Magdalena Bednarek

She was born on 12.11.1984 in Bydgoszcz.

She graduated from the A. Rubinstein Secondary Music School in Bydgoszcz in 2003. In the academic year 2003/2004 she studied at the I. J. Paderewski School of Music in Poznan with ad. Ewelina Pachucka. Then she moved to Bydgoszcz School of Music, where she studied with Prof. Marcin Baranowski.

She perfected her skills during numerous music courses:
• 2000 – International Courses in Lancut with Prof. Sherban Lupu
• 2001 – International Courses in Lancut with Prof. Marina Yashvili
• 2002 – International Courses in Lancut with Prof. Marcin Baranowski
• 2002 – Master-class in Bydgoszcz “Salony u Mistrza” with Prof. Jadwiga Kaliszewska
• 2003 – Orchestra Workshops “Warszawska Filharmonia Mlodziezowa” in Jaroslawiec, conducted by Ruben Silva
• 2004 – International Courses in Lancut with Prof. Marcin Baranowski
• 2004 – International Courses in Krzyzowa with Prof. Marcin Baranowski
• 2004 – International Courses in Baloszyce with Prof. Ewelina Pachucka-Mazurek
• 2005 – International Courses in Bydgoszcz with Prof. Victor Pikajzen
• 2006 – International Courses in Busko Zdroj with Prof. Marcin Baranowski

In 2003 she won the Viva Musica Foundation Prize for her artistic personality.
In 2006 she performed with the organ player Anna Bednarek during the In Regenerationem Festival in Krotoszyn, as well as the Organ Music Festival in Wroclaw. That year she also performed with a string quartet at the PROBALTICA International Music Festival in Torun.

She has cooperated with Symphony Orchestras in Bydgoszcz, Torun, Kalisz, and Plock, as well as with Capella Bydgostiensis. In the years 2006-08, with the European Union Youth Orchestra, she toured such countries as: Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, Great Britain, Poland, Holland, Romania, Bulgaria, Slovakia, Latvia, Luxemburg, and Kazakhstan, where the concerts were conducted by Vladimir Ashkenazy, Andrey Boreyko, Sir Colin Davis, Herbert Blomstedt and others. In 2007 she took part in the Sommer Oper Bamberg orchestra workshops in Germany.

On 13 January 2008 she performed in the Bydgoszcz Philharmonic House as a soloist of the Philharmonic Orchestra of the Bydgoszcz School of Music, conducted by Zygmunt Rychert. On 27 February 2008 she performed with the pianist Filip Maciborski at the Chamber Music Festival in Szczecinek.

She graduated with honours from the Feliks Nowowiejski School of Music in Bydgoszcz on 19 September 2008.

She presently is a member of the Polish Orchestra Sinfonia Iuventus in Warsaw.