dominika dancewicz - staff violinist
Ms. Dancewicz is a native of Poland. She came to United States after completing her Master's of Music Degree in violin performance at the Krakow Music Academy.
While still at school she became an assistant concertmaster of the Sinfonietta Cracovia, the Chamber Orchestra of the City of Krakow, which is now one of the most prominent ensembles in Europe. While playing with Sinfonietta she had the chance to work and perform with world renowned artists: Christoph Eschenbach, Krzysztof Penderecki, Grigori Zhyslin, Tabea Zimerman, John Axelrod, Barry Douglas and Kevin Kenner. At the same time she was invited to play with some of the finest professional orchestras in Poland, including the Krakow Philharmonic, Krakow Radio Symphony, Capella Cracoviensis and Sinfonia Varsovia.
In 1997 Ms.Dancewicz was selected to participate in the project of one of the greatest contemporary pianists - Krystian Zimerman: Polish Festival Orchestra (PFO). PFO traveled throughout Europe and the eastern United States performing nearly forty times Chopin’s Piano Concertos with K. Zimerman as soloist. Ms. Dancewicz participated in the recording of the Chopin concerti for Deutsche Grammophon in the summer of 1999.
As an orchestra musician Ms. Dancewicz performed on world's most prestigious concert stages including the Berlin Philharmonic, Auditorio Nacional in Madrid, the National Library in Vienna, Royal Festival Hall in London, Salle Pleyel in Paris, Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. and Carnegie Hall in New York.
Ms. Dancewicz is an active chamber musician. She was the initiator and the leader of the unique Family String Quartet, which was formed with her parents and her brother in 1994. FSQ was a frequent guest of radio and television broadcasts in Poland and gave numerous concerts across the country.
In 1996 she spent six months in Japan performing as a leader of Polish String Quartet on the northern island of Hokkaido.
In April of 2006 along with her piano trio partners she won the Lamont Chamber Music Competition in Denver, CO.
In the United States she pursued her second Master’s Degree at Rice University in Houston, TX, where she was studying with Kenneth Goldsmith. In Houston Ms. Dancewicz was principal second violin of two young chamber orchestras: Orchestra X and the Houston Chamber Orchestra.
After arriving in Colorado in August 2004, Ms. Dancewicz became a new member of the Boulder Philharmonic and Boulder Chamber Orchestra, serving as principal second violinist in the latter. She also performed with Denver’s Mercury Ensemble and the Greeley Philharmonic.
She recently received the Artist Diploma at Denver University Lamont School of Music – the most artistically selective program at that school, where she was studying with Yumi Hwang-Williams.
After moving back to Houston in March of 2007 Ms. Dancewicz became an active freelance musician. She performs regularly with River Oaks Chamber Orchestra as well as Houston Ballet, Houston Chamber Orchestra and Musiqua Houston.
