Zuzanna Sosnowska
e-mail: zuzia.sosnowska@wp.pl
Zuzanna Sosnowska was born in 1993 in Białystok in Poland. She started playing the cello when she was 7. From 2007- 2009 she attended the Zenon Brzewski Music School in Warsaw In prof. Andrzej Orkisz class. For 3 years she has been studying at the Hochschule fur Musik Franz Liszt Weimar with prof. W.E. Schmidt. Zuzanna has won many prizes in national and international competitions, such as: 2nd Prize at International Cello Competition in Liezen, Austria, 1st Prize at International Petar Konjovic Music Competition in Belgrad, Serbia; 2nd Prize at Antonio Janigro International Cello Competition in Porec, Croatia. She has participated In various masterclasses, during which she has worked with professors such as F.Helmerson, Ph. Muller, J.P.Maintz, L. Fenyo, G. Rivinius, J. Berger, K. Michalik. Zuzanna has received a Scholarship from the Polish Minister of Culture and Art Department and the Polish Prime Minister's Scholarhip. During the years 2007-2012, she also took part in the National Children's Fund Program. In 2013 she was awarded with the Deutschland Stipendium and a Scholarship from the Yehudi Menuhin Foundation.
Maciej Kułakowski
e-mail: maciekcello@onet.eu
Maciej Kułakowski started his cello classes at the age of six in the class of prof. Jadwiga Ewald. From 2014 he has studied at the Franz Liszt Hochschule fur Music in Weimar, in the class of prof. E. Schmidt and at the Stanislaw Moniuszko Music Academy in Gdansk with prof. Marcin Zdunik. He is an active performing musician with numerous awards at both national and international level competitions.
Dorukhan Doruk
e-mail: www.dorukhandoruk.com
Dorukhan Doruk was born in 1991 in Istanbul. He began his cello studies in 2000 with Dilbag Tokay In Istanbul and continued with Claus Kanngiesser at the Hochschule fur Musik und Tanz Koln. He is currently studying with Truls Mork at the Norwegian Academy of Music. After his solo debut with an orchestra at the age of 13, he performed with various orchestras such as Zagreb Soloists, Budapest Strings, Slovak Sinfonietta, Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra. Doruk has performed as a soloist and chamber musician at prestigious festivals such as Verbier Festival, Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, Istanbul Music Festival and appeared in major concert halls such as Vienna Konzerthaus, Tonhalle Zurich, Victoria Hall Geneva. He has been awarded at various national and international competitions, including the first prze and five special awards at the Antonio Janigro Cello Competition, and first prize at Liezen Cello Competition. He has attended masterclasses and workshops of Yo-Yo Ma, David Geringas, Steven Isserlis and Gary Hoffman. Doruk plays a Lupot Cello which was lent him by the “Guher&Suher Pekinel Young Musicians on World Stages Project” with the financial support of Tupr.
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