VIO-DION DUO is a fusion of two artists with different temperaments and two completely different instruments. On the one hand, the violin – an instrument of long-established tradition, designed for linear performance; on the other hand, the accordion – a relatively young instrument, whose modern design was developed only a few decades ago, intended for multi-voice performance.
Malwina and Krzysztof Lutrzykowski have been performing together since 2011. They are graduates of F. Nowowiejski Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz (MA programme) and of S. Moniuszko Academy of Music in Gdańsk (PhD programme). The artists were connected by their love of contemporary music.
Vio-dion Duo is a winner of the Marshal of the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship Artistic Scholarship and of the President of the City of Bydgoszcz Scholarship.
PhD MALWINA MIKOŁAJCZAK-LUTRZYKOWSKA – born in 1988 in Inowrocław. She began learning the violin at the age of seven. In 2007 she finished, with honours, the J. Zarębski State Primary and Secondary Music School in Inowrocław, in 2012, F. Nowowiejski Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz (MA programme under prof. Paweł Radziński) and in 2017, S. Moniuszko Academy of Music in Gdańsk (PhD programme under prof. Małgorzata Skorupa). She participated in numerous master classes with such professors as V. Pikajzen, B. Bryła, M. Baranowski, M. Rakowski and S. Tomasik.
She gave concerts in Poland and abroad as a chamber music and orchestral player. She is a four-time winner of the Marshal of the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship Artistic Scholarship (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016), two-time winner of the President of the City of Bydgoszcz Scholarship (2016, 2017) and one-time winner of the President of Inowrocław Scholarship (2007).
Together with Krzysztof Lutrzykowski (accordion) she forms the Vio-dion Duo that they founded in 2011. The duo won prizes in competitions in Canada, Germany, Slovakia, Slovenia, Italy, Croatia, Poland and Lithuania. She is also a member of the ArtON Quartet – Bydgoszcz String Quartet. She collaborates with the State Primary and Secondary Music School in Inowrocław, and with the Toruń Symphony Orchestra.
PhD KRZYSZTOF LUTRZYKOWSKI – born in 1987 in Łódź. He first learned the accordion at the S. Moniuszko Primary Music School in Łódź with Paweł Niewiadomy, MA, and continued his education at the Secondary Music School with prof. Zbigniew Ignaczewski. In 2011 he graduated from F. Nowowiejski Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz, where he studied under prof. Jerzy Kaszuba, obtaining his Master of Arts degree. In 2013 he finished the Postgraduate Instrumental Study programme at the aforementioned school and in 2017, S. Moniuszko Academy of Music in Gdańsk, where he studied under prof. Elżbieta Rosińska (PhD programme).
He participated in master classes conducted by the greatest accordion masters: W.L. Puchnowski, B. Dowlasz, J. Jurek, E. Rosińska, Y. Shishkin, A. Selivanov, V. Čuchran, P. Feniuk, J. Rättyä, A. Dmitriev, A. Melichar, C. Jacomucci, P. Contet and S. Hussong.
He is a winner of The Ministry of Culture and National Heritage Scholarship (2010), Marshal of Łódź Voivodeship Artistic Scholarship (2011), Marshal of Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship Marshal Artistic Scholarship (2016), President of the City of Bydgoszcz Scholarship (2016, 2017) as well as the Young Poland scholarship programme by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage (2011).
Krzysztof Lutrzykowski is also a prize winner in both solo and ensemble competitions in Poland and abroad. Together with violinist Malwina Mikołajczak-Lutrzykowska, he forms the Vio-dion Duo founded in 2011. The ensemble has numerous achievements in Polish and international competitions.
Prizes
The duo won prizes in the following international competitions:
• I Prize at the 12th International Accordion Competition in Beltinci (Slovenia) – 2016
• Grand Prix and I Prize at the 40th International Accordion Competition in Pula (Croatia) – 2015
• IV Prize at XXXX International Accordion Competition in Castelfidardo (Italy) – 2015
• III Prize at the International Accordion Competition in Vilnius (Lithuania) – 2015
• Vice title at the II International Chamber Tournament in Bydgoszcz (Poland) – 2015
• IV Prize at XXXIX International Accordion Competition in Castelfidardo (Italy) – 2014
• IV Prize at the 51st International Accordion Competition in Klingenthal (Germany) – 2014
• I Prize at the II International Master Competition For Music Teachers in Warsaw (Poland) – 2014
• V Prize at the 66th Coupe Mondiale in Victoria (Canada) – 2013
• Distinction at the International Accordion Competition in Vilnius (Lithuania) – 2013
• Distinction at the XIII International Competition of Popular Accordion Music in Giżycko (Poland) – 2013
• III Prize at the 7th International Accordion Competition in Poprad (Slovakia) – 2012
• II Prize at the XXXVII International Accordion Competition in Castelfidardo (Italy) – 2012
• I Prize at the National Accordion Festival in Solec-Zdroj (Poland) – 2012
• I Prize at the 8th International Accordion Competition in Beltinci (Slovenia) – 2012
• IV Prize at the 49th International Accordion Competition in Klingenthal (Germany) – 2012
• II Prize at the 37th International Accordion Competition in Pula (Croatia) – 2012
• II Prize at the XVII International Accordion Meetings in Sanok (Poland) – 2012
Repertoire
Béla Bartók – Romanian folk dances
John Cage – Six Melodies for violin and keyboard
Arcangelo Corelli – Violin Sonata in d minor op. 5 no. 7
Arcangelo Corelli – Violin Sonata in B major op. 5 no. 2
Sławomir Kaczorowski – Chain for violin and accordion
Barbara Kaszuba – Skrzyp-ak – humoresque for violin and accordion
Leszek Kołodziejski – Hunting for violin and accordion
Chiel Meijering – A Bird’s Eye View
Matti Murto – Dancing suite
Krzysztof Naklicki – Three sketches
Astor Piazzolla – Le Grand Tango
Astor Piazzolla – La muerte del Angel
Astor Piazzolla – Escualo
Volodymyr Runchak – Kyrie eleison for violin and accordion
Friedemann Amadeus Treiber – Tango-metamorphosen
Maciej Zimka – Sonata for violin and accordion
