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Iwona Sobotka, soprano, was born in Poland and was winner of
the Grand Prix at the 2004 edition of
the prestigious Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition
held in Brussels. In June 2005 she performed under the baton of
Sir Colin Davis.
Graduate of the Primary and Secondary School of Music
in Mława, before taking up singing, she studied piano. Since
September 2003 she has studied singing under guidance of
renowned artist and pedagogue Tom Krause at Escuela Superior
de Música Reina Sofía in Madrid.
In 2001 she won the first prize during Competition of Polish Artistic Song in Warsaw.
In June 2003 she obtained the Grand Prix as well as several special prizes of the I.J.
Paderewski Competition in Bydgoszcz. In October 2003 she won the first prize during
“East and West International Artists Audition” in New York. The prize consisted of a
debut recital at Carnegie Hall in the 2004/2005 artistic season.
In May 2004 her first solo record appeared under Dutch editions label “Channel
Classics”. It contains a collections of all songs composed by Karol Szymanowski.
Sobotka has recorded with such artists as: Piotr Bęczała, Juliana Gondek and Urszula
Kryger. This CD received in March 2005 “Fryderyk” prize for the best recording of
polish music.
Iwona Sobotka has sung with Royal Orchestre de Wallonie under conduction of Jean-Pierre Haeck, Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg, Orchestre Symphonique
de la Opera Monnaie with Marc Soustrot, Symfonisch Orkest van de Vlaamse
Opera under conduction of Ivan Torzs. She appeared in numerous concert halls
such as: Carnegie Hall in New York, Palais de Beaux Arts in Brussels, Le singel in
Antwerp, Auditorio National and Teatro Real in Madrid, Conservatoire de Musique
de Luxembourg, Albert Hall in Turkey.
In October 2004 she was guest of the ZDF German TV channel appearing in the
programme “Klassish!”, together with Ramon Vargas. During her autumnal tournée
with European Union Baroque Orchestra she visited Germany, the Netherlands and
Belgium, gaining enthusiastic press reviews.
In January 2005 she performed at the Polish Radio’s Lutosławski Hall, with Urszula
Kryger promoting their Szymanowski’s songs album. In May she performed in Grand
Hall of St. Petersbug Academic Philharmonia with St.Petersburg Philharmonic
Orchestra during 10th International Festival Musical Olympus. In June, in Theatre
des Buffes du Nord in Paris, she sang together with Piotr Anderszewski taking part in
his Szymanowski monographic project. She has also given concerts in Poland, USA,
France, Spain, and Turkey. In July she performed at the Festival in Santander(Spain)
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