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Born in Tarnow, Poland, Ewa Sas began playing the violin at the age of 7. In 2006 she graduated with 1st Class Honors from the Instrumental Department of Akademia Muzyczna in Cracow, receiving her Master of Arts degree in violin performance under the tutelage of Professor Teresa Głąbówna. From 2001 to 2006, in recognition of her academic achievements, Ewa received Study Scholarships for every year of her studies. In that time (2001-2003), she also completed an Inter-Faculty Pedagogical Program, hosted at the Akademia Muzyczna in Cracow. In 2008 she finished her second Master degree (M.Mus) in violin performance at University of British Columbia in the studio of Jasper Wood. She was awarded a Graduate Entrance Scholarship by the University of British Columbia, as well as an International Student Scholarship for both years of her studies. |
In the summer of 2007, Ewa took part in the prestigious Pacific Music Festival, working with principal players of the Vienna Philharmonic, the Berlin Philharmonic and major orchestras in the United States and Japan. Ewa’s professional background includes touring through Poland, Germany, Switzerland, France, Spain and Italy with various orchestras, performing with a chamber ensemble on cruise ships in the Caribbean and Central America, and recording a solo performance for the Polish National Radio. She has had the opportunity to work with many world-renowned artists such as Riccardo Muti, Andrey Boreyko, Tadaaki Otaka, Boris Berezovsky, Krzysztof Penderecki and Kent Nagano, to name a few. For the 2 years she was living in Vancouver, Ewa was concertmaster of Orchestra Armonia, a member of the Erato Ensemble, and she performed throughout BC with many orchestras and chamber ensembles, as well as solo; including a performance at the 2006 BC Fashion Week Opening Show. Since moving to Montreal, Ewa played regularly as permanent substitute musician with Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal (Including Scotland Tournee in 2011 and opening ceremony of Maison Symphonique), worked in 2011/2012 season with La Pieta and joined trio sTREga based in Toronto. Highlights from the collaboration with sTREga include performing for the Maria Kaczyńska - wife of the late Polish President Lech Kaczyński, presenting a West-coast Canada tour with a chamber masterclasses and lectures in University of Victoria, and completing a "4 seasons" series of concerts for Heliconian Hall in Toronto. After a great success of a solo performance in 2010 in Toronto, where Ewa had a pleasure of interpreting a Wieniawski concerto no.2 for Polish Independence Day and Canada Remembrance Day with Toronto Sinfonietta, she is invited back for May 2013 to play repertoire of Lutoslawski, Palej and Wieniawski with that orchestra, under maestro Matthew Jaskiewicz. |
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