Marianna Bednarska

Marianna Bednarska is a soloist, chamber musician, orchestral performer, and educator. She is a lecturer at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw and the artistic director of the International Marimba Meetings held at the Krzysztof Penderecki European Centre for Music.
She is the winner of 24 first prizes at prestigious percussion competitions (including in Chicago, Bamberg, and Paris), a laureate of the Geneva International Music Competition, and a recipient of the Prix Credit Suisse Jeunes Solistes. She was also a finalist in the national stage of the Eurovision Young Musicians competition.
As a soloist and chamber musician, she has performed across Europe, the USA, and Asia, appearing at major music festivals such as the Lucerne Festival, Tongyeong International Music Festival, and Davos Festival. She has collaborated with renowned orchestras, including the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra, International Chamber Orchestra of Washington, Sinfonia Varsovia, National Philharmonic Orchestra(Poland), and the Poznań Philharmonic Orchestra.
In 2014, she became the first percussionist in history to record the complete marimba concertos by Anders Koppel, released on her debut album Marimba Concertos.
She completed her studies at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst in Stuttgart and the Haute École de Musique in Geneva.
Marianna Bednarska is a Yamaha and Kolberg Percussion Artist.