Adam Korniszewski, violinist of Polish origin, was born in Geneva. He studied at the Warsaw State School of Advanced Musical Studies and then under the direction of Professor André Gertler at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik in Hanover, the Royal Conservatory of Music in Brussels and the Chapelle Musicale Queen Elisabeth of Belgium. He accomplished his studies with several distinctions.

A prize-winner at the International Violin Competition Niccolo Paganini in Genoa and the Fondazione Alberto Curci in Naples, he has performed as soloist with orchestra and has given numerous recitals in Belgium, Germany, Poland, France, Great Britain, Italy, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Spain, Greece, Austria, Hungary, Yugoslavia, United States and Canada. He has performed with conductors and renowned orchestras such as l'Orchestre Symphonique de la Philharmonie Nationale de Varsovie, l'Orchestre Philharmonique de Cracovie, das Symphonie Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, das Sinfonie-Orchester Berlin, l'Orchestre Symphonique du Théâtre Communal de Bologna, l'Orchestre Symphonique « Arturo Toscanini » de Parma, l'Orchestre National de Belgique, l'Orchestre Symphonique de la RTBF, het Filharmonisch Orkest van de BRTN, het Noordhollands Philharmonisch Orkest, das Kölner Kammerorchester, l'Orchestre Philharmonique de Liège, l'Orchestre de Chambre de Wallonie, das Folkwang Kammerorchester Essen, das Orchester »Südwestfällische Philharmonie », the Städtisches Orchester Bremerhaven, the Niedersächsisches Staatsorchester Hannover, the Collegium Academicum Genève, l'Orchestre Symphonique « Filharmonia Pomorska », l'Orchestre Symphonique de la Radio Télévision Croate...

As a soloist he has performed in major concert halls including Wigmore Hall, the Purcell Room, the BBC Concert Hall in London, the Philharmonie Hall in Berlin, the Victoria Hall in Geneva, Teatro S. Carlo in Naples, Teatro Malibran in Venice, the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels, De Singel, the Queen Elisabeth Hall in Antwerp, and the City Hall in Hanover.

Adam Korniszewski has been invited as soloist to the Festival of Flanders, the Festival of Wallonie, the International Festival of Ferrara, the Festival Estival de Paris, the Festival of Turin, the Biennale of Venice, the International Festival of Québec, the Festival de l'Eté Mosan, the Biennale of Zagreb, the Festival of Scanno, Italy's Ravello Festival, the Festival d' Ecaussinnes and the Festival of Brussels where he performed the complete Beethoven Sonatas.

He has made several recordings for the RTBF, BRTN, Radio France, BBC London, the Bavarian Radio Munich, Radio Suisse Romande, Radio Hilversum, Radio Basel, WDR Cologne, RAI Milano, RIAS Berlin, HR Frankfurt, SDR Stuttgart, SWF Baden-Baden.

His repertoire includes more than thirty violin concertos of which a large number are works of the twentieth century.

Devoted to contemporary as well as the classical repertoire, a number of works have been dedicated to Adam Korniszewski and include the violin concerto by Raphael D'Haene, the Sonata for violin solo by Joanna Bruzdowicz, Animations for violin solo by Jerzy Maksymiuk, Blending for violin and clarinet, Suite Romantique for violin solo, 24 Variations for violin solo and with orchestra by Charles Harold Bernstein.

Professor of violin at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Brussels (1992 – 2011), he gives master classes throughout Europe.

Website: www.adamkorniszewski.com

“We had the opportunity to admire a tone of exceptional fullness and vibrancy…”

—Financial Times, London

“His big sonorous tone immediately impressed in the opening Tempo di Ciacona, as did his incisive attack in the Fuga. The Melodia was full of veiled nocturnal romance.”

—The Times, London

“…Fascinerende versie van de Tweede Sonata van Bartok.”

—De Nieuwe Gazet, Antwerp

“On voit rarement un musicien d’apparence aussi tranquille, et aussi naturellement expressif. La musique semble sortir de lui comme d’une source ; il ignore vraisemblablement tout problème technique. Le son est magnifiquement large, chaleureux, lumineux. Il a joué le très beau Concerto No.1 de Karol Szymanowski. Son interprétation se classe parmi les plus belles par sa générosité, sa couleur, sa maitrise qui libère totalement l’intense poésie de la partition.”

—La Libre Belgique, Brussels

“Musikalität, technische Brillanz und Virtuosität. Adam Korniszewskis machten Beethovens Violinkonzert zu einem wirklichen musikalischen Erlebnis.”

—Braunschweiger Zeitung

“In brillantem still entwickelte er die Entfaltungsmöglichkeiten des instruments mit einem verblüffenden Gespür für dessen spezifishe Klangsinnlichkeit. In bewunderungswürdiger Musikalität bot er ein schlankes, reaktionsschnelles und abgestuftes Spiel.”

—Neue Ruhr Zeitung, Essen

“Le public patient, fut récompensé par un fort beau récital de violon seul, ou Korniszewski s’attaqua à la Sonate en sol mineur puis a l’imposante et exigeante Partita no. 1 de Jean-Sébastien Bach. On l’y sent parfaitement maitre do son instrument et il possède ce style rigoureux, précis, juste et analytique que réclament impérieusement ces pages. Le son chaleureux, l’art du phrasé, la clarté du contrepoint présidèrent à ces pages interprétées avec la meilleure des maestrie…”

—La Semaine, Antwerp-Gent-Ostend