MAŁGORZATA WALENTYNOWICZ

is a Polish pianist born in Gdańsk.

She has achived significant recognition and success as a performer specializing in contemporary music.

Walentynowicz's accomplishements include winning the 1st Prize at the 37th Gaudeamus Interpreters'Competition in Amsterdam and the 1st Prize at the Yvar Mikhashoff Trust for New Music Competition in Buffalo, New York. Her exceptional interpretations of contemporary music led her receiving a scholarship for excellence in performance from the Darmstadt International Summer Courses for New Music. She was also nominated for the Classical:Next Innovation Award in Rotterdam.

Walentynowicz's focus in her preforming work is on new music, both as soloist and as a member of ensembles. She actively engages in multimedia projects that involve electronics, keyboards, synthesizers, and explores the relationships between individuals and technologies. She is interested in the connection between music and the body, as well as the relationship between visual art and music. She takes part in events that combine elements of performance art, video and photography.

Walentynowicz has performed at renowed festivals and venues worldwide, including Warsaw Autumn, MaerzMusik, Musica Strasbourg, Ultraschall Berlin, ECLAT Stuttgart, Heroines of sounds, Chamber Music Days in Witten, Mixtur Festival Barcelona, Rainy Days in Luxembourg, Klangspuren Schwaz, Gaudeamus Musikweek, ISCM World Music Days, the Summer Courses for New Music in Darmstadt, SPOR in Aahrus, Klang in Copenhagen, Acht Bruecken Festival Cologne, Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, Sacrum Profanum in Cracow, Musica Polonica Nova and Musica Electronica Nova in Wrocław, Ostrava Days, Tzili Meudcan Tel Aviv and Cairo Contemporary Music  Days.

As a soloist, Walentynowicz has collaborated with various orchestras such as the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Polish Radio Orchestra, Sinfonia Varsovia, Sinfonia Iuventus, the New Music Orchestra, Illinois Modern Ensemble and Neofonia Ensemble.

Her interpretations have been released on several CDs by labels such as KAIROS, WERGO Contemporary Music Edition, GENUIN classics (awarded with the prestigues award of German music critics) Bołt records, DUX, Polmic.

Walentynowicz's educational background includes graduating from Academy of Music in Gdańsk, Hochschule fuer Musik und Theater in Hannover, and the Hochschule fuer Musik und Darstellende Kunst in Stuttgart, where she obtained an honours degree in the interpretation of contemporary music.

She is a doctor habilitated of art an holds a professor position at the Academy of Music in Gdańsk.

Currently she performs with Ensemble Garage, Cologne and New European Ensemble in The Hague.

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