Karol Mastalerz
Saxophonist – soloist and chamber musician, as well as arranger and teacher. Member of the Nemesis Quartet and the Warsaw Saxophone Orchestra. Graduate of the Chopin University of Music in Warsaw in Paweł Gusnar’s class. He also honed his skills abroad, studying with Lars Mlekusch at the Zürcher Hochschule der Künste as part of the ERASMUS+ programme, as well as in Michael Krenn’s class at the Musik und Kunst Privatuniversität der Stadt Wien. He currently teaches saxophone at the Karol Szymanowski State Music School No. 4 in Warsaw.
Despite his young age, Karol Mastalerz can boast a rich artistic output. He has performed in prestigious concert halls in Poland, including the Warsaw Philharmonic, the Teatr Wielki – Polish National Opera, the Witold Lutosławski Concert Studio of Polish Radio, the Royal Castle and the Nowy Teatr in Warsaw, as well as at the NOSPR in Katowice.
He is a laureate of numerous prestigious national and international competitions, including those in Innsbruck, Zagreb, Ljubljana and Gran Canaria. As a soloist, he has performed with orchestras such as the Polish Radio Orchestra in Warsaw, the Świętokrzyska Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra and the Polish Philharmonic Orchestra Sinfonia Baltica in Słupsk.
He has extensive experience in chamber and orchestral repertoire. He has performed in various ensembles, from trios and saxophone quartets to contemporary music ensembles such as Chain Ensemble, as well as symphony orchestras, including Sinfonia Varsovia, the Polish Radio Orchestra in Warsaw and the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra in Katowice.
He is a scholarship holder of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage, the National Centre for Culture (Young Poland 2018 programme), the Marshal of the Silesian Province, the National Children’s Fund and the Mayor of Częstochowa.
[2025]