Krzysztof Chorzelski

Notable Classic Musician. Viola player, Conductor, Teacher. As a violist is active both as a soloist and as member of the Belcea Quartet. Krzysztof Chorzelski was born in Warsaw in 1971. In 1991 he moved to London to study at the Royal College of Music with Grigori Zhislin and later Felix Andrievsky. In 1992 he won the Wronski Solo Violin Competition in Warsaw and has subsequently performed as a recitalist and concerto soloist in Europe, making recordings for Polish Radio and the BBC. In 1996 became the viola player in the Belcea Quartet with whom he has won major prizes at competitions, such as Osaka, Bordeaux and Banff. The quartet’s international schedule regularly takes him to the world’s most prestigious halls, such as Wigmore Hall in London, where the quartet had a five-year residency, Konzerthaus in Vienna, Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Theatre de Chatelet in Paris, Berlin Philharmonie, as well as Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center in New York. The Belcea Quartet's recordings for EMI won a Gramophone Award, the Midem Award, the Diapason D’Or and the German Critics Chamber Music Recording of the Year Award. Krzysztof studied conducting with Neil Thomson at the Royal College of Music and Diego Masson at Dartington Summer School. Krzysztof is a viola professor at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama London, where the Belcea Quartet are also Quartet in Residence. He also teaches viola and chamber music in Poland, Romania, Israel, etc. Krzysztof Chorzelski plays a Niccolo Amati 1680 as well as a contemporary viola made expressly for him by the Viennese Luthier Felix Daniel Rotaru in 2012.