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Kaja Danczowska (born March 25, [1949] in [Krakow]) - Polish violinist and teacher.

Biography
Learning to play the violin from the age of 8 with Eugenia Umińska, with whom she later studied at the State Higher School of Music in Krakow, Danczowska graduated from the Kraków university with distinction in 1972. That year she also completed a two-year master course at the conservatory in Moscow with [David Oistrach]. Two years later, she participated in a two-year master course led by [Ruggiero Ricci] organized by the Canadian government.

She is the laureate of national and international violin competitions. In 1959, she won 1st place at the National Violin Competition in Wrocław. In 1967, she won 3rd prize at the 5th [Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition] in Poznań. In 1969, she won 2nd prize at the A. Curci Violin Competition in Naples. In 1970, she won 2nd prize at the Musical Performance Competition in Geneva. In 1975 she won 3rd prize at the Munich International Radio Competition. A year later, she won the silver medal at the [Queen Elizabeth Competition] in Brussels.

During her musical career, Kaja Danczowska has collaborated with many other musicians including [Krystian Zimerman], Jan Krenz, [Jerzy Maksymiuk], Jerzy Katlewicz, [Krzysztof Penderecki], Stanisław Skrowaczewski, Antoni Wit, Heinz Holliger, [Gidon Kremer], [Mischa Maiski].

Her recordings include the Violin Concerto in A major by [Mieczysław Karłowicz] with the [Polish Radio and Television Orchestra] in Krakow under the baton of [Antoni Wit] (Le Chant du Monde, 1992), the Double Concerto for Violin and Cello "LILA" by Konstanty Regamey with Andrzej Bauer and [Sinfonia Varsovia] under the direction of Wojciech Michniewski (Swiss Broadcasting Corporation, 1994), [Karol Szymanowski]'s 1st and 2nd Violin Concertos with the Polish National Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Kazimierz Kord (PolyGram, 1997). She also has over 300 archival radio recordings, mainly for the Polish Radio and RIAS.

Prizes and Awards
1967 - III. Place, International Violin Competition Henryk Wieniawski

1976 - Silver medal, in the International Music Competition Queen Elizabeth of Belgium

1976 - State Award, 2nd degree 1977 - Award of the City of Krakow 1979 - Award of the Minister of Culture and Art; 1982 - Award of the Minister of Foreign Affairs 1984 - Radio and Television Committee Award 1986 - Golden Cross of Merit 1991 - Award of the Minister of Culture and Art (for the second time) 1992 - Award of the Krakow Voivode 1998 - Award of the Polish Culture Foundation 1998 - Award of the Minister of Culture and Art (for the third time) 1999 - Excellent in Teaching of the Robinson Foundation 2001 - Officer's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta 2006 - Gold Medal for Merit to Culture - Gloria Artis 2009 - Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta 2016 - Honorary doctorate of the Academy of Music in Krakow