Michał Orlik

Michał Orlik was born on 25th July, 2000 in Katowice. Mgr. Renata Dziuba was his first violin teacher at the State Music School in Katowice. Then, in the Secondary Music School in Katowice he studied with prof. Szymon Krzeszowiec. In 2019, he began studies at the K. Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice also in the violin class prof. Szymon Krzeszowiec. As part of the Erasmus + program, he studied at the Ferenc Liszt Music Academy in Budapest in the violin class of prof. Piotr Somogyi. He’s been the laureate of many violin competitions in Poland and abroad. Some of the most important are: 2 nd place- 10th International Music Competition „Pro Bohemia” –Ostrava 2015 1 st place - 2 nd International Competition of Musical Interpretations „Premio Clivis” – Roma 2015 1 st place – 11th Young Musician Competition – Jasło 2016 1 st place – 12th Polish Forum of Young Instrumentalist – Rybnik 2016 Grand Prix–Jadwiga Kaliszewska First Polish Violin Competition – Poznań 2016, 3 rdplace–14thInternational G. Ph. Telemann Violin Competition– Poznań 2017 2 nd place - International Strings Competition –Elbląg 2017, Poland 2 nd place-15th International Violin Competition“Young Paganini”– Legnica 2017 Finalist - Leonid Kogan Competition for Young Violinists - Brussels 2017 2 nd place-17th J. Zarębski International Music Competition – Łomianki 2017 2 nd place - 12th Aleksandra Januszajtis Polish Violin Competition– Gdańsk 2017 2 nd place - 41th Bachowski Polish Competition – Zielona Góra 2017 3 rd place -14th International Competition of Young Violinist in Honour of Karol Lipiński and Henryk Wieniawki in Lublin 2018 Gold Medal – 4 th Manhattan International Music Competition, 2019 2 nd place - International Competition,, Soloist Young Arts Masterclass” -Krosno 2019 2 nd place – 5 th International Violin Competition Vasco Abadjiev, Sofia 2019 Finalist – 2 nd Grażyna Bacewicz International Violin Competition, Łódź 2019 Grand Prix - 21st Century Talents Concerto Competition 2021 2 nd place - Medici International Music Competition 2021 2 nd place - MAP-IMC 2021 2 nd place – London Classical Music Competition 2022 1 st place - 32 Young Musican International Competition „Citta di Barletta”-Italy 2022 Michal Orlik - the most important solo concerts and recitals 5.04.2019 – J. Brahms -Violin Concerto in D major op. 77 mov.I with Silesian Philharmonic. Conductor Maciej Tomasiewicz 15.09.2019 – Violin recital in The Crown Tribunal in Lublin (Special award-14th International Competition of Young Violinist in Honour of K. Lipiński and H.Wieniawski in Lublin 2018) 25.10.20219 -E. Chaussone – Poeme op. 25 with Świętokrzyska Philharmonic (Special award- 14th International Competition of Young Violinist in Honour of K. Lipiński and H. Wieniawski in Lublin 2018). Conductor Joanna Natalia Ślusarczyk 17.01.2020 – M. Karłowicz - Violin Concerto in A major op. 8 with Orquestra Sinfonica de Cuenca in Equador (Special award -International Competition “Soloist Young Arts Masterclass” -Krosno 2019) Conductor Michael Meissner 31.01.2020 -P. Sarasate -Zigeunerweisen op. 20 with Rzeszów Philharmonic. Conductor Wojciech Rodek 20, 21. 11.2021 - M. Karłowicz -Violin Concerto in A major op. 8 with Luxembourg Philharmonia. Conductor Martin Elmquist