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93:, where she studied violin with Aleksandra Bogdan for six years. She then enrolled in Państwowe Liceum Muzyczne (now Ogólnokształcąca Szkoła Muzyczna II Stopnia) im. Karola Szymanowskiego in Wrocław as a student of Zbigniew Szuflat. She graduated a year earlier than expected, having completed her baccalaureate exam. During her last year there, she was also a Jungstudentin at Hochschule für Musik und Theater in 31: 364:
Augustyn was the Artistic Director of the XXI International Chopin & Friends Festival 2019 sponsored by the New York Dance and Arts Innovations (NYDAI), a New York City-based not-for-profit organization with the aim of multi-national creative support and promotion of the performing, visual, and
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Augustyn has been a soloist with the Wrocław Philharmonic, Chamber Orchestra Leopoldinum, Magdeburg Philharmonic, Riverside Symphonia, Acadiana Symphonie, Glacier Symphony, Queens Symphony Orchestra, Deutsches Kammerorchestrer Berlin, and Manhattan Symphonie. With the Manhattan Symphonie she toured
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In addition to collaboration with contemporary composers, Augustyn has performed and recorded works by lesser-known composers, as well as lesser-known works by prominent composers of the past. She is the first person to record all violin and piano works by the 19th century composer,
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Written between 1802 and 1817, the 24 Caprices are considered among the most challenging and technically demanding works for the solo violin, and have inspired many prominent composers, including
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Augustyn's formal violin training started at the age of seven. She attended Państwowa Podsawowa Szkola Muzyczna (now Ogólnokształcąca Szkoła Muzyczna I Stopnia) im. Karola Szymanowskiego in
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and a 2015 winner of the "Outstanding Pole Abroad" contest in the United States, in the category "Young Pole" from the Polish Promotional Emblem Foundation.
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Augustyn is a prize winner of music competitions that include first prizes at the Alexander and Buono International String Competition in
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Dance Company. She often collaborates with contemporary composers and has premiered and/or made world premiere recordings of works by
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in 2001; Fourth Prize and Award for Best Interpretation of a Virtuosic Work, Kloster Schöntal International Competition,
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conducted by Jakub Klecker. In 2018 her second orchestral recording was released, featuring music by Polish composer
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She released two albums in 2021: solo album Turning in Time and La Pasion, featuring 6 Solo Violin Tango-Etudes by
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The Juilliard School (Bachelors/Masters); State University of New York, Stony Brook (Doctor of Musical Arts)
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into a family of professional musicians. Her father, Roman Augustyn, was a bassoonist with the
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At the age of 18, Augustyn came to the United States to continue her musical education at
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Orchestra. He died at age 33. Her mother, Mariola Augustyn, is a professional singer (
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Alexander & Buono International – Career Consulting for the Classical Musician
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Mirian Conti, Piano; Kinga Augustyn, Violin; Andy Lin, Viola; Andrew Janss, Cello
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Augustyn also performs baroque violin and has performed in masterclasses held by
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Kinga Augustyn, Violin; Jecca Barry, Flute; Alexandra Snyder Dunbar, Harpsichord
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in 1999. She was a 2014 recipient of the Emerging Artist Award from the
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In 1999. She received Fourth Prize and Special Audience Award, the 8th
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China, making her Asian debut in 2014 at the Beijing Poly Theater and
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Glen Roven: The Runaway Bunny Concerto with Reader (GPR Records 2012)
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recorded with Toruń Symphony Orchestra conducted by Mariusz Smolij.
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Augustyn marked her symphonic recording debut with the release on
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Michael White Quartet for Piano and Strings (Albany Records 2010)
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in Naples, generously on loan to her from a private collector.
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In 2016 Augustyn released on the RovenRecords label, the
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24 Caprices for Solo Violin, Op. 1 by Niccolo Paganini
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Torun Symphony Orchestra, Mariusz Smolij, conductor
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New York City
Wrocław
Poland
Wrocław Opera
spinto soprano
Wrocław
Rostock
Germany
The Juilliard School
Dorothy DeLay
Itzhak Perlman
Gil Shaham
Midori Goto
Cho-Liang Lin
State University of New York, Stony Brook
Pamela Frank
Grammy Award
Emerson String Quartet
Gilbert Kalish
Shanghai Oriental Art Center
Carnegie Hall
Alice Tully Hall
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Chicago Cultural Center
Johann Sebastian Bach
Chaconne
José Limón
Kenneth Fuchs
Krzysztof Penderecki

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