Martyna Pastuszka

violinist, concertmaster, and conductor

Martyna Pastuszka is a violinist, conductor, soloist, and chamber musician, as well as the founder and artistic director of the {oh!} Orkiestra, active since 2012. She has collaborated with renowned ensembles, including Raphaël Pichon’s Pygmalion Ensemble, Teodor Currentzis’ Utopia, Le Concert de la Loge, Concerto Copenhagen, Hofkapelle München, Collegium Vocale Gent, and Le Parlement de Musique, among others.

 

A professor at the Chopin University of Music in Warsaw and the Academy of Music in Katowice, Martyna also conducts research, reviving forgotten chamber music repertoires, including personally cherished, influential violin works of Joseph Marchand (Suites), premiering operas and oratorios by composers such as Vinci, Schuback, Reusner, Sarri, Hasse, and Janiewicz, as well as symphonic works by Classical and Romantic composers.

 

Her artistic accomplishments include serving as artistic director-in-residence at the Misteria Paschalia festival, being invited as a resident artist to the Bayreuth Baroque Opera Festival, and collaborating with the Orquesta Barroca de Sevilla as artist-in-residence for the 2025/26 season. In 2023, she received the prestigious Polish Coryphaeus Award for Personality of the Year. In 2021, she was featured in the documentary I am not a maestro, a TVP Kultura production that highlights her leadership and unique artistic vision.

 

Photo by: Magdalena Hałas