Agata Igras-Sawicka

She is one of the most renown and remarkable flutist of her generation in Europe. She is the prize winner of numerous solo and chamber music competitions. For many years she was a scholar of Minister of Culture and Art.

She performed in the greatest concert venues in countries like Germany, France, Spain, Great Britain, Italy, USA.

She worked with world renowned flutists like Julius Baker, William Bennett, Robert Aitken, Jean-Claude Gerard, Emmanuel Pahud, Carlos Brueel, Patricia Morris and Robert Dick. She played under such conductors as Lord Yehudi Menuhin, Krzysztof Penderecki, Emmanuel Krivine, Gerd Albrecht, José Cura, Ian Hobson, Shlomo Mintz.

As a member of orchestra she played with soloists including Piotr Anderszewski, Martha Argherich, Ian Hobson, Sharon Kahm, Shlomo Mintz, Maxim Vengerov, Boris Pergamenschikow, Yuri Bashmet, Wolfgang Schulz, Jean Pierre Rampal, Albrecht Mayer, Paul Meyer, Maurice Andre, Alfred Brendel, Byron Janis, José Cura, Placido Domingo, Alexander Lonquich.

She has made numerous CD, radio, TV and theatre music recordings.

Her debut solo CD FANTAISIE was nominated for Fryderyk 2010 in the Phonographic Debut category and her second CD with Bohuslav Martinu chamber music was awarded with La Clef Resmusica and nominated for Fryderyk 2011 in the Chamber Music category. Graduated from the F.Chopin Music Academy in Warsaw where she studied in the flute class of prof. E. Dastych ? Szwarc. Postgraduate studies in the Royal Conservatory in the Hague, the Netherlands in the flute class of prof. Rien de Reede and Thies Roorda. She recently defended her PhD degree at the F.Chopin University of Music in Warsaw.

She performs both as soloist and chamber musician in Poland and abroad and she teaches the flute and chamber music at the F. Chopin University of Music in Warsaw as well as at the Academy of Art in Szczecin.

For more information please visit: www.igras-sawicka.com