Biography

Karolina Podorska – born in 1999, a master violinist. She is the second concertmaster of the NFM Leopoldinum Orchestra and a doctoral student at the Karol Lipiński Academy of Music in Wrocław.

Karolina hails from Książenice in the Rybnik district, where she honed her violin skills from a very young age. Guided by her parents, she entered the State Music Schools Complex in Bielsko-Biała, where under the supervision of Józef Iwanowicz, she successfully completed the second level of the music school.

She decided to continue her education at the Wrocław Academy of Music, where she is currently pursuing her doctoral studies under the guidance of Prof. Dr. Hab. Jarosław Pietrzak. Simultaneously, she also completed her bachelor’s degree at the Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber in Dresden, Germany.

Karolina has performed on the most prestigious stages not only in Poland but also abroad. She has rich experience in chamber music, having played the first violin in a string quartet that won first place at the International Chamber Music Competition Schloss zell an der Pram in Wrocław.

Under the guidance of Dr. Hab. Julita Przybylska-Nowak, she collaborated in a duo with pianist Mateusz Słowikowski, with whom she won awards:  

1st place
XX Juliusz Zarębski International Music Competiton in Łomianki

2nd place
International online instrumental Performance competition in Viena

1st place
VII Inter-University Competition of Instrumental and Vocal Duets in Wrocław 

1st place
Swiss International Music Competition in Switzerland

2nd place
II International Chamber Music Competition “Crakamera” in Cracov