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Making an indelible imprint in the global realm of rhythm, the classical pianist Margarita Pinkosz has emerged as one of the most prominent exponents of Polish music catapulting it to the global stage of entertainment.
Beginning her tryst with rhythms as a tiny tot of just 4, she is also a well-known harpsichordist and chamber musician with an aura spread all over the world.
Currently based in San Francisco in the USA, she added new dimensions to 21st century neoclassical and electro music through her performances that were acclaimed not only in America but in different other parts of the world.
It is pertinent here to mention that Margarita opened up a new vista in the musical field in the USA by popularizing the traditional Polish genre of music dating back to the 18th until the 21st century thus keeping alive the musical tradition of Poland, occasionally blending it with modernity in her performances that kept the audience spellbound.
Another factor that needs to be highlighted is the fact that she lays stress on the works of the female composers thus encouraging young (female) musicians to come forward to showcase their talents in the USA and elsewhere in the world.
Something of this sort – promoting female musicians – is the need of the hour as many female composers continue to remain underestimated despite being the most accomplished ones.
We often find musical events and symphony programs are mostly male affairs with almost all the performers being male thus sidelining the brilliant women performers who can regale the audience with equal soothing music, if not better.
This, however, is nothing new. Margarita, a winner of a large number of prizes and honors, says during her research on the past musical composers of Poland dating back to the 19th century, she could find only one name: Maria Szymanowska.
On reminiscing about her musical journey, she says it all began at the age of 5 when she was admitted to the N. Lysenko National Music School, Kyiv in Ukraine. She then joined the K. Szymanowski School of Music, Warsaw in Poland till her graduation in 2004.
The fact that Margarita is a musical prodigy comes to light when we find that at the age of 6, she enthralled the audience in her debut performance at National Filharmonia in Warsaw where many globally acclaimed performers were present.
One of the most-awarded musicians specializing in the Polish genre, Margarita’s trail of receiving prizes began as a young performer clinging to the 1st prize in two categories in the International Piano Competition at Brest in France.
That was just the beginning of receiving awards and getting invitations to the different programs where she distinguished herself. She, subsequently, shared musical stages in masterclasses like Fermata, Duszniki Zdrój, Łańcut, Krynica Zdrój and Castelnuovo di Garfagnana.
Besides, Margarita also worked with musicians like Andrzej Jasinski, Elisso Virsaladze, Ewa Pobłocka, Jerome Rose, Oxana Yablonskaya, Vera Nossina, and Wiktor Mierzhanov.
These successes followed an invitation to Fundusz na Rzecz Dzieci, a Polish fund for talented youth. After this, Margarita got acceptance into the prestigious Royal Conservatory of Brussels in Belgium under the guidance of Evgeni Moguilevsky (Moscow conservatory), and later Daniel Blumenthal (Juilliard school).
Margarita’s list of awards and prizes went on increasing and she received the 2nd Prize in the International Piano Competition in Paris.
Subsequently, she bagged the 1st Prize in the Grand Metropolitan International Music Competition, 1st Prize in the IMKA Music Competition, 1st Prize in the North Int’l Music Competition, 1st Prize in Ars Astra competition, 1st Prize winner of the 4th Int’l Moscow Piano Competition, Silver medal for the Quebec Music Competition, 3rd Prize in the MCO competition, and finalist in the International Piano Competition at Kosice in Slovakia.
Truly, Margarita has added wings to Polish music by globalizing it and championing the cause of female music composers.
Currently she has been invited for performance in Kensington orchestra in Berkeley under conductor Geoffrey Gallegos, and later in the year a remote performance of Bach’s Goldberg variations for the “Grand metropolitan int’l music competition”, sharing this project with other recent Top prize winners.
Website: http://margaritapinkosz.com
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