Agnieszka Ufniarz

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Paris-based Polish pianist Agnieszka Ufniarz, First Prize Winner of the Dorothy MacKenzie Artist Recognition Award in New York, performed in Europe, North and South America, Asia and Middle East

CONCERT VENUES

Carnegie Hall New York,
Auditorio Nacional Madrid,
Royal Theatre Madrid,
Salle Cortot Paris,
Museum of Art Tel Aviv, Theatro Municipal Sao Paolo,
Musashino Shimin Concert Hall Tokyo.
Poznan Philharmonic Hall
Olsztyn Philarmonic Hall

FESTIVALS & CONCERTS

International Chopin Festival Antonin – „Chopin in fall colors”
National Piano Festival in Slupsk,
Karol Szymanowski Museum in Villa Atma
Chopin Concerts in the Royal Łazienki, Warsaw
Weeks of Talents in Tarnow,
Chopin in Barbakan Festival in Cracovie,
Festival Chopiniana in Warsaw,
Festival Pianistico di Roma
Emanacje International Music Festival organised by The Krzysztof Penderecki European Center for Music
Embassy of Poland in Paris,
Embassy of Poland in Brussels
TVP Polish Television (gala concert “For representing Poland and polish abroad” broadcasted by the TV Polonia internationally)
Television Nationale Espagnole
Royal Castle, Warsaw
Casa Palacio de Salinas, Sevilla
Casino de Knokke, Belgium
Academia das Ciencias, Lisboa
Biblioteca Angelica, Rome
Fondation Juan March, Madrid
Fundacion Museo Lazaro Galdiano
Fondation Carlos de Amberes, Madrid
Ilustre Colegio de Medicos de Madrid
Museum of Monnaie Nationale Espagnole, Madrid

EVENTS & CHARITIES

Patek Philippe (175th anniversary Gala in Paris)
Banco Santander
Caja Madrid
Invest Bank, Poznan
Cottonfield
Prosegur, Barcelone
Sacyr Vallehermoso
Relais et chateaux
Archi Congres Corse, Rencontre Internationale des architectes
Association Next Steps (presided by Alexandre Pozzo di Borgo)
The Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity, Poland
Imagine for Margo – Children without Cancer , France

MUSICIANS & ORCHESTRAS

A passionate chamber musician she collaborated with, among others:
Israel Philharmonic Quartet,
Manderling Quartet,
singers Tom Krause, Iwona Sobotka and Marek Gasztecki,
Polish Radio Chamber Orchestra Amadeus
Concerto Cottbus
Orquestra Sinfonica Municipal de Sao Paulo
Poznan Philharmonic Orchestra
Olsztyn Philharmonic Orchestra
conductors: Agnieszka Duczmal, Jose Maria Florencio, Marek Pijarowski,
Zygmunt Rychert, Jacek Rogala, Nabil Shehata and Jerzy Kosek.

PRIZES & SCHOLARSHIPS

Dorothy MacKenzie Artist Recognition Award, New York (First Prize)
Baerenreiter Verlag Prize in Young Concert Artists Auditions in Lepzig
Kellner Scholarship at Verbier Festival Academy in Switzerland
Fryderyk Chopin Society in Warsaw Scholarship
Fundacion Abeniz in Madrid Scholarship
The Isman Family Prize in Honor of Ada & Michael Caspi at the Tel Hai Master Classes in Israel
The Rina Menashe Scholarship Prize in Memory of Maya Cook at the Tel Hai Master Classes in Israel
Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland Scholarship
Government of the French Republic Scholarship
Government of Israel Scholarship

EDUCATION

prof. Tatiana Shebanova, Feliks Nowowiejski Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz
prof. Dmitry Bashkirov,  Escuela Superior de Musica Reina SofÌa in Madrid
prof. Ludmila Berlinskaya, Ecole Normale de Musique Alfred Cortot in Paris
prof. Emanuel Krasovsky, Buchmann-Mehta Music School – Tel Aviv University

Her other teachers in Spain included prof. Claudio Martinez – Mehner, as well as prof. Martha Gulyas and prof. Eldar Nebolsin for chamber music.

MASTERCLASSES

In addition Agnieszka attended several master classes by internationally renowned pianists and musicians:
Bruno Canino, David Dubal, Jacques Ghestem, Ralf Gothoni, Jean-Luc Menet, Andrzej Jasinski, Alicia de Larrocha, Vitaly Margulis, Victor Merzhanov, Pierre-Henri Xuereb, Jerome Rose, Andras Shiff, Jeffrey Swann And Jonathan Zak and Ensemble Alternance