Zofia, a 19-year-old violinist from Katowice, is currently studying at the Ignacy Jan Paderewski Academy of Music in Poznań with Professor Marcin Baranowski. She is a recipient of numerous awards and scholarships, including the “Młoda Polska” and Morningside Music Bridge scholarships in the USA. She has earned distinctions in many national and international violin competitions, such as the Khachaturian international Violin Competition, the Heifetz International Competition, and the Wieniawski & Lipiński International Competition for Young Musicians. Zofia has collaborated with several renowned orchestras, performing as a soloist in Poland and abroad. She has participated in prestigious projects such as the “Penderecki Project” with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and MMB On Tour concerts in London.
If you are interested in working with ZOFIA ANNA OLESIK, please get in touch with the EMCY Office.
Solo:
• Niccolo Paganini, Caprices no. 21, 23, 17, 10
• H Wieniawski, Caprice no. 7 op. 10 La Cadenza
• Johann Sebastian Bach – Sonata No. 1 in G minor, BWV 1001
• Johann Sebastian Bach, Violin Partita No. 3 in E Major, Loure Gavotte en Rondo
Bourree
With piano
• Franz Schubert – Violin Sonata in A major, Op. post. 162 (D 574)
• Eugène Ysaÿe – Poème élégiaque in D minor, Op. 12 – for violin and piano
• L. Van Beethoven – Violin Sonata no. 7 in C minor, Violin Sonata no. 6 in A major
• P. De Sarasate – Carmen Fantasy, op 25
• K. Szymanowski – Mythes op. 30
• H. Wieniawski – polonaise brillante in d minor
• R. Strauss – Sonate in e-flat major op. 18
• E. Ysaye, Caprice d’après l’Etude en forme de Valse de C. Saint-Saëns
Chamber:
• M. Weinberg – Piano Quintet, Op. 18
• J. Sibelius – string trio in g minor
• Schonberg – verklarte nacht for string sextet
• M. Ravel – sonate for violin & cello
• Johannes Brahms, Piano Trio No. 1 in B major, Op. 8
• F. Mendelssohn, String Octed
• G, F. Handel/J. Halvorsen, Passacaglia
With orchestra:
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Violin Concerto in A major, KV 219
• Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35
• J. Sibelius – Violin Concerto in D minor
• W. A. Mozart – Sinfonia Concertante
• J. S. Bach – violin concerto in E-major
• J. S. Bach – concerto for violin & oboe in c minor
• H. Wieniawski, Violin Concerto No. 2 in d minor
• W. A. Mozart, Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major
