About
Polish violist Kinga Wojdalska has established herself as a versatile soloist, chamber musician, pedagogue and sought-after principal violist. She is a Second Prize winner of the Primrose International Viola Competition (USA), where she also received the Transcription Prize for her own arrangement of Grażyna Bacewicz's Polish Capriccio
Her artistic work focuses on expanding the viola repertoire and presenting the instrument as a distinctive solo voice, with a particular emphasis on 20th- and 21st-century music. In 2022, she gave the European premiere of John Williams’ Viola Concerto with the Dohnányi Budafok Orchestra under Gábor Hollerung at the Müpa Concert Hall in Budapest. Further notable performances include the Romanian premiere of Miklós Rózsa’s Viola Concerto with the Târgu Mureș Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Marc Kissoczy, and the Swiss premiere of Zwei Szenen by Elena Mendoza with the Arc-en-Ciel Ensemble under Mariano Chiacchiarini.
Wojdalska regularly appears as a soloist and chamber musician across Europe and has collaborated with artists such as Viktoria Mullova, Gidon Kremer, Steven Isserlis and Giovanni Sollima. She has performed in major concert halls including the KKL Luzern, the Royal Festival Hall in London, and the Tonhalle Zürich, and has participated in festivals such as Krzyżowa Music, Verbier Festival, Encuentro de Santander, and Rome Chamber Music Festival.
Chamber music plays a central role in Wojdalska’s artistic work. From 2020 to 2023, she was a member of the Brompton Quartet, with whom she made her debut at Wigmore Hall in London. She is currently a founding member of the Veress Trio, winners of the 2025 Kiwanis Competition in Zurich.
As an orchestral musician, she has appeared as guest principal violist with orchestras including the Aurora Orchestra, the Danish National Symphony Orchestra, and the Collegium Orchestra, and has collaborated with ensembles such as the Chamber Orchestra of Europe and the Luzerner Sinfonieorchester.
Born in Warsaw, Wojdalska received her early musical training at the Zenon Brzewski Music School, where she studied with the legendary Polish violist Stefan Kamasa. She holds degrees from the Royal College of Music in London and the Zürcher Hochschule der Künste, studying with Nathan Braude in London and Lawrence Power and Sergey Malov in Zurich. During the 2023/24 season, she was a member of the Sinfonieorchester Basel Orchestra Academy.
Alongside her performance career, Wojdalska is active as a pedagogue. During the 25/26 academic year, she was a member of the faculty of the Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía in Madrid, working as Adjunct Professor of the BBVA Foundation Viola Chair (Lawrence Power). She regularly gives masterclasses internationally, including at the Festival Internacional de Música de Guadalajara and Texas Christian University.
She has received scholarships and support from institutions including the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, the Swiss Government Excellence Scholarship, the Countess of Munster Musical Trust, Bruno Schuler Stiftung, and Lyra Stiftung. Several contemporary composers have dedicated works to her including Anna Dobrucka, who dedicated the solo viola piece L’etica dell’ambiguità, premiered by Wojdalska in Zurich in 2022, and The contour of the invisible things, premiered in Paris in 2026.
Her discography includes recordings of contemporary chamber music, notably Noah Max's Sojourn on the album Songs of Loneliness, as well as a 2024 release featuring works by Gabriel Prokofiev with the UNLTD Collective. In the summer of 2026, she recorded her debut solo album, featuring her own arrangements of works by the pioneering Polish composer Grażyna Bacewicz. The same year, she also recorded a chamber music album with the acclaimed cellist and composer Giovanni Sollima, alongside Clarissa Bevilacqua, Petar Pejčić and Carlotta Maestrini. Both albums are scheduled for release later in 2026.
Kinga Wojdalska is supported by Thomastik-Infeld and currently performs on a historic Italian viola by Gasparo da Salò, generously loaned from the private collection, as well as on a modern viola by Wojciech Topa.
'She is a wonderfully dynamic player, bringing real zest to whom is often a more timid voice in the quartet. There is nothing timid about Kinga Wojdalska. Instead she became the dramatic heart around which the others revolved: one to watch in every sense.'
- Simon Mundy, Lerici Festival
'Sensitive, gracious, brilliant, sincerely passionate
viola playing.'
- Michael Kimber, composer