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"Marcin Markowicz" (born March 19, 1979), the concermaster of the Witold Lutoslawski Philharmonic as well as memebr of Lutoslawski Quartet in Wroclaw. From 2005 Artistic Director of the Ensemble International Chamber Music Festival. Guest concertmaster of Beethoven Academy Orchestra.

He studied under Prof. Christiane Edinger in Lubeck, Roman Lasocki and Krzysztof Jakowicz in Warsaw (graduating with distinction) and prof. Roman Totenberg in Boston. He has attended many master-class courses working under the tutelage of, among others, Ida Haendel, Sherban Lupu, Grigorij Zhislin, members of the Juillard Quartet, Cleveland Quartet, The Fine Arts Quartet as well as the Silesian Quartet and Szymanowski Quartet.

As a soloist and chamber player he has participated in festivals in Bayreuth, Ratzeburg, La Ville d'EU, Musica Polonica Nova, Wratoslavia Cantans, Klara Festival, the Warsaw Autumn, "Lancuch" and Turning Sounds festivals in Warsaw as well as the Kneisel Hall Chamber Music Festival in the USA. Between 2005 – 2006 he was a member of the Amade Kammerphilharmonie in Aachen. As a soloist and chamber musician he has performed in the Netherlands, Germany, France, Belgium, Czech Republic, Austria, the USA, Russia and South Africa. As a soloist he performed with Wroclaw Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Jacek Kaspszyk and Michal Klauza, with Sudecka Philahrmonic, ensembles from Krakow and Solingen (M. Foster). He gives master classes in Zakopane and Walbrzych (Poland) as well as in Matera (Italy). He recorded for the Polish Radio and CD Accord Music Edition.

He is also a composer – in 1999 he received an award of distinction at the Panufnik Composers Competition in Krakow and his compositions have been performed at festivals in Poland, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Belgium and the USA.