Jerzy Kosmala
Jerzy Kosmala has established himself
as one of the world’s premiere violists. Internationally acclaimed as a concert
violist and pedagogue, Kosmala has concertized throughout Europe, the former
Soviet Union, Canada, North and South America, Asia, and South Africa, and has
recordings on Orion, Vox/MGM, and Centaur labels. He is a frequent guest artist
and performer at the world’s foremost festivals, International Viola
Congresses, universities, and academies, including the Royal Academy of Music,
Royal College, and Guildhall School of Music in London, the “Mozarteum” in
Salzburg, Eastman, Juilliard, Manhattan, Berlin, Cologne, Stuttgart, Dresden,
Vienna, Prague, Warsaw, Krakow, and Hong Kong Schools of Music and Boston,
Toronto, South California, Michigan, and Indiana Universities. Dr. Kosmala is a
permanent jury member of virtually all the most prestigious international
competitions, including the Lionel Tertis International Viola Competition in
the Isle of Man, the Geneva International Viola Competition in Switzerland, the
International Viola Competition in Munich, the International Competition in
Markneukirchen, the International Chamber Music Competition in Trapani, Italy;
the International Primrose Viola Competition in the USA; the International
Brahms Viola Competition in Austria, the International Viola Competition in
Bled and the Concert Artist Guild International
Competition in New York City. In addition, Dr. Kosmala has adapted and
published numerous compositions for viola and has premiered many contemporary
works, some of which were written especially for him. A former member of the
Krakow String Quartet and the renowned Eastman String Quartet. He is an
erstwhile student of and assistant to the legendary William Primrose, and other
masters, and a graduate of the Krakow Academy of Music, Eastman School of
Music, and Indiana University. A former member of the executive board of the
American Viola Society, Jerzy Kosmala serves on the faculty of the University
of California, Irvine, and is a former visiting professor at the Royal Academy
of Music in London, England.
