Krzysztof Chorzelski, viola

Krzysztof Chorzelski, was born in Warsaw in 1971 and enjoys
a diverse career as a performing musician that has taken
him all over the world.

In 1992 he won the Wronski Solo Violin
Competition in Warsaw and has performed as a
recitalist and concerto soloist in Europe as well as
made several radio recordings for the Polish Radio
and the BBC.

In 1991 Krzysztof moved to London to study at
the Royal College of Music with Grigori Zhislin
and later Felix Andrievsky. In 1996 he became
the viola player in the Belcea Quartet.

He currently teaches chamber music at the
Guildhall School of Music and Drama London,
where the Belcea Quartet have been appointed
as the Quartet in Residence. He also returns
regularly to his native Warsaw to teach at the
Chopin Academy and the Elsner Music School.

Krzysztof is a frequent guest at international
festivals such as the Spoleto Festival in Italy,
Spannungen in Heimbach, Germany, the
Oxford International Chamber Music Festival, the
Four Seasons Chamber Music Festival in North
Carolina, USA and the Moscow Chamber Music
Festival “Vozvroshchenya”. He also works as a
chamber music partner with Quatuor Ysaye,
Ensemble Les Dissonnances, the Razumovsky
Ensemble and artists such as Stephen Kovacevich
and Piotr Anderszewski.

In 2006 he has been invited by the Alban Berg Quartet
to perform as a guest violist in a series of concerts
celebrating the 250th Anniversary of Mozart’s birth in
the Konzerthaus, Vienna.

Krzysztof has also studied conducting at the Royal College of
Music and is currently further pursuing his interest in this field.

Krzysztof plays a 1678 Nicolo Amati viola
kindly on loan from J&A Beare.