KONSTANTY ANDRZEJ KULKA

Born in 1947 in Gdańsk, he started taking violin lessons at the age of eight. He studied under the guidance of Stefan Herman at the Secondary Music School and the State Higher School of Music in Gdańsk, from which he graduated, with distinction, in 1971. In 1964 he won an honourable mention at the International Niccolo Paganini Competition in Genoa. Two years later he won First Prize at the Munich Competition. This accolade skyrocketed him to a major international career. Foreign tours have taken him to all the European countries, the United States, South America, Japan and Australia. Worldwide tours with the Warsaw Philharmonic occupy a prominent place in his career. He has appeared with many renowned orchestras including the Berlin Philharmonic, the Chicago Symphony, the London Symphony, the Conzertgebouw of Amsterdam and the English Chamber Orchestra. A popular figure at major international festivals, he has performed in Lucerne, Bordeaux, Berlin, Brighton, Prague, Barcelona, Flanders and Warsaw.
He has made numerous recordings for radio, television as well as on many labels. His discography includes concertos by Vivaldi, Mozart, Mendelssohn, Glazunov, Lalo, Bartok, Prokofiev, Beethoven, Brahms, Karłowicz, Hindemith and Szymanowski, as well as a wide selection of sonatas and virtuoso pieces.