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.
