Mateusz Smól

TRAINING
• 1999 – : Academy of Music
in Poznan with Jadwiga Kaliszewska
• 1991-1997: Wieniawski Elementary School of Music in Poznań with Jadwiga Kaliszewska
and Karina Gidaszewska

PRIZES AND AWARDS
• 2006: Andrea Postacchini International Violin Competition) – 3rd Prize
• 2003: International Robert Canetti
Violin Competition – 2nd Prize

 
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES
In 2005, Mateusz Smól performed with both Leganica and Poznań Philharmonic Orchestras, and in 2006, he played in the opening ceremony at XI International Henryk Wieniawski Violin Maker Competition in Poznań. In 2008, he played the premiere of the Janusz Stalmierski Violin Concerto with the Czestochowa Philharmonic Orchestra. He plays a French violin made by a member of Frebinet family in the late 18th century.

QUARTER FINALS
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH * Sonate pour violon seul n° 1 en sol mineur / in G minor, BWV 1001: Adagio & Fugue
JOHANNES BRAHMS * Sonate n° 3, en ré mineur / in D minor, opus 108: I. Allegro - II. Adagio
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART * Sonate n° 18 en sol majeur / in G major, K. 301
NICCOLÒ PAGANINI * Caprice n° 9 en mi majeur / in E major – Caprice n° 17 en mi bémol majeur / E flat major, opus 1
KELLY-MARIE MURPHY * One for Solitude

SEMI-FINALS
PABLO DE SARASATE * Carmen-Fantaisie
SERGUEI PROKOFIEV * Sonate n° 1, en fa mineur / in F minor, opus 80
HENRYK WIENIAWSKI * Polonaise brillante n° 1 en ré majeur, opus 4

FINALS
JOHANNES BRAHMS * Concerto en ré majeur / in D major, opus 77