Meet Our Wonderful Team

Roberto Sarno

VIOLIN

Roberto Sarno is an uncompromising violinist, conductor, and teacher who dedicates his life to making the world a better place through the noble art of music.

After obtaining a diploma from the conservatory in his hometown of Bari, Italy, Sarno honed his musical skills in Israel, Austria, Spain, the Netherlands, and the United States, drawing inspiration from great teachers such as Yair Kless, Paul Kantor, Hermann Krebbers, and Ruggiero Ricci.

He gave his first public performance at the age of 12. As a young artist, he won several smaller competitions. After four decades, Mr. Sarno is an experienced teacher and performer, always striving to stay up to date with his rich teaching methods and ways of performing as a soloist, chamber musician, and orchestra concertmaster.

Patrycja Grecka

VIOLIN

A promoter of music, whose mission is to connect people and generations through music. An organizer of artistic events and cultural and business events under the motto "think globally - act locally". The owner of two artistic agencies - one focused on education "Grecka Music Promotion" and a concert agency.

She is the initiator of the international and prestigious music series entitled "Music Sweetened with Coffee" for the city of Płock.

Mother of Leonard.

Her first violin lessons were with Bernard Tomasiński at the Płock music school. She continued her studies at the M. Karłowicz Music High School in Poznań. The next stage was at the Jakobstad Music Conservatory in Finland and the Poznań Academy of Music. She obtained her first degree from the Bydgoszcz Academy. Since 2012, she has continued her education in the violin class of Professor Robert Szreder - initially in masterclasses and then at the Maastricht Academy of Music in the Netherlands. In 2015, she completed the prestigious violin class with a Master of Art degree.

As a soloist and chamber musician, she has performed in many countries. Her concerts have always been warmly received, both for her playing technique and her ability to craft interesting programs, her expressive personality, and her care in establishing an emotional connection with the audience. Her talent and passion for promoting Polish culture were recognized by the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in The Hague.

She has collaborated with many orchestras, including the Warsaw Symphony Orchestra during concerts in Nordernay, Germany. She was also a long-time member of the Witold Lutosławski Płock Symphony Orchestra.

She is an ambitious and active educator, gaining pedagogical experience under the highest authorities of Polish violin teaching - Prof. J. Kaliszewska and R. Szreder.

Certified Suzuki Teacher Level III.
She plays a Polish instrument made by luthier Maciej Łack.

Margeritta Bury

VIOLIN

In 2008, Margeritta / Małgorzata Bury graduated from the Academy of Music in Gdańsk in the Instrumental Department in the class of Maciej Sobczak. She is also a graduate of the Gdańsk University of Technology and WSB in Gdańsk. For years, Margeritta Bury combined her passion for music with work in marketing, advertising, and the shipbuilding industry.

She is interested in alternative teaching and creativity and the development of children through play. She was also a long-time judge of the international competition Odyssey of the Mind, which engages children and young people in creative, divergent problem-solving and critical thinking processes.

Margeritta Bury is a certified teacher of the European Suzuki Association. During Suzuki Method pedagogical courses, she learned from trainers such as Anna Podhajska (Poland), Elżbieta Węgrzyn (Poland), Roberto Sarno (Italy/Denmark), and Jan Matthiesen (Denmark). With continuous new experiences, she has been teaching music to children, youth, and adults for over 14 years. She currently educates young violinists based on the Suzuki Method at VIOLINI studio in Gdańsk.

Elżbieta Pałka

VIOLIN

Elżbieta Pałka is a graduate of the AGH University of Science and Technology in Kraków, and by passion, a violin teacher. Her pedagogical adventure with the Suzuki Method began in 2007. Her trainers were Tove Detrekoy, Anna Podhajska, and Elżbieta Węgrzyn. For 15 years, she has been running the Suzuki School in Olkusz. She is currently continuing her training for Suzuki teachers at Level V under the watchful eye of Jan Matthiesen, Roberto Sarno, and Claus Kanneworff.

Anna Kuczok

CELLO

Her passion is to help children spread their wings by learning to play the cello using the SUZUKI philosophy. The cello is a bridge for Anna to everything she does in life, and she loves building self-esteem in her students, helping them develop communication skills, sensitivity, and empathy. She is the mother of 14-year-old Michał and has a closet full of cellos of every size.

Anna is a certified Suzuki cello teacher at Level II of the European Suzuki Association. A graduate of the Academy of Music in Łódź in the class of Prof. A. Orkisz - diploma with distinction. She studied on a scholarship at Durham University (Northern England) under Prof. D. Yablonsky. She honed her skills under the guidance of renowned cellists: J. Berger (Switzerland), V. Yagling (Finland), N. Gutman (Germany), C. Reichart (Germany), M. Flaksman (USA), T. Strahl (Poland), S. Firlej (Poland), A. Wróbel (Poland). She is a laureate of numerous cello and chamber music competitions.

She performs in Poland and abroad, playing both classical and popular music, and freely improvises. For 20 years, she has been a member of Adam Sztaba's Orchestra. She was a co-founder, cellist, and manager of the string quartet 4-te. From 2003-2011 she worked at the Roma Theatre in Warsaw, from 2012 at the Representative Artistic Ensemble of the Polish Army in Warsaw, and later at the Syrena Theatre in Warsaw. Co-founder of the KuczokRogoziński cello duo. She performed as a soloist with the Silesian Chamber Orchestra.

She has been playing the cello for over 30 years, using this beautiful instrument in many ways. She created her own cello school "Hello Cello Ania Kuczok", where children from 3 years old and adults learn to play the cello.

Thanks to the cello lessons and workshops led by Anna, everyone can discover the secrets of the cello and its wide possibilities. As a cello trainer, she has some very unique achievements: she prepared actress Barbara Melzer for the role of a cellist in the musical hit "The Witches of Eastwick", taught Bartosz Bielenia to play the cello and act as a cellist for the lead role in the Slovak-Canadian film "Applause", and 5 years ago she created Poland's first intergenerational cello orchestra.

Małgorzata Nieskurska

VIOLIN

A violin teacher using the Suzuki Method, Małgorzata was associated for many years with the Suzuki School in Tychy and now runs the Tyski Suzuki Corner.

She is a graduate of the University of Silesia in Katowice in the Faculty of Arts in Cieszyn, specializing in Instrumental Performance under mgr Krzysztof Durlow and Prof. Hilary Drozd. In 2012, she completed her studies at the Academy of Music in Katowice - also in the Instrumental Department - in the violin class of Prof. Paweł Puczek and mgr Jacek Siemek. She participated in International Orchestral Workshops with the Polish-German Young Philharmonic of Lower Silesia, with which she performed in Poland and Germany.

As a member of this orchestra, she took part in the "Angels of Europe" concert in Wrocław to celebrate Poland's entry into the European Union. As a soloist, she also performed with the String Orchestra of the Institute of Music in Cieszyn. In the summer of 2007, she began the Suzuki Violin Teacher Training Course organized by the Polish Suzuki Association in Warsaw (CES).

She completed the first three levels of the Suzuki Method under the supervision of Tove Detrekoy and Anna Podhajska in Poland. In 2015, she completed the Level IV course under the guidance of Jan Matthiesen in Denmark. She has now started the Level V course, also under the supervision of Jan Matthiesen.

Martyna Karwańska

RHYTHMICS

Graduate of the K.Szymanowski State Music School Complex No. 4 in Warsaw in the classical guitar class (1984), and then of the Music Education Department of the UMFC in Warsaw (1988). Didactics and methodological secrets have always been her passion. Martyna loves working with children, teenagers and adults, and when she crosses the classroom door, she transports the class participants into the wonderful world of MUSIC.

For 30 years, she and her husband have run the YAMAHA Music School in Pultusk, which was the first of its kind in Poland. At her school, until recently, she led early childhood classes for children as young as 4 months old, as well as the “Camertina” intergenerational mixed choir. She is currently a teacher of vocal classes and classical guitar.

At the same time, Mr. and Mrs. Karwański manage the entire YAMAHA Music School network in Poland, conducting a number of training courses in management and group teaching methodology according to the YAMAHA system. Martyna spends her free time knitting, or tending plants.

Anna Łuczak

MUSIC MIND GAMES

A graduate of the Fryderyk Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw in the piano class of Prof. Jerzy Sterczyński. She received her diploma with distinction in the chamber music class of Prof. Jerzy Marchwiński.

In 2005, she completed the Postgraduate Cultural Management Studies at the Warsaw School of Economics.

Since 2004, she has been working with the State Music Schools Complex No. 4 in Warsaw as a piano teacher. Her students have achieved many successes at both national and international competitions and festivals.

Since 2012, she has been working with children using the Suzuki Method. From 2019 to 2021, she collaborated with the Warsaw Suzuki Center.

In 2018, she completed the Music Mind Games Level 2 course.

She has extensive experience in teaching piano and conducting Music Mind Games classes for neurodivergent children.

She has completed numerous specialized courses and training, including: "The Use of Classical Music in Early Childhood Therapy", "Handle Basics in Neurodevelopmental Disorders", "Understanding Autism through the Handle Approach", and "Rehabilitation of People with Autism - Your Approach as Key to Success and Handling Difficult Behaviors".

She has conducted workshops with teachers and students of first-level music schools across the country. At the invitation of the Art Education Center, she co-created new core curricula for first-level music schools.

Privately, she is a mother of two musical boys. She loves yoga and tiramisu :-)

Wiola Jakubiec

"Muzykowanki"

A violinist and vocalist from the mountains of the Beskid Żywiecki region, where her journey with the violin began with traditional music. She graduated from the Jazz and Popular Music Department of the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music. She also holds a degree in musicology from the University of Wrocław and the Catholic University of Lublin, and studied Artistic Education in Music at UMCS in Lublin.

Currently, she teaches violin and vocals in the postgraduate "Traditional Music" program at the Academy of Music in Katowice. In Warsaw, she leads the vocal group of the Slavovica ensemble.

She has performed on stages across Europe, as well as in the USA and Australia. She participated in the World Music Orchestra project at the National Forum of Music in Wrocław. She co-founded the avant-folk duo SEKUNDa, with which she won prestigious awards in Poland's folk scene, including "Nowa Tradycja" and "Mikołajki Folkowe".

As part of "Muzykowanki", she collaborates with numerous educational institutions, conducting music classes, concerts, and workshops for young music enthusiasts. In her vocal work, she focuses on a natural and free vocal expression. She is a certified instructor of Gordon Method classes.

Beata Ludwicka

PIANO

She graduated from the Second Degree Music School in Płock in the class of Prof. Hanna Witt - Paszta. She studied at the Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz and Łódź. She received her master's degree in music from the Academy of Music in Warsaw.

She is currently a certified piano teacher, pianist, and accompanist. Since 2012, she has been accredited to teach piano using the Suzuki Method. She works with children from the age of 4, teaching them respect for the instrument, sensitivity to the beauty of sound, and above all, a love of music.

She has performed at the National Philharmonic, Warmia-Masuria Philharmonic, Studio S1, the Royal Castle, the Castle of the Dukes of Pomerania, Teplice, Ostrava, and Brussels. She recorded the album "Squeaking Notes" by Dorota Obijalska and Marcin Wawruk. She is the creator of the Chamber Orchestra "Sinfonia Concertante". She has won many awards, including the Minister of Culture and National Heritage Award for her dedicated pedagogical work.

During her career, she received many diplomas and awards at competitions for the artistic qualities of her piano accompaniment.