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Mira Marton - Violin

Biography

Mira Marton started playing the violin at the age of seven in Warsaw. Having spent ten years in primary and secondary music schools in Poland, with teachers Anna Rzymyszkiewicz and Andrzej Gebski, in 2016 she gained a place at the prestigious Yehudi Menuhin School under the tutelage of Lutsia Ibragimova. She is now in the second year of her studies with Maciej Rakowski at the Royal College of Music, where she receives the Russell Race Scholarship. Mira is also generously supported by Talent Unlimited and Zetland Foundation.

In the thirteen years of her musical activity, Mira has participated in many renowned competitions, winning the First Prize at the Lutoslawski Competition for Young Violinists in Warsaw, Poland, Second Prize at the International Meetings of Young Violinists in Plock, Poland, as well as gaining the Second Prize at the VI International Wolfgang Marschner Competition, Hinterzarten, Germany. The most recent achievements include winning the ‘Prix Special Argent’ at the 2019 Paris Music Competition.

Over the years, she has taken part in many prestigious music courses, among others, Morningside Music Bridge, Beijing, International Music Academy Stringtime NiederRhein in Goch, Germany, and masterclasses given by leading violinists including Noah Bendix- Balgley, Boris Garlitsky, Roman Simovic and Gordan Nikolitch. Most recently, chosen as one of four students at the Royal College of Music, she was invited to participate in a masterclass given by Maxim Vengerov in which she performed and worked on the first movement of the Sibelius Violin Concerto.

Mira has appeared in major venues around the world, including Wigmore Hall in London, Forbidden City Concert Hall in Beijing, Blaire Castle Concert Hall in Scotland, the National Philharmonic in Warsaw and the Royal Castle Concert Hall in Warsaw. As a member of The Menuhin School Orchestra she has appeared at the Gstaad International Festival, Bansteadand Gower Festivals, Fundación Juan March and the Zaragoza Auditorium.

As a keen chamber musician, the young violinist has participated in many competitions in her native country, winning Second Prizes at the National Chamber Auditions ‘CEA’ as well as the Second Chamber Music Forum in Warsaw. Her 2018 Wigmore performance of Rachmaninov’s Trio Elegiaque impressed audiences and critics alike, with Ates Orga writing for Classical Source: ‘Honest chamber music-making, nuanced in old-world fragrances.’

submission June 2021