Violinist

Karolina Csáthy has performed internationally in venues such as Cadogan Hall, Andermatt Concert Hall, Budapest Music Center, Ruddock Performing Arts Centre, West Road Concert Hall, Dorking Halls, St Martin-in-the-Fields and the House of Commons. Solo highlights include Maria Antal’s Kron-Alias Violin Concerto, Mozart’s Third Violin Concerto, Vaughan Williams’ The Lark Ascending and recitals across London and Cambridge with Harrison Cole, Domonkos Csabay, Dominika Mak and Svitlana Kosenko. She looks forward to performing Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in September in Budapest and Bruch’s Violin Concerto No. 1 with Suffolk Sinfonia in March next year.

As an orchestral player, Karolina frequently plays Violin I and has done so recently with the English Classical Players, London Festival Chamber Orchestra, Rick Birley Players and Vivart Budaörs Sinfonietta (Hungary). She is also a founding member of Chapel Perilous, an ensemble directed by Guy James and regularly plays with Mystery Ensemble across the UK. Recently, she was a finalist in the Andrew Downes Performance Competition playing his “Sacred Mass for Solo Violin” at the Ruddock Performing Arts Centre, Birmingham, UK.

Karolina has been playing the violin since the age of five and began her studies with Sue Lynn and Margaret Norris (Yehudi Menuhin School). As well as later receiving a competitive Music scholarship from Reigate Grammar School, her violin tuition was generously supported by Young Sounds, formerly known as Awards for Young Musicians. This enabled her to continue her violin studies with Berent Korfker, a protégé of Zakhar Bron.

Karolina is a proud alumna of Trinity College, Cambridge where she read Music, electing solo violin performance for her final year of studies. During this time, her violin lessons were supported by the Humphrey Richardson Taylor Charitable Trust. As part of the vibrant extracurricular music scene, she regularly appeared as a soloist and a leader. Highlights include Stravinsky The Soldier’s Tale, J.S Bach, C Major Sonata on baroque instrument and his Double Violin Concerto in D minor in Trinity College Chapel.

Since 2022, Karolina has been studying with Lutsia Ibragimova (Royal College of Music). She has participated in masterclasses with Berent Korfker, Maxim Vengerov and Elizabeth Wallfisch.

Listen

Andrew Downes: Sacred Mass for Solo Violin & Selected movements from J.S. Bach’s unaccompanied works for violin

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