Spanish violinist wins Berlin Philharmonic seat
OrchestrasThe Spanish violinist Roxana Wisniewska was officially posted today as a member of the Berlin Philharmonic.
They have yet to supply a CV.
Scherzo reports: Roxana made her debut as a soloist at the age of 14 with the Castilla y León Symphony Orchestra alongside her mother, Wioletta Zabek, concertmaster of the OSCyL for more than two decades. In 2017-18, she was a member of the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester as leader of second violins. In 2020, she entered the Berlin Staatskapelle, directed by Daniel Barenboim, receiving lessons from concertmaster Lothar Strauß; the following year she was admitted to the Berlin Philharmonic Academy.
Chalk one up for Spain! . . . . ? . . . (why do we care where she’s from!?!)
Especially that it looks like she has polish parents 😉
Yes, both Polish, and both are top notch violinists
I’ve seen her playing in the first violins for last few seasons on the Digital Concert Hall. She’s in their academy.
Is it necessary to post an article every time a musician wins a seat in the Berlin Philharmonic? Or Vienna, or the RCO?
I find it fascinating the way these national orchestras often overlook their own, their tax payers, and hire from overseas. Is it ego?
no, talent and virtuosic ability.
You’ll be excited to hear that germany and Spain are not separated by a sea.
I don’t know where you live. But are you aware that any citizen of an EU country has the same rights to live move and work as in his own country? Letting aside the musical merits (which of course are the the only relevant matter in this specific case), for any company (including orechstras) in the EU, hiring a German or a Spanish does not (and in any legal way, cannot) make any difference (i.e. even if they wanted, companies cannot duscriminate on the basis of citizenship). It’s one of the many advantages of being part of the EU.
They are world’s Top3 – orchestras – because the extraordinary level of musicians so it’s always interesting that who is so good that he/she got an opportunity to join them.
Not for nuthin’–not that it has anything to do with her musical ability–Ms. Wisniewska takes a VERY good photo. (Go ahead, take potshots at me for being sexist. She’s pretty, OK?)
many of us find it interesting and it’s why we visit this website. No one is forcing you to come here to read anything you’re not interested in…
Congratulations for a lifetime performing the greatest music ever created with one of the finest orchestras in the world! Bravo!
Congratulations!
It makes no difference who the orchestra player is, if the main persons in the orchestral performance are the conductor (visibly) and the composer (invisibly), and sometimes these two are one person.