Izabela Stocka

Izabela, born in Wroclaw, Poland is a graduate student of Karol Szymanowski School of Music and currently studying the violin at the Royal Academy of Music in London in prof. Tomotada Soh and Michael Foyle class. She began learning the instrument at the age of 7 and since the time has attended many violin competitions in such countries as Poland, Czech Republic, England and France where she was recently nominated for the contemporary prize award at the Marie Cantagrill International Violin Competition. She has taken part in various music workshops including European Musical Workshops in Kolobrzeg, Poland where she had a chance to work with such professors as Bartosz Bryla, Krzysztof Smietana or Levon Chillingirian. Besides soloistic experience she is equally engaged in chamber and orchestral music and is regularly performing with her piano trio and string quartet – both formed at the Royal Academy of Music. She had a chance to perform as an orchestral member with South Czech Philharmonic, London Young Sinfonia, New Tottenham Singers, Polish- German Young Philharmonic and Royal Academy of Music Symphony Orchestra and play in such countries as China, Germany, England, Czech Republic and Poland as both member and a concertmaster. Her recent projects include work with world-renowed conductors such as Marin Alsop, Semyon Bychkov, Yan Pascal Tortelier, Edward Gardner, Manuel Lopez-Gomez or Oliver Knussen. Izabela is also keen on teaching and currently private violin and piano tutor in London. Izabela is playing 1800 Lorenzo Ventapane violin on kind loan from the Royal Academy of Music.