Polish violinist, the winner of the 13th Henryk Wieniawski International Violin Competition in Poznań in 2006. She has also received Passport of the Polityka weekly (an annual cultural award), four Fryderyk Awards (the most important music award in Poland), and the London Music Masters Award. Agata is the first violin of the renowned Polish string quartet – Karol Szymanowski Quartet. In the course of her intense artistic career, she has shared the stage with Krystian Zimerman, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Martha Argerich, Maxim Vengerov amongst others and has collaborated with such conductors as Seiji Ozawa, Sir Neville Marriner and Andrey Boreyko. She has recorded for Deutsche Grammophon, Sony and Decca. Currently her instrument of choice is a Nicolò Gagliano violin from 1755, on loan courtesy of Anne-Sophie Mutter.