Katarzyna Ogonowska
Katarzyna was born in 1995 in Poland. At the age of 7 she started her music education in the National Karol Szymanowski School of Music in Katowice and that is how her adventure with music began. Her instrument of choice was violin and it was love at the first sight. Adventure quickly transformed into a passion.
In secondary school she studied both violin and viola and she graduated from Lukasz Syrnicki’s class (violist of Silesian String Quartet) with a distinction in 2014. She then went on pursuing her music education further.
She undertook studies at Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Wroclaw, Poland, where she was studying Viola Performance under professor Artur Rozmyslowicz and professor Michal Micker. She graduated in 2019 with a Master of Arts Degree.
Throughout her 17 years of music education she participated in a wide range of music workshops and masterclasses in solo performing and chamber music as well. She had the opportunity to learn from the best pedagogues such as, Matthew Jones, Hartmut Rohde, Piotr Reichert, Piotr Janowski, Marcin Baranowski and Christian Danowicz.
Even during the studies she established cooperation with some of the best polish orchestras such as National Forum of Music in Wroclaw Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra „Leopoldinum” in Wroclaw, Sudetian Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra and Jozef Elsner Symphony Orchestra in Opole with whom she was performing all over Europe and participating in many recording sessions. She was also busy performing with her string quartet „Quartete-a-tete”.
However, her passion is not limited to classical music. She is a violist of experimental ensamble Vayio which is bringing together acustic and electronic music. The band is in the process of finishing their first concept album.
She is qualified teacher, highly motivated to bring her passion and expertise to the classroom. She completed Teaching Training including studies in pedagogy, psychology, psychology of music, methodology playing the string instruments and didactics. She has a strong desire to provide pupils with a world class education and expand their abilities to their fullest potential.