Jakub Haufa – born in 1980 in Poznań, a versatile violinist with rich phonographic and concert achievements, a laureate of many national and international competitions.

Concertmaster of the Sinfonia Varsovia Orchestra, habilitated doctor, Professor at the Music Academy in Poznań.

education:

Academy of Music, Poznań – violin class of prof. Jadwiga Kaliszewska

experience:

-Sinfonia Varsovia (concertmaster)

-Cooperation with artists: Krzysztof Penderecki, Alexander Sladkovsky, Jacek Kaspszyk czy Jerzy Maksymiuk, Marc Minkowski, Nigel Kennedy, Stefan Dohr, Albrecht Mayer, Daniel Hope,  Radovan Vlatkovic

-Cooperation with conductors:  Lorin Maazel, Valery Gergiev, Leonard Slatkin, Christoph Eschenbach, Krzysztof Penderecki, Jerzy Semkow, Lawrence Foster, Marek Janowski, Andrey Boreyko, Leopold Hager, Sylvain Camberling, Hubert Soudant, Alexander Sladkovsky, Robert Trevino

-National Polish Radio Orchestra in Katowice (guest concertmaster)

-Tenerife Symphony Orchestra (guest concertmaster)

-Euskadi Orchestra in San Sebastian (guest concertmaster)

-Polish Chamber Orchestra (soloist)

– “Das Collegium” with members of the Berliner Philharmoniker

-Malta Philharmonic (guest concertmaster)

-KBS Symphony Orchestra in Seoul (guest concertmaster)

prizes and awards:

distinctions in the final of the 12th International Violin Competition Henryk Wieniawski in Poznań (2001)

recordings: 

– as koncertmaster and soloist, Deutsche Grammophon (z Albrechtem Mayerem – CD/DVD New Seasons), 

– EMI (z Nigelem Kennedym – DVD Live at Carcassonne)

– as soloist: “Concerto doppio” of Krzysztof Penderecki, 2016