Anna Maria Staśkiewicz

Anna Maria Staśkiewicz is a laureate of the 3rd Prize and Special Prize for the best performance of Mozart’s Violin Concerto from the Polish Radio Competition at the 13th International Henryk Wieniawski Competition in Poznań (2006), the winner of the 5th International Karol Szymanowski Competition in Łódź and the 16th National Bach Competition in Zielona Góra.

As a soloist, she performed in many renowned concert halls: Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, Musikvereinssaal in Vienna, Municipal Theatre in São Paulo, Kaisersaal in Frankfurt am Main, Konzertsaal im Kulturpalast in Dresden, Raitt Recital Hall in Malibu, Hatch Recital Hall in New York, Kioi Hall in Tokyo or the National Philharmonic in Warsaw. She also played in She was invited to cooperate with Polish Radio National Symphonic Orchestra in Katowice, National Symphonic Orchestra in Warsaw, Sinfonia Varsovia Orchestra, Amadeus Polish Radio Chamber Orchestra or NFM Leopoldinum Orchestra. Her other symphonic collaborations include: Bydgoszcz, Lublin, Łódź, Zielona Góra and Poznań. She cooperated with: Sinfonietta Cracovia, Sinfonia Viva, The Presidential Symphony Orchestra in Ankara, Gottingen Symphonic Orchestra, Philharmonisches Orchester Regensburg, Chamber Orchestra in Zurich, Sinfonica Municipal in Sao Paulo as well as orchestras from Albania, Bulgaria, China, Estonia, Georgia, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, Russia, Scotland, Slovakia, Switzerland and Ukraine.

As a soloist, she played under the baton of many distinguished conductors: Mirosław Jacek Błaszczyk, Łukasz Borowicz, Massimiliano Caldi, Agnieszka Duczmal, José Maria Florencio, Robert Kabara, Vladimir Kiradjiev, Jerzy Maksymiuk, Wojciech Michniewski, Marek Moś, Maxim Vengerov and others.

She was awarded six times of the Ministers of Culture and National Heritage Scholarship. She received a musical distinction and award from Kujawsko-Pomorskie Voivodship Marshall and the President of Toruń. She was granted the Artistic Scholarship from Poznań (2002) and "Młoda Polska" (Young Poland) scholarship given by the Minister of Culture and Arts (2007).

Since 2015, she has been a concertmaster of Sinfonia Varsovia.

Anna Maria Staśkiewicz, photo by Anita Wąsik-Płocińska