Łucja Madziar is an internationally acclaimed violinist and, since 2023, First Concertmaster of the ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra (ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien). Born in Poland, she began her violin studies at the age of six in her hometown of Poznań. Early competition successes and participation in international masterclasses soon followed; she completed her studies in Germany and Austria with Prof. Petru Munteanu and Prof. Silvia Marcovici. She received further formative musical impulses from artists such as Ida Haendel, Ivry Gitlis and Shlomo Mintz.

Łucja Madziar is a prizewinner of international competitions – her most significant honours include First Prize at the “Václav Huml” Competition in Zagreb and a prize at the “Fritz Kreisler” Competition in Vienna. She was also awarded the DAAD Prize for outstanding achievement and the Aalto Prize for Young Artists.

For more than 20 years, Łucja Madziar has held concertmaster positions at the highest level, including tenured appointments with the Munich Philharmonic and at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, before being appointed First Concertmaster of the ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra in 2023. In parallel, she has pursued an active solo career: since her debut performing the Violin Concerto by Johannes Brahms at the Laeiszhalle Hamburg, she has appeared regularly with orchestras including the Essen Philharmonic, the Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra, the Lower Saxony State Orchestra Hanover, the Württemberg Chamber Orchestra Heilbronn, the Dubrovnik Symphony Orchestra, the Neubrandenburg Philharmonic and the Folkwang Chamber Orchestra. She has collaborated with conductors such as Stefan Soltesz, Ivan Repušić, Jörg Faerber, Michele Spotti, Karen Kamensek, Alexander Joel and Pavel Baleff. In autumn 2026, she will make her solo debut with the ORF Vienna RSO performing the Violin Concerto by Mieczysław Karłowicz. 

A central focus of her artistic work is Polish music, and in particular the œuvre of Grażyna Bacewicz (1909-1969), whose violin concertos she represents internationally as one of the most distinguished interpreters of her generation. Together with conductor Łukasz Borowicz, she is currently recording all seven violin concertos by the composer for the CPO label – a multi-year recording project documenting Bacewicz’s stylistic range, from her neoclassical early works to the expressively modern late concertos. This focus is complemented by recital programmes featuring works by Bacewicz, among others at the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg.

Łucja Madziar plays a violin by Camillo Camilli from 1736, on loan from the instrument collection of the Oesterreichische Nationalbank, as well as a bow by Nikolai Kittel, made around 1860.