska, Adam Siebers, Stanislaw Podemski, Anna Malesza, Marta Grygier, Agata Doszczak, Piore Kosarga, Paulina Marcisz, Katarzyna Szydlowska, Katarzyna Hejnowicz, Joanna Habich, Zofia Olesik, Jakub Staszel, Julia Blachuta) have won prizes at prestigious violin competitions in Poland and abroad: the Henryk Wieniawski Competition in Poznan and Lublin, the Karol Szymanowski Competition in Lodz, the Z. Jahnke Competition in Poznan, the Stanislaw Serwaczynski Competition in Lublin, The International Competition in Torun, the Tibor Varga Competition in Sion, the Competition in Kloster Schontal, the L. Spohr Competition in Weimar, Rahn Musikpreis in Zurich, the Pablo Sarasate Competition in Pamplona, the J. Joachim Competition in Hannover, the Michael Hill Competition in Auckland, Arthur Grumiaux in Brussels, Young Concert Artist Trust in London, Andrea Postacchini International Violin Competition in Fermo, Aram Khachaturian International Competition in Yerevan, Queen Sophie Charlotte Mirow, Zielona Gora Violin Competition, the Karol Szymanowski Competition in Katowice.
For his outstanding achievement he received the Prize of the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage three times, the Cross of Merit, the Medal of the National Education Committee, and the Gloria Artis Medal. Elected to the university council of the Music Academy in Poznan for the term 2021-2024.
