Dariusz Skoraczewski, Assistant Principal Cello

photo by Christian Colberg

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2010-2011
Chamber Music Performances:

January 23, 2011
March 27, 2011
May 22, 2011

Cellist Dariusz Skoraczewski has delighted audiences in many concert halls throughout  America and Europe with his great artistic and technical command of the instrument. As a soloist he has performed with numerous orchestras in the US including the Montgomery Symphony, Alexandria Symphony, Santa Barbara Symphony and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra.

As a chamber musician, Mr. Skoraczewski has appeared in many chamber music concert series including the “Candlelight Series”, “Music at the Great Hall” in Baltimore and the Barge Music Festival in New York City. In November of 2005 he gave his Carnegie Hall debut which was sponsored by the La Gesse Foundation. The cellist is also a member of the critically acclaimed ensemble – the Monument Piano Trio who are the artists-in-residence for the concert series “An Die Musik Live” in Baltimore.

Mr. Skoraczewski is a laureate of various international competitions such as the Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow, the Leonard Rose Competition in Washington D.C. and the Rostropovich Competition in Paris. He was a first prize winner in the following contests: the Young Artist Competition in Santa Barbara, Concerto Competition of the Alexandria Symphony and the Baltimore Music Club Competition. Artist’s recordings have been broadcasted by the radio stations in New York and in Maryland.

He began his musical education at the age of six and spent his school years in Warsaw, Poland where his teachers including Professor Z. Liebig and Professor A. Zielinski. He completed his higher education as a scholarship recipient at the Peabody Conservatory of Music in Baltimore and perfected his art under the supervision of world-renowned cellist Stephen Kates.

Mr. Skoraczewski’s repertoire is extremely diverse and includes compositions from Baroque to the 21st century. Besides his solo and chamber music career, he is the Assistant Principal Cellist of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra.