Polish violinist based in Berlin. She started playing the violin at the age of 7. Katarzyna Szydlowska graduated I.J. Paderewski Music Academy in Poznan under prof. M. Baranowski, from the Soloist Master Program at the Universität der Künste in Berlin under Prof. Latica Honda-Rosenberg and from Daniel Barenboim Staatskapelle Orchestra Academy in Berlin. In 2020 she opened a PhD process at the Karol Lipinski Academy of Music in Wroclaw. Since 2020 she is also active as a teacher at the same Academy. Currently she is violinist in the I Violin section in Staatskapelle in Berlin (Zeitvertrag).
She is a laureate of more than 30 national and international competitions, among others:
- 2nd Prize at the International Competition Les Musicales du Centre Paris, 2018
- 1st Prize at the 14th Ludwig van Beethoven International Music Festival in Austria, 2020
- 3rd Prize at the Bach International Violin Competition in Lugano, Switzerland, 2020
- 3rd Prize at the International A. Rubinstein Competition in Dusseldorf, Germany, 2018
- Grand Prix at the International Music Competition “ICMA” in Canada, 2020
- 1st Prize at the Juliusz Zarebski International Competition in Poland, 2018
- Grand Prix at the International Competition “Luigi Zanuccoli” in Sogliano al Rubicone, Italy, 2019
- 2nd Prize at the 9th St. Serwaczynski National Competition for Young Violinists in Lublin, Poland, 2017
- 1st Prize at the International Tartini Violin Competition, Piran, Slovenia, 2017
- 3rd Prize at the International Juliusz Zarebski Chamber Music Competition, Warsaw, Poland, 2017
- 2nd Prize at the International Competition “Citta di Barletta”, Italy, 2017
- 1st Prize at the 18th International Festival for Young Instrumentalists, Krakow, Poland, 2016
- 1st Prize at the International Competition “Francavilla Fontana”, Italy, 2017
- 4th Prize at H.W. Ernst and K. Szymanowski International Violin Competition,
Wroclaw, Poland, 2017
During her career she has received many scholarships, among others:
- Scholarship from the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage
- Leonidas Kavakos Dakapp Festival and Academy Scholarship
- Staatsoper Berlin Orchestra Academy Scholarship (concertmaster)
- Scholarship from the President of Tarnow
- Daniel Barenboim International Masterclass Scholarship
- Scholarship from the Artur Rubinstein Foundation
- Scholarship from the Rector of the Music Academy in Poznan, Poland
- Universitat der Kunste Scholarship
As a soloist, concertmaster and chamber music player she has played at many International Music Festivals, for example: at the Zermatt Music Festival & Academy with Berliner Philharmoniker in Switzerland, Gonggeng Festival & Academy in China, 8th Santander Encounter of Music Festival and Academia in Spain, International Leonidas Kavakos Violin and Chamber Music Festival and Dakapp Masterclass in Greece, Aurora Masterclass and Festival in Sweden, International Music Festival “Young Stage” in Tarnow, Tiroler Festspiele, Gustav Mahler Academy, “Young Sound Forum of Central Europe”, Waikersheim and Krzysztof Penderecki Musik Akademie Westfalen in Germany. She has also participated in music courses, working with notable musicians such as: Daniel Barenboim, Leonidas Kavakos, the Artemis Quartet, Rainer Honeck, Chaim Taub, Henning Kraggerud, Bartosz Nizioł, Valentina Jakubowska, Kaja Danczowska, Danuta Głowacka-Pitet, Adam Kostecki and Corina Belcea.
