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Katarzyna Duda is one of the most outstanding personalities in the Polish music world. A prizewinner at the Tibor Varga International Violin Competition in Sion, Switzerland (where she also won the "Mozart Prize" for the best interpretation of a violin concerto by Mozart) and the Tadeusz WroDski International Violin Solo Competition in Warsaw, she has given recitals and concerts at venues throughout Europe and the Americas, including New York's Lincoln Center. She has appeared as soloist with leading orchestras such as the Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne, the Orquesta Sinfonica de Xalapa, Veracruz, the Orquesta Sinfonica del Estado de Mexico under excellent conductors such as Enrique Batiz, Jesus Lopez-Cobos and Jorge Mester. Her performances have been broadcast by Radio Suisse Romande, Polish Radio and TV, as well as radio and TV stations in Mexico, France, Germany and Russia. In 2000 she gave a recital in the National Philharmonic of Warsaw, as part of its centenary celebrations. She has an extensive and diverse repertoire ranging from the Baroque period to present-day composers. In 2002 Katarzyna gave a concert in Padova as part of the reinaugural ceremony of the Rossini Concert Hall. In this same year she gave a special recital at the Polish Embassy in Brussels on the occasion of rewarding outstanding personalities who promote worldwide Poland and the Polish culture. The performance has been recorded and several times broadcast by TV POLONIA. Katarzyna studied with Tibor Varga at the Ecole Supérieure de Musique in Sion, Switzerland, and with Jan Stanienda at the Academy of Music in Warsaw (diploma with distinction). She has won numerous awards at competitions for young violinists in Poland and abroad, including a grant from the Interlochen Academy of Arts in the USA. Her performance at the 17th National Week of Musical Talents in Tarnów was acclaimed by the jury, and she was included in a national program for the promotion of young artists. Her debut CD entitled Le Streghe featuring virtuoso pieces for violin and piano (with the pianist Waldemar Malicki) for the DUX label, won enthusiastic reviews in the media and received a nomination for the FRYDERYK'2000 award of the Polish recording industry, the only such disc with solo violin. This success prompted the young artist to record a second CD, "Le Streghe 2", on which virtuoso violin work is accompanied by the well-known chamber orchestra "Wratislavia" under Jan Stanienda. The disc was also issued on the label DUX and also received a nomination for the FRYDERYK'2001 award. Lately, Katarzyna Duda recorded violin music by the late Polish composer Tadeusz Paciorkiewicz. In 2002 Katarzyna was nominated to the prestigious award "Polityka's Passport," granted by the important Polish journal "Polityka" to outstanding creators in the arts.
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