Konstanty Andrzej Kulka

Konstanty Andrzej Kulka
CD cover. Music of Karol Józef Lipiński performed by the violinist with string ensemble, released in 2013
Background information
Born	5 March 1947 Gdańsk
Genres	Classical music
Instruments	Violin

Konstanty Andrzej Kulka (born 5 March 1947) is a Polish violinist, recording artist, and professor of the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw since 1994, also heading the Institute of String Instruments there. Kulka graduated with honors from the Stanisław Moniuszko Academy of Music in Gdańsk in 1971. He played over 1,500 recitals internationally, including in the United States, Japan, and Australia. Kulka is a guest performer with the Berliner Philharmoniker, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam, Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, and Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra. He took part in leading music festivals including in Lucerne, Bordeaux, Flandria, Berlin, Prague, Barcelona, Brighton, and Warsaw.^[1]

Life

Kulka was born in Gdańsk where he began his music education at the age of eight. He enrolled at the state music lyceum there, and at the age of seventeen won his first award at the Niccolò Paganini International Violin Competition in Genoa. His international recognition began in 1964 at the German International ARD Radio Competition in Monachium where Kulka won first prize.^[1]

Kulka is a professor at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw. His daughter is singer-songwriter Gaba Kulka.

References

1. Małgorzata Kosińska, Polskie Centrum Informacji Muzycznej, (2002, 2009). "Konstanty Andrzej Kulka". •Orchestra.culture.pl. Instytut Adama Mickiewicza. Retrieved 17 June 2014. Check date values in: |date= (help)

External links

• Chair of string instruments chopin.edu.pl
• prof. Konstanty Andrzej Kulka chopin.edu.pl (Polish)
• Konstanty Andrzej Kulka Naxos
• Kulka's page at Culture.pl (Polish)