PhD Magdalena Ziarkowska-Kołacka

She is an assistant professor at the Karol Lipiński Academy of Music in Wrocław, where she teaches violin, deputy concertmaster of the Leopoldinum National Forum of Music Orchestra, and violinist with the Huberman Piano Trio and Huberman Duo. From 2016 to 2019, she was concertmaster of the Częstochowa Philharmonic. There, she had the honor of playing Riccardo Antoniazzi's violin, which once belonged to Huberman himself.

She began learning to play the violin at the Music School Complex in Włocławek, and then continued her studies at the Secondary Music School in Łódź under the supervision of Prof. Tomasz Bartosiak. In 2017, she graduated with honors from the I. J. Paderewski Academy of Music in Poznań in the violin class of Prof. Jarosław Żołnierczyk.

Magdalena Ziarkowska-Kołacka won first place in the solo category and second place in the chamber ensemble category at the Musica insieme International Competition in Venice, second place in the Tadeusz Wroński Youth Competition for solo violin in Tomaszów Mazowiecki, and an honorable mention in the 10th J. Zarębski International Music Competition in Łomianki.

From 2011 to 2016, she was a member of the Młoda Polska Filharmonia orchestra conducted by Adam Klock, with which she performed in the most important concert halls in the country and took part in the MISA Festival in Shanghai. In 2013-2016, she was the concertmaster of the Łódź Region Youth Orchestra Sinfonietta. As a soloist and chamber musician, she has participated in many festivals, including: Colors of Poland at the Łódź Philharmonic, the Bronisław Huberman Violin Festival at the Częstochowa Philharmonic, the Summer Music Academy in Lusławice, the Masters of Polish Violin Festival at the Zielona Góra Philharmonic, the Music Festival of Southern Greater Poland in Kalisz, the All Sides of the World International Festival in Puławy, and the Witold Lutosławski Festival Chain XII in Warsaw.

In July 2018, she went on a prestigious concert tour as part of the Baltic Neopolis Virtuosi program, performing 20th-century chamber compositions in Poland and Estonia with concertmasters and leaders of leading European orchestras. She also collaborates with pianist Barbara Karaśkiewicz, with whom she performs extensively throughout Europe. As a soloist, she performs with Polish symphony orchestras, collaborating with conductors such as Adam Klocek, Rafał Jacek Delekta, Grzegorz Wierus, and Czesław Grabowski. She is also a guest lecturer at the Orchestra Academy of the National Forum of Music.

She is currently promoting the figure of Bronisław Huberman, about whom she wrote her doctoral thesis entitled Bronisław Huberman – an analysis of the aesthetics of the great violin virtuoso's playing based on his recordings, studies, and transcriptions. In October 2020, Divine Art released the album 20th Century Polish Music, featuring works by Grażyna Bacewicz, Karol Szymanowski, and Andrzej Panufnik. The album has been praised by many critics, both in Poland and abroad.