Biographyof Mariusz Patyra
Mariusz Patyra was born in Orzysz/Poland. He began to play the violin at the age of 7. His teachers were A. Hoffmann in Olsztyn, Prof. J. Kucharski in Warsaw, Prof. K. Wegrzyn, Prof. I. Kertscher in Hannover and Maestro Salvatore Accardo in Cremona.Mariusz Patyra is a price winner of the International Violin Competition J. Joachim (Hannover), a finalist of the International Stradivari Competition in Cremona (1998). He won the 4th prize at the International Carl-Nielsen Violin Competition as well as the winner of the extra prize of the Odense Symphony Orchestra (Odense 2000).
He was the first Polish to win the "Premio N. Paganini“ (Genova 2001), where he was awarded the special prize for the best interpretation of the Paganini Caprices and received a copy of the violin "Il Cannone" which had belonged to the big virtuoso.
Mariusz Patyra has been playing in Europe, Japan and the United States of America. Among others he played with the Royal Chamber Orchestra Tokyo, Orchestra Fondazione Arturo Toscanini, Orchestra di Roma, Orchestra Filarmonica Marchigiana, Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Polish Radio Chamber Orchestra "Amadeus", National Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, and Sinfonia Varsovia. Recordings for the Polish, the Northern German (NDR), the Western German (WDR), and the Italian radio give an insight in the virtuoso playing of this young artist.
Mariusz Patyra plays a copy of the Guarneri del Gesu 1733, built by Christian Erichson (Hannover 2003), as well as on a copy of
"Il Cannone" 1742, built by John.B.Erwin (Dallas 2000).