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