Kinga Augustyn performs Krzysztof Penderecki's Capriccio for Solo Violin скачать в хорошем качестве

Kinga Augustyn performs Krzysztof Penderecki's Capriccio for Solo Violin

This concert was performed live by Kinga Augustyn at Custer Institute and Observatory on September 27, 2025 and was presented on unaccompanied violin in the unique acoustic splendor of Custer Observatory's historic observation dome. Kinga Augustyn is a versatile New York City-based virtuoso concert violinist and recording artist. “Stylish and vibrant” (The Strad Magazine), and “beyond amazing, one hell of a violinist!” (The Fanfare Magazine), Ms. Augustyn has performed as a soloist with orchestras in North and South America, Europe and Asia, and they include the Roanoke Symphony Orchestra, Queens Symphony Orchestra, the Eastern Connecticut Symphony Orchestra, Deutsches Kammerorchester Berlin, Magdeburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra Leopoldinum, Wrocław Philharmonic Orchestra, the MAV Symphony Orchestra of Budapest, and the Orquesta Sinfónica in Santiago, Chile. She has toured China and performed at China’s most prestigious venues such as Beijing Poly Theater and Shanghai Oriental Art Center. As a recitalist and chamber musician Kinga has appeared at the Stern Auditorium and the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Aspen Music Festival, the Chicago Cultural Center, Teatro Ristori (Verona, Italy), Teatro La Fenice (Venice, Italy), Teatro dal Verme (Milano, Italy), and Teatro Municipal de Las Condes (Santiago, Chile). In addition to concerti with orchestras and recitals with piano, Ms. Augustyn frequently performs unaccompanied solo violin recitals. She also plays baroque violin. Kinga is often praised for her musical interpretations, profundity, deft phrasing, beautiful tone, mastery of the bow, perfect intonation, and for her unique programming ideas. “With completely secure technical control, she couples a tapestry of tone color to her innate musicality” (The Fanfare Magazine). Music Web International describes her playing in the Bruch Violin Concerto with Janacek Philharmonic as “extremely moving and expressive,” characterized by “beauty, richness and smoothness of her tone,” and as “music she responds to on a deeply personal and emotional level.” Kinga Augustyn has won international awards, including first prizes at the Alexander & Buono International String Competition (USA), the Artist International Presentations (USA), and the J. S. Bach String Competition (Poland); other top prizes at the Johannes Brahms International Competition (Austria), the Kloster Schoental International Young Artist Competition (Germany), the Michael Hill International Violin Competition (New Zealand), and the Kosciuszko Foundation Wieniawski Violin Competition (USA); and many other honors such as “The Outstanding Pole in the USA” and “The Young Poland” Ministry of Culture prize. She holds the Bachelor and the Master degrees from The Juilliard School, where she studied with Cho-Liang Lin and Naoko Tanaka as a full tuition scholarship recipient; and a doctorate from the Stony Brook University, where she worked with Phil Setzer and Pamela Frank, also as a full-tuition and assistantship awardee. Prior to immigrating to the USA, Ms. Augustyn attended the Karol Szymanowski Music School in Wroclaw, Poland, completing all the requirements and graduating a year early. Home-schooled during her last year there, she was simultaneously a pre-college student at the Rostock University of Music and Drama, studying with the late professor Pertu Munteanu. Kinga Augustyn’s violin was made by Joseph Gagliano in 1774, and her bows by Françoise Peccatte and by Françoise Xavier Tourte. When playing early music in a historically informed style, she plays Lukas Wroński’s uniquely designed violin named after the famed statue Venus de Milo. An educator for the next generation, Dr. Augustyn currently often gives masterclasses, especially when she is on tour. Most recently her masterclasses have taken places at the Amherst College, the Florida Gulf Coast University Bower School of Music, the Academy of Music in Wroclaw (Poland), and the Music Conservatory of Mayor University in Santiago (Chile). Dr. Augustyn has a private studio in New York City and also serves as Violin Faculty at Queens College Aaron Copland School of Music.