Information About Karolina - Welwyn Garden City teacher -

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Personal Description:

Karolina Csáthy has performed internationally in venues such as Cadogan Hall, Andermatt Concert Hall, Budapest Music Center, West Road Concert Hall, Dorking Halls, St Martin-in-the-Fields and the House of Commons. Solo highlights include Vaughan Williams’ The Lark Ascending, Maria Antal’s Kron-Alias Violin Concerto and recitals across London and Cambridge with Harrison Cole, Domonkos Csabay, Dominika Mak and Svitlana Kosenko. She looks forward to performing Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in July 2025 and Bruch’s Violin Concerto (No. 1) with Suffolk Sinfonia in their upcoming season.

As an orchestral player, Karolina frequently plays Violin I and has done so recently with the English Classical Players, London Festival Chamber Orchestra, Rick Birley Players and Vivart Budaörs Sinfonietta (Hungary). She is also a founding member of the ensemble Chapel Perilous, directed by Guy James. Recently, she was a finalist in the Andrew Downes Performance Prize, playing his “Sacred Mass for Solo Violin” at the Ruddock Performing Arts Centre, Birmingham, UK.

Karolina began playing the violin at the age of five and began her studies with Sue Lynn and Margaret Norris. As well as receiving a competitive music scholarship from Reigate Grammar School, her tuition was generously supported by Young Sounds, formerly known as Awards for Young Musicians. This enabled her to continue her violin studies with Berent Korfker, a protégé of Zakhar Bron.

Karolina is a proud alumna of Trinity College, Cambridge where she read Music, electing solo performance for her final year of studies. During this time, her private violin lessons were supported by the Humphrey Richardson Taylor Charitable Trust. As part of the vibrant extracurricular music scene, she regularly appeared as a soloist and a leader. Highlights include Stravinsky The Soldier’s Tale, J.S Bach, C Major Sonata on baroque instrument, Along the Field (songs for voice & violin) and J.S. Bach’s Double Violin Concerto in D minor in Trinity College Chapel.

Since 2022, Karolina has been studying with Lutsia Ibragimova (Royal College of Music). She has participated in masterclasses with Berent Korfker, Maxim Vengerov and Elizabeth Wallfisch.

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Tutoring Experience:

Having studied violin all my life and from some of the very best teachers, I consider it my mission to pass this knowledge on. Currently, I study with Lyutsia Ibragimova (Royal College Music), proponent of the Yankelevich Russian School of Violin Playing. My former pedagogues include Berent Korfker, Nathan Giem, Sue Lynn and Margaret Norris.

Tutoring Approach:

I believe in everyone and primarily think that solidity of technique is what allows everyone's own musicality to shine through.

Fees ££: I have a couple of spaces available for lower income at a reduced rate - this should not be a barrier to learning the violin!