Krzysztof Kaczka was born in Torun , Poland and made his New York debut at Carnegie
Recital Hall as IBLA Grand Prize winner .
First Prize winner at the Australian Flute Festival Flute Competition in Adelaide praised by jury
chairman Jean Ferrandies for his
"beautiful sound , high technical skills and great understanding of the style of which music he
played" Krzysztof graduated from Musikhochschule Munich, where his teacher was
Marianne Henkel-Adorján and completed his postgraduate studies with Irena
Grafenauer at the University Mozarteum Salzburg as well as with principal flutist of Wiener
Philharmoniker , Wolfgang Schulz at the University of Music and Performing Arts
in Vienna . He also studied with Pierre- Yves Artaud at the Conservatoire de
Paris (CNSM) on Erasmus scholarship .
Krzysztof Kaczka has played in masterclasses with András Adorján , Jeanne Baxtresser , Julius
Baker , Philippe Bernold, William Bennett , Patrick Gallois , Peter Lukas Graf and Carol
Wincenc among others . As Artist in Residence at the Banff Centre for the Arts in Canada he
has performed with Joel Smirnoff ( Juilliard String Quartet ) , Chen Halevi , Pedja Muzijevic,
Barry Shiffman and Eliot Fisk .He has been winner and finalist of many internatioanal
competitions :
IBLA Grand Prize New York , Padova , Sydney Flute Festival , AFF , Citta di Barletta , NFA
Pittsburgh , Tansman .
Krzysztof has taken part in numerous music festivals and has performed as a soloist and
chamber musician in Europe , Asia , Australia , New Zealand and USA at Carnegie Hall (NYC) ,
Herkulessaal der Residenz Munich , Gasteig , Wellington Town Hall ,
Hobart City Hall ( Tasmania) ,New York University , Verbrugghen Hall in Sydney , Polish
Embassy in Washington DC , Kuala Lumpur , Singapore , Paris and Rome .In 2006 he became a
laureate of the prestigious “ Young Poland “ Award of the Minister of Culture of the Republic of
Poland in Warsaw and released 4 CD ´s for Acte Prealabe Label .
Principal flutist of the Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra with Long Yu , Jiri Belohlavek ,
Krzysztof Penderecki , Stephane Denéve ,
Maxim Vengerov , Sylvian Camberling , Yo Yo Ma , Lang Lang , Sarah Chang and Midori
among others .