Grzegorz Wołczański
Grzegorz Wołczański is a soloist with the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra and a member of the Quintessence wind quintet.
He graduated from the Chopin University of Music in Warsaw, where he studied under Mirosław Pokrzywiński. He honed his skills at masterclasses led by clarinettists such as Michel Lethiec, Florent Héau, Julian Bliss, Ernesto Molinari, David Minetti and Stephen Williamson.
Grzegorz Wołczański is a laureate of numerous national and international competitions. Among his achievements is first prize in the ‘reed trio’ category and first prize in the ‘woodwind quintet’ category at the 10th National Competition for Chamber Wind Ensembles in Warsaw (2014), the Grand Prix at the 6th West Pomeranian Clarinet Festival (2014), and the title of finalist at the 3rd International Clarinet Competition in Lisbon (2015). Together with Quintessence, he won third place at the 3rd International Polish Music Competition in Rzeszów in the chamber ensemble category (2023). He has received a scholarship from the Minister of Culture and National Heritage on four occasions, as well as scholarships from the ‘Young Poland’ programme (National Centre for Culture) and the John Paul II Scholarship of the Capital City of Warsaw (Centre for the Thought of John Paul II). He was also a scholarship holder of Bank Zachodni WBK and the Jolanta and Aleksander Kwaśniewski Foundation.
The artist has collaborated with ensembles such as the Warsaw Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra, Sinfonia Varsovia, the Polish Radio Orchestra in Warsaw, the Jerzy Semkow Polish Sinfonia Iuventus Orchestra, the NFM Leopoldinum Orchestra and the Air Force Representative Band.
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