DIRECTOR / VIOLIN
Violinist and director Maria Włoszczowska marks the start of 2025 with her debut with the Orchestre de Chambre de Paris at the stunning Théâtre des Champs-Elysées tonight. Directing and playing the solo violin part in Salieri’s 26 Variations on La Folia di Spagna, she joins piano virtuoso Kirill Gerstein for piano concertos by Salieri, Mozart,…Read more ›
Maria Włoszczowska has joined the Chamber Orchestra of Europe as Director and Leader, a position she will share with violinist Lorenza Borrani. This accolade follows her stepping in to direct the ensemble across four concerts with varied repertoire at last week’s Kronberg Festival, as well as directing and leading them at Mozartwoche Salzburg earlier this year, all…Read more ›
Following on from the success of her Lammermuir Festival performances which included an Ives recital with Jeremy Denk, performances with the Valo Quartet, and Schumann’s Violin Concerto with the Royal Northern Sinfonia, violinist Maria Włoszczowska returns to Kronberg to work with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe (COE). Originally due to perform as leader with direction…Read more ›
With summer festivals in full swing, JBM artists are preparing to perform throughout the UK. 26 July: BBC Proms Laura van der Heijden plays Frances-Hoad’s Cello Concerto with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Ryan Wigglesworth. Find out more. 5 August: BBC Proms Benjamin Grosvenor performs the Busoni Piano Concerto Op. 39 with the…Read more ›
Just back from Feldkirch, Austria as soloist and director with the Pforte Chamber Orchestra, violinist Maria Włoszczowska is now in London for the first of her two performances at Wigmore Hall this Spring. The first performance, today, 23rd of April at 7.30pm will include a programme of Mozart’s String Quintet in B flat K174, Schoenberg’s String Trio Op. 45…Read more ›
Between the 5-7th April, Maria Włoszczowska performed Mozart’s Violin Concerto no.5, K.219 with Orquestra XXI as part of their April tour to Porto and surrounding cities. The concerts in Viseu (5 Apr), Braga (6 Apr) and Porto (7 Apr) also featured a programme of Justė Janulytė Elongation of Nights and Schumann’s Symphony No. 2, Op.…Read more ›
Following her celebrated return to the US for sold-out recitals with Jeremy Denk in New York City and Philadelphia at the beginning of the year, Maria Włoszczowska joins the Chamber Orchestra of Europe for performances at Mozartwoche, Salzburg and Casals Forum, Kronberg on the 1st and 2nd February. Directing the ensemble for part of the…Read more ›
The Royal Northern Sinfonia has announced that Maria Włoszczowska is to become Artistic Partner from autumn 2024, a role created especially for her. The orchestra’s leader for the past two years, Maria has also directed a number of programmes with repertoire including Beethoven’s Violin Concerto and Bartok’s Divertimento for String Orchestra in that time. With…Read more ›
Following a busy season which began with her solo debut at the BBC Proms and included her Hong Kong debut and the launch of the Valo Quartet, Maria Włoszczowska begins her summer in Tenerife with the Orquesta Sinfónica de Tenerife. For the inaugural concert of the Festival de Música de Cámara Villa de la Orotava,…Read more ›
This week, Maria Włoszczowska tours Beethoven’s Violin Concerto with the Royal Northern Sinfonia, play/directing the orchestra in three concerts throughout England’s north. The programme also includes the Cavatina from Beethoven’s String Quartet Op. 130 and Bartók’s Divertimento. Next month in Gateshead, Maria joins Dinis Sousa in recital for a programme celebrating the Mendelssohns and the…Read more ›