We are pleased to announce the establishment of a new chamber ensemble at the Karol Lipiński Academy of Music in Wroclaw - the Lipiński Quartet string quartet. The creation of this kind of formation operating within the walls of our Academy opens new paths of artistic development. The ensemble draws inspiration from the traditions and character of the patron of our University - Karol Lipinski, an outstanding violinist and composer, whose heritage is particularly close to us. The establishment of the Lipinski Quartet will enrich the university's artistic offer through concerts, workshops and joint projects with young musicians.

Instrumentalists of the Lipinski Quartet share a passion for performing chamber music, but also soloist and pedagogical activity. They have won prizes in renowned competitions and actively participate in many international festivals, such as the Warsaw Autumn Festival, Crazy Days of Music, Vevey Spring Classic, the Felix Mendelssohn Chamber Music Festival in Duszniki-Zdrój and the International Wratislavia Cantans Festival. The musicians are also joined on a daily basis by the renowned NFM Orchestra Leopoldinum, operating in one of the most important musical venues on the map of Europe - the National Forum of Music in Wroclaw.  

The initiators, artists and co-founders of the Lipinski Quartet are:

Karolina Podorska, MA - soloist, concertmistress of the NFM Leopoldinum Orchestra, winner of the 1st International Karol Lipiński Violin Competition in Wroclaw. She graduated with honors from the Karol Lipiński Academy of Music in Wroclaw in the class of Prof. Dr. Jaroslaw Pietrzak and from the Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber in Dresden in the class of Prof. Ivan Ženaty. She is currently a doctoral student and lecturer at the Karol Lipinski Academy of Music in Wroclaw. She is also a scholarship holder of the Young Poland program.

Magdalena Ziarkowska-Kołacka, Ph.D. - assistant professor at the Karol Lipiński Academy of Music in Wrocław (Ph.D. in music since 2020), where she teaches violin and chamber music classes and is deputy concertmaster of the NFM Leopoldinum Orchestra. In 2016-2019, she served as concertmaster of the Częstochowa Philharmonic Orchestra. In 2017, she graduated with honors from the Ignacy Jan Paderewski Academy of Music in Poznan in the violin class of Prof. Jaroslaw Zolnierczyk. In 2021, she co-organized the first edition of the Karol Lipinski International Violin Competition in Wroclaw, which was a great success, attracting participants from all over the world.

Agnieszka Żyniewicz, MA - viola player, is an active chamber and orchestral musician, both in the UK and throughout Europe. After studying at the Karol Lipinski Academy of Music in Wroclaw, from which she graduated with honors and winning first prize at the 16th Juliusz Zarębski International Music Competition in Łomianki and first prize at the 2nd Schloss Zell an der Pram International Chamber Music Competition in Wroclaw, she continued her education in the UK, where she graduated with honors from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London.

dr hab. Marcin Misiak - graduated from the Karol Lipiński Academy of Music in Wroclaw in the cello class of Prof. Stanislaw Firlej, where he received his doctoral degree in 2016 and continues to teach cello. In 2002, he received an invitation to a one-year research fellowship in the class of Prof. Eleonore Schoenfeld at the Thornton School of Music -University of Southern California. While in the US, he played two recitals at the United University Church and collaborated with such orchestras as the USC Thornton Chamber and Symphony Orchestra and the Debut Symphony Orchestra. On a daily basis, he actively collaborates with many orchestras across the country both as a soloist and chamber musician. He is currently working on a permanent basis with the NFM Leopoldinum Orchestra.