MARIUSZ PATYRA

Poland

Mariusz Patyra was born in Orzysz/Poland in 1977. He began to play the violin at the age of 7. He studied with Zbigniew Ciucias, A. Hoffmann in Olsztyn, Agnieszka Cypryk, Prof. Janusz Kucharski in Warsaw, Prof. Krzysztof Węgrzyn and Prof. Ina Kertscher in Hannover and Maestro Salvatore Accardo in Cremona. He graduated with honors from the Feliks Nowowiejski Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz, and is a lecturer at the Academy. He has been a member of the Jury of the Henryk Wieniawski International Violin Competition in Poznan/Poland 2022, as well as a member of the Preselection's Jury of the International Violin Competition Premio Niccolo Paganini Genua/Italy 2023.

A true virtuoso of the violin, Mariusz Patyra's artistic career took off after winning the 2001 Niccolo Paganini International Violin Competition. His success was exceptional in that he was the first ever Polish violinist to win the "Premio Niccolo Paganini". Patyra was also awarded a special prize for best interpretation of the Paganini Caprices and received a copy of the great master's violin, "Il Cannone"; he had the honor of performing on Niccolo Paganini's original Guarneri del Gesu during a later concert.

His achievement launched performance tours all over the world, including Europe, Japan, the United States, and Mexico. Mariusz Patyra has played with such distinguished orchestras as: the Tokyo Royal Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra Fondazione Arturo Toscanini, Orchestra di Roma, Orchestra Filarmonica Marchigiana, the Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Polish Radio Chamber Orchestra ("Amadeus"), the Warsaw National Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, and Sinfonia Varsovia. 

Recordings for the Polish, the Northern German (NDR), the Western German (WDR), and the Italian radio (RAI TRE) give an insight in the virtuoso playing of this artist.

Recorded works:

Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, Lipinski Royal Fidelity, 2008

Paganini: Violin Concerto No. 1; Saint-Saens: Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso Op.28 Massenet: Thais-Méditation, DUX, 2008

Wieniawski: Violin Concertos No. 1 & No. 2, DUX, 2008

“No. 24”, Toinen Music, Wydawnictwo Agora, 2019

Mariusz Patyra plays a copy of the Guarneri del Gesu, built by Wojciech Topa (2020).