Ania Filochowska

 
Ania Filochowska is 19 years old. She was born on December 8, 1993, in Warsaw, Poland. She began to play the violin at the age of six in the Music School in Warsaw, and continued in Poznan until June 2005, when she was accepted to study under Maestro Itzhak Perlman at The Juilliard School’s Pre-College Division. In September 2005, she moved to New York and began her studies at Juilliard. Prior to moving to the US, at the age of eleven, she was already a laureate of over 30 national and international children's violin competitions in Poland and Europe.
2001: - Wielkopolski Performing Competition in Poznan - 3rd prize
2002: - G. Bacewicz National Violin Competition in Wroclaw – 2nd prize - Wielkopolski Violin Competition in Poznan - 2nd prize - National Violin Competition in memory of J. Garscia in Stalowa Wola – 1st prize - International Violin Competition in Fermo, Italy - 3rd prize - National J.S. Bach Competition in Zielona Gora – an honorable mention
2003: - Regional Hearings of Pupils of Violin Classes in Warsaw – 1st prize - National Hearings of Pupils of Violin Classes in Warsaw - an honorable mention - National Violin Competition „Young Paganini” in Legnica - an honorable mention - Wielkopolski Performing Competition - 3rd prize - International Festival in Cracow in memory of J. Garscia - 2nd prize - National Violin Competition in memory of A. Januszajtis in Gdansk - 5th prize - Virtuoso Tournament in National Philharmonics in Warsaw - 2nd prize - Violin Technique Competition in Poznan - Grand Prix and a special prize for the best etude performance
2004: - International Violin Competition in Zagan, Poland - Grand Prix and a special prize for the best etude performance - National Competition Children Chamber Music Performance in Cracow - 2nd prize and a special award for the youngest participant - G. Ph. Telemann International Violin Competition in Poznan, Poland - finalist - National Competition of Chamber Music Groups in Jarocin - 1st prize - National Violin Competition „Young Paganini” in Legnica - 2nd place and the special prize for the youngest finalist - National Hearings of Chamber Music Groups in Rybnik 1st prize - G. Bacewicz National Violin Competition in Wroclaw - 1st prize - Wielkopolski Performing Competition - 2nd prize - International Violin Competition in Fermo, Italy - 2nd prize - First World Violin Competition for Young Soloists under Eighteen Years of Age in Brentonico, Italy – 1st prize in her age group, overall winner of all the age groups, and the Public Prize winner - International Violin Competition in Schloss Zell an der Pram, Austria - 1st prize - National J.S. Bach Competition in Zielona Gora, Poland – 1st prize - National Violin Competition of the Polish Radio “Paganini Junior“- a laureate - Violin Technique Competition in Poznan - Grand Prix - Nominated by the Polish Radio as "Personality of the Year"
2005: - International Competition for Young Violinists in Plock - 3rd prize - Audition in front of Prof. Anne-Sophie Mutter and Mrs. Elzbieta Penderecki in the National Philharmonics in Poland - Orchestra debut in Poland performing Wieniawski’s Violin Concerto No. 2 - International Violin Competition in memory of J. Kocian in Czech Republic - 3rd prize - Winner of the Competition in Gdansk for performance with the Gdansk Philharmonic Orchestra - Wielkopolski Performing Competition - 1st prize - Passing the exams to the Juilliard School of Music in New York City - Performances during the 2005 Starling-DeLay Symposium as “Young Artist” - Audition for Maestro Itzhak Perlman in New York City - Participation in the Perlman Music Summer Program, New York - Concert with the orchestra “Sinfonietta Cracovia” - ASTA Violin Competition in New Jersey, U.S.A. – 2nd prize - Participation in the Perlman Music Winter Program, Florida
2006: - Performance at the From the Top Radio Show, a Showcase of the Nation's Top Young Classical Musicians, in Boston - Performances in U.S. at the Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall in New York; Washington, DC; Pennsylvania; New Jersey; Florida; Massachusetts; Maryland - Concert in the National Art Gallery in Ottawa, Canada - Appearance for the new PBS Television Series From the Top “Live from Carnegie Hall”
Ania performed numerous times as a soloist in Warsaw, including the National Philharmonics, the Chopin’s Music Academy, Lutoslawski’s Studio of Polish Radio, Porczynski’s Gallery, the Royal Lazienki Park Concert Hall, the Royal Castle, the National Library, and others. She also appeared in many prestigious halls in Lancut, Stawisko, Cracow, Gdansk, and Poznan. In Europe, she played in Austria, the Czech Republic, Germany, Holland, and Italy. Since June 2005, she gave performances in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Florida, Maryland, Massachusetts, and Washington, DC in USA. In December 2006, she played a charitable concert in the National Art Gallery in Ottawa, Canada to raise money for Afghan children. Ania made her orchestra debut at the age of ten, performing Wieniawski’s Violin Concerto No. 2 in D minor and Sarasate’s “Navarra” for two violins in duo with Bartek Niziol and the Rybnik Symphony Orchestra in Poland. She also performed with the Baltic Symphony Orchestra and the Sinfonietta Cracovia. She has received instruction from, in addition to Maestro Perlman, renowned violin educators such as Jadwiga Kaliszewska, Catherine Cho, Daniel Stabrawa, Krzysztof Wegrzyn, Nam-Yun Kim, Wanda Wilkomirska, Igor Oistrach, Stefan Milenkovich, Bartek Niziol, and Patty Kopec. In January 2005, Ania studied with Nava Milo in the Israeli Conservatory of Music in Tel Aviv.
Ania used to play the harp and had a cycle of compositions by Janina Garscia created especially for her during this time. Ania also participated in the 2005 Starling - DeLay Symposium and the Perlman Music Program in summers 2005 and 2006. Ania has received numerous presidential awards and scholarships in support of her talent including from the First Lady and President Kwasniewskis of Poland, the Polish Minister of Culture - “Mloda Polska” scholarship, and “Crescendum Est – Polonia” scholarship. Currently, Ania is a scholar of the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation and Rachel Elizabeth Foundation. Ania is also greatly supported by the Barbara Piasecka Johnson Foundation.