Bartosz Bryła

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Bartosz Bryła is chair of the Strings Department at the Ignacy Jan Paderewski Academy of Music in Poznan, and is a member of its Violin Faculty. He is also a member of the Violin Faculty of the Karol Lipiński Academy of Music in Wrocław. As a visiting professor, Bryła has conducted violin and chamber music masterclasses in Europe, Asia, the USA and Canada, Mexico, United Arab Emirates and Lebanon, including Guanajuato University in Mexico, Beijing Music Conservatory, Hunter College of The City University of New York, Peabody Institute of Music of the Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, Reina Sofia Music High School in Madrid, State University of Music in Wurzburg, Bilbao and San Sebastián Music Conservatories, and Zell an der Pram Conservatoire in Austria.

Bryła is a jury member of numerous national and international competitions, including the Henryk Wieniawski International Violin Competition in Poznan, Leoš Janáček International Violin Competition in Czech Republic, Carl Flesh International Violin Competition in Hungary, and many others.

As a recording artist, Bryła has featured on EMG Victor, Polskie Nagrania, Wifon, Poljazz Classik, Emscherland Classik, Selene, and presented a world premiere of the Violin Sonata by Józef Wieniawski, which he performed with pianist Andrzej Tatarski. He also gave a world premiere of the Concerto No. 1 by Karol Lipinski, and was accompanied by the Polish Radio and Television Orchestra in Warsaw.

As dedicated teacher, Bryła has received numerous awards from the Polish government and president of Poland. From 2007 to 2017, he was the chairman of the Henryk Wieniawski Music Society. Amongst Bryła’s teachers - Adam Nowak, Wolfgang Marschner, and Jadwiga Kaliszewska. He also participated in classes of Henryk Szeryng, Nathan Milstein, and Yehudi Menuhin.