Romana

I am enthusiastic and an encouraging teacher who has a very individual approach to each of my students. I believe that playing an instrument is an extremely important part in everyone's personal development.

I am currently a postgraduate student at the Royal College of Music in the class of Maciej Rakowski, where I hold the Denis and Sylvia Forbes Scholarship and a Baring Foundation Award.
I studied at the Ignacy Padarewski Academy of Music with Marcin Baranowski and graduated with honours the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in class of Krzysztof Smietana, where I was awarded a scholarship by Prof. Barry Ife.

Competitions and awards:
- Musicians Benevolent Fund Postgraduate Performance Award
- London United Kingdom (2012) a special award for outstanding performance of W. Lutoslawski Subito at the Kenneth Page Foundation
- 1st prize at the International Violin Competition in Pontivrea
- 3rd prize at the International Violin Competition Premia Rok Jakaj
- 1st prize at the National String Competition in Poznan

I have performed in Poland, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, and United Kingdom as a soloist, chamber, and orchestral musician. I was a member of the Guildhall Symphony Orchestra, the Polish National Orchestra, the London Symphony Orchestra, the Guernsey Symphony Orchestra, and the Young Musicians Symphony Orchestra.

As an orchestral musician I have played under the baton of Sir Colin Davis, Peter Stark, Jerzy Maksymiuk, Jan Krenz, Jerzy Salwarowski, Karl Veen, Jan Holtrop, James Gaffigan, Grzegorz Nowak, Marcin Sompoliński.

I have performed in a classical trio in Wesley’s Chapel as part of Devonia Concert Series and solo in the Polish Social and Cultural Association Centre in London. I took part in several masterclasses and received coaching from Charles Owen, Caroline Palmer, Charles Roscoe and Mark Messenger.