Performer · flute
Agata Kielar-Długosz
9 performances · 3 editions
Performances
Biography
Agata Kielar-Długosz is a renowned Polish flautist, a graduate of the soloist programme at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Munich, and of postgraduate studies at the Hochschule für Musik in Weimar and Yale University in New Haven.
As part of an Erasmus scholarship, she also honed her skills at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Leipzig and on numerous flute masterclasses.
She is a prize-winner of national and international flute competitions, including: a finalist at the 10th Friedrich Kuhlau International Flute Competition in Uelzen; second prize at the 4th Internazionale Premio International Flute Competition in Padua; second prize (first prize was not awarded) and a special prize at the 4th International ‘Interpretazione Flautistica’ Flute Competition in Ovada, and a finalist and winner of a special prize at the 11th International Flute Competition in Timișoara. She was awarded third prize at the 6th Leonardo de Lorenzo International Flute Competition in Viggiano.
As a soloist and chamber musician, she performs actively both at home and abroad. She has premiered numerous concertos dedicated to her by Polish and international composers, including Paweł Mykietyn, Grażyna Pstrokońska-Nawratil, Piotr Moss and Paweł Łukaszewski, which were broadcast by leading radio stations. She has made a number of archival, radio and recorded performances.
In 2017, the artist was nominated for the prestigious ICMA (International Classical Music Award) in the solo recital category for her album *Flute Reflections*.
She was principal flutist with the Bayerisches Symphonieorchester München.
She has also collaborated with the Münchener Kammerorchester and the Bach Collegium München.
She has performed under the baton of conductors such as Zubin Mehta, Mariss Jansons, Sir Colin Davis, Jacek Kaspszyk, Jerzy Maksymiuk, Agnieszka Duczmal and Helmuth Rilling.
She was a long-standing scholarship holder of the Yehudi Menuhin Live Music Now Foundation. For her outstanding achievements, she has received numerous awards and scholarships, including from the Fulbright Commission, DAAD, KAAD, All Flutes Plus, Jeunesses Musicales, Top Wind and the Stiftung für Musik Zürich. She received the Award of the Marshal of the Podkarpackie Voivodeship for exceptional achievements in the field of artistic creation and the promotion and preservation of culture. She was a laureate of the Minister of Culture’s ‘Young Poland’ scholarship programme.
She leads numerous masterclasses. In 2013, she was awarded a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in the artistic discipline of instrumental performance.
Source: www.agatadlugosz.pl · Photo: D. Bodnar (2018)
