ABOUT
‘The fearless champion of contemporary music for baroque violin.’
New music + period instruments. It’s not rocket science.
Described as 'the new wave wizard' (South West Londoner), Ada Witczyk has inspired over 250 new works for baroque violin and counting.
In 2020 during the Covid-19 pandemic she didn’t sit still, establishing the Ruzickova Composition Competition and achieving a global reach which proved that new music can work on any instrument.
"Each year I’m constantly amazed by the imagination of composers as they create music that’s relevant to our generation and our experiences while appreciating the past. I believe it is so important to support new music in order to help it develop and find new ways to express ourselves with audiences. "
Praised by BBC Music Magazine as their 'Instrumental Choice' for her album New Baroque and received a 10-star review, Witczyk’s music has been aired across international radio, including the BBC, WCNY PBS (USA), Argentina Classic National Radio, Radiotelevisione Svissera, KGLT-FM (USA), CJSW (Canada) and Poznan Radio Klasyka (Poland).
'Judiciously chosen, Witczyk's repertoire is impeccably executed.'
- BBC Music Magazine (Instrumental Choice)
The 2024-25 season sees Ada perform and visit the Technological University of the Shannon in Limerick, Ireland as a guest lecturer during their online music video production series "The Millennium Sessions".
She releases her second album "New Baroque-Sonatas" on First Hand Records and performs a programme filled with exciting contemporary pieces on baroque instruments at the Limerick Early Music Festival.
Appearances as a soloist in New Baroque concertos follow this Autumn with Warwickshire Baroque in the UK and Capella Musica Gnesnensis in Poland.
Highlights of the previous two seasons included appearances as a soloist with Ashby String Orchestra to perform Bach's E major and A minor violin concertos and premieres of 3 brand new concertos for baroque violin and orchestra (RCC 2023 winners).
She also showcased new works by young contemporary composers on period instruments during her Italian debut at the Ruvo Coro Festival in Puglia and returned to lead period ensemble the Consort of 12.
Presenting her latest commissions, on show during her 2023 USA tour, Witczyk took audiences in Seattle and Portland by storm, encouraging frenzied discussion at the annual New Music Gathering and prompting countless entries to her revolutionary composition competition named after Czech harpsichordist and fellow new music-enthusiast Zuzana Ruzickova.
Born in Poland in 1993 Ada attended Gorzow Music School, POSM in Poznan, the Royal College of Music (studying with Itzhak Rashkovsky, Michal Cwizewicz and Catherine Martin), and she is a postgraduate of the Royal Academy of Music (studying with Levon Chilingirian and Simon Standage for Historical Performance). Recipient of the Henry Wood Award, Star Award by the Countess of Munster Musical Trust, the Margot MacGibbon Award, the Anthony Edward Brookes Award, Ada has also received Honourable Mentions at both the Greater Poland Music Competition, Polish National Forum of Young Instrumentalists and 3rd prize-winner of the Rising Stars Grand Prix in Berlin amongst countless other competition honours.
Ada was also kindly supported by Help Musicians and the Harrison Frank Foundation.
As both a modern and baroque violinist, Ada has performed at many of the UK’s most prestigious venues and festivals including Buckingham Palace, Royal Festival Hall, Barbican, Royal Albert Hall, Cadogan Hall, St Martin-in-the-Fields and the Royal Opera House.
DISCOGRAPHY
NEW BAROQUE is an album of contemporary music, pushing the boundaries of creativity and what is possible on baroque violin. All works commissioned by violinist Ada Witczyk from former winners of the Růžičková Composition Competition (established in 2020).
Released 26 January 2024
NEW BAROQUE – SONATAS is an album filled with brand new sonatas for baroque violin(s) and harpsichord by the winners of the 5th Růžičková Composition Competition (2024). Each sonata explores baroque instruments in lots of creative ways, their unique sonorities and distinctive gut string colours, and pushes the boundaries of what we would expect to hear from them.
Released 28 February 2025
HEAR ME LIVE
Guest lecturer at the Technological University of the Shannon
"The Millennium Sessions"
4 March 2025
Limerick, Ireland
Limerick Early Music Festival
21-23 March 2025
Limerick, Ireland
More info here
Leading Consort of 12
7 September 2025
Chichester, UK
More info here
New Baroque Concerto:
Memories of Malacuesta and Bach's Brandenburg 4
7 December 2025
Warwickshire Baroque
Stoneleigh Abbey, UK
More info here
New Baroque Concerto
date tbc 2025
Capella Musica Gnesnensis
Gniezno, Poland
More info here
New Baroque - Sonatas recital
Spring 2026
H.I.P.S.T.E.R. series in Limerick, Ireland
2026 New Baroque Asia Tour
dates tbc
GET IN TOUCH
General Management
Ewelina Mikluszka
ARTem Künstleragentur Frankfurt am Main
e.mikluszka@artem-agentur.de