Born in Warsaw in 1971, Krzysztof enjoys a varied career as a performing musician that takes him all over the world.
Since 1996, he has been the violist of the Belcea Quartet, with whom he performs regularly in the world’s most prestigious halls, such as Wigmore Hall in London, the Konzerthaus in Vienna, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, and Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall in New York. The Belcea Quartet has recorded extensively for EMI Classics, and its recordings have won the Gramophone, Diapason d’Or, Midem, and Echo Klassik awards.Krzysztof’s passion for chamber music extends to collaborations with other musicians, such as Imogen Cooper, Stephen Kovacevich, Piotr Anderszewski, Katya Apekisheva, Natalie Clein, Adrian Brendel, Sasha Sitkovetsky, and Kathy Gowers. He appears as a guest violist with ensembles such as Alban Berg, Pavel Haas Quartet, Ysaye and Jerusalem Quartets, Razumovsky Ensemble, and Jerusalem Piano Trio.His viola and piano recital disc with Katya Apekisheva was recently released by Champs Hill Records and was presented in February 2012 with a concert at Wigmore Hall in London.Krzysztof is a professor of viola and chamber music at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. In the summer of 2011, he taught a course in Israel organized by the Jerusalem Music Centre. This summer, he joins the faculty of the Astona International Summer Academy in Switzerland. He regularly returns to teach chamber music at the Elsner School of Music in Warsaw, his former school, with which he maintains a strong connection.Krzysztof is also dedicated to conducting orchestras. He conducted the recording of Ittai Shapira’s Latin Concerto, with the composer as violin soloist, released in 2011 by Champs Hill Records.
