Audrey Massaka was born on 29 September 1989 in Krakow. She started
learning to play the violin at the age of seven in Karol Szymanowski
School of Music in Torun under Jefim Stinerman. Now she is a student
at I.J. Paderewski Academy of Music in Poznan, studying under
prof. Marcin Baranowski.
Her achievements include:
prizewinner at Regional Audition for violinist from Schools of
Music in Inowroclaw 2001
II prize at VI All-Polish Young Instrumentalists Competition in
Bydgoszcz 2001
Semi-fialist of IV All-Polish Violin Competition in memory of
Aleksandra Januszajtis in Gdansk 2001
I prize and special award for the best performance at Stanislaw
Hajzer J.S. Bach Competition in Zielona Gora 2001
Finalist at III George Philipp Telemann All-Polish Violin Competition
in Poznan 2002
III prize at XXIX Stanislaw Hajzer J.S.Bach Competition in Zielona
Gora 2003
Distinction at III All-Polish Violin Competition Young Paganini
in Legnica 2005
IIIrd prize at VI St. Serwaczynski All-Polish Competition for
Young Violinists in Lublin 2005
V prize at 1st All-Polish Uminska Competition for Young Violinists
in Poznan 2005
IIIrd prize ex aequo at VI All-Polish Aleksandra Januszajtis Violin
Competition in Gdansk 2005
2nd Prize at the All-Polish
Groblicz Family Violin Competition Krakow 2007
1st Prize at the 20th Young Musician International Competition - "Citta di Barletta" Italy 2010
She performed
in Poland (with Torun Chamber Orchestra and Torun Symphony Orchestra),
Sweden, Germany, England and China. She has been perfecting
her performance at master classes where she studied under prof.
prof. Marcin Baranowski, Tadeusz Gadzina, Marek Szwarc, Vadim
Brodski, Gwen Hoebig, Bill van der Sloot, Yi-Wen Jiang, Weigang
Li, Lina Yu, Zhao Wei, Tong Weidong, Donald Weilerstein, Andreas
Cardenes.
She has been awarded scholarships by the Minster of Culture,
The National Fund for Children and The Open Musical Safety Pin
Philharmonic.