Małgorzata Wasiucionek-Potera
Violin
Małgorzata Wasiucionek-Potera
A graduate of the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warszaw, where she received a degree
with honors in the studio of Prof. Roman Lasocki, Małgorzata Wasiucionek has also trained with
Pierre Amoyal at the Universität Mozarteum in Salzburg. Having begun her musical education in
Jelenia Góra under the tutelage of Ludmiła Sołowiewicz, Wasiucionek now holds a Doctor of Musical
Arts degree and is an assistant professor (adiunkt) at the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in
Katowice. She also teaches violin performance at the Karol Szymanowski State Music Secondary
School in Katowice. On an everyday basis, the artist is associated with Messages Quartet and since
2014, she has collaborated regularly with pianist Sylwia Michalik, Wasiucionek-Potera also took part
in the Silesian Quartet’s recording entitled Grażyna Bacewicz: Silesian Quartet and Friends
(Chandos, 2018), which won a Fryderyk award (2019).
The violinist has participated several times in the prestigious International Academy Switzerland
founded and led by conducting legend Seiji Ozawa. In 2015, she was honored by the maestro with the
opportunity to take part in a festival to celebrate his 80 th birthday – the Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto
Festival in Japan.
The artist has concertized as a soloist with both Polish and foreign orchestras, among others the
Amadeus Polish Radio Orchestra; Sinfonia Varsovia; the Silesian, Rzeszów, Białystok, Philharmonic
Orchestras; as well as the Calgary Symphony, Loh-Orchester Sondershausen and Philharmonisches
Orchester des Staatstheaters Cottbus.
Wasiucionek is a laureate of national and international competitions; among other awards, she has
won 2 nd Prize at the Atlantic Coast Festival International Soloists’ Competition in Esposende, Portugal
(2016); 2 nd place and the Dmitri Shostakovich special prize at the 2 nd International Chamber Music
Competition in Plovdiv, Bulgaria (2015); 1 st place and a special prize at the 4 th Michał Spisak
International Competition in Dąbrowa Górnicza (2010); 1 st place and four special prizes at the
7 th ‘Young Paganini’ National Violin Competition in Legnica (2009).
Małgorzata Wasiucionek received scholarships in the 7 th and 8 th editions of the Young Poland
program; she has also received scholarships from the zDolny Śląsk program, the Minister of Culture
and National Heritage, the Minister of Science and Higher Education, the Polish Children’s Fund and
the Banque Société Générale. The Rectors’ Committee of the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in
Warsaw has awarded her the ‘Magna cum laude’ medal.