Sandra Haniszewska Kubasik

Sandra Haniszewska Kubasik

Concert Mistress of the First Violin Group

Since December 2012, she has been the first Concertmaster of the Orchestra of the Grand
Theater in Poznań for the special invitation of artistic director Gabriel Chmura.
She was educated in the "Poznań School of Talents" in the violin class of prof. Jadwiga
Kaliszewska. In 2008, she graduated from the Conservatorium Maastricht in the Netherlands in the
class of prof. Boris Belkin. She is a graduate of the Academy of Music in Poznań in the class of
prof. Jadwiga Kaliszewska. She completed her postgraduate studies with Professor Robert Kabara
at the Academy of Music in Kraków in 2014 with honors. A year later she completed intimate postgraduate
studies (Konzertexamen) at the Hochschule fur Musik Franz Liszt in Weimar (Germany)
in the class of Professor Tomasz Zawierucha. In the years 2011-2018 she worked as a teacher at the
Music School Complex in Poznań.
She co-creates the violin and guitar duo Haniszewska-Kandulski DUO, with which she gives
concerts in Poland and abroad. In the spring of 2012, Duo's debut album "Tintinnabuli" was
released. Modern music for violin and guitar”. The album was sponsored by Polish Radio Dwójka,
TVP Kultura and Radio Merkury. In 2013, the duo was awarded the Young Art Medal in the field
of classical music. Since 2019, she has been a member of the MoniuszkoStringQuartet, with whom
he is currently working on her debut album.
As a soloist, she has performed with the following orchestras: the Zielona Góra
Philharmonic, the Krakow Philharmonic, the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra,
Sinfonietta Cracovia, Camerata Impuls, the Subcarpathian Philharmonic, the Polish Baltic
Philharmonic, and the Orchestra of the Grand Theater in Poznań. She was a guest at festivals,
including: Masters of Polish Violin Playing, Poznań Music Spring, Concerts at Grochowska Street
(Sinfonia Varsovia) in Warsaw, Polish Guitar Academy in Jarocin, International Meetings of Guitar
Players in Sanok, Lubuski Guitar Festival, Puck Confrontations and many others.
She has performed intimately in many concert halls in the Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, Germany
and Italy.
She was invited as a jury member of international chamber music competitions. In his
artistic output, he has a number of competition laurels in the country and abroad. The most
important of them:
3rd International Chamber Ensemble Competition in Aschaffenburg, Germany - 2nd place,
3rd International Violin Competition in Toruń - Special Prize,
11th International Luys Milan Competition in Ontinyenta, Spain - 1st place,
13th International Niccolo Paganini Festival and Competition in Parma, Italy - 1st place ,
14th International Violin Competition named after H. Wieniawski in Poznań,
International Competition of Chamber Ensembles SALIERI-ZINETTI in Verona, Italy – 3rd stage,
7th International Competition Cittá di Gorizia, Italy – 1st place,
International IBLA Grand Prize Competition in Ragusa, Italy – distinction,
14th International Competition of Contemporary Music Kameralna in Krakow - Special Award
them. Prof. Marek Stachowski,
13th International Contemporary Chamber Music Competition in Krakow - 3rd place,
8th National Violin Competition. Z. Jahnke in Poznań - 3rd place,
2nd National Competition for Young Violinists named after Eugenia Umińska in Poznań - 3rd
prize,
3rd National Violin Music Interpretation Competition named after I. Dubiska in Łódź - 2nd place,
XXIX National Violin Competition named after S. Hajzera in Zielona Góra - 1st place and special
prize and many others.
She is a scholarship holder of: Young Art Medal, Artistic Scholarship of the City of Poznań,
Scholarship of the MŁODA POLSKA program, HUYGENS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMME,
Scholarship of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage, Half-yearly Creative Scholarship of
the Minister of Culture and National Heritage, Scholarship of the Prime Minister.
She took part in master classes where she perfected her artistry under the supervision of
professors: Maxim Vengerow, Vadim Repin, Zakhar Bron, Robert Kabara, Boris Belkin, Petru
Munteanu, Hans Wilhelm Kaufmann, Phillippe Villa, Paul Patterson and many other.
For 11 years as a concertmaster of the Orchestra of the Grand Theater in Poznań, she has
collaborated with many conductors and gained considerable repertoire experience.