Violetta Koss, Piano

Polish American pianist Violetta Koss began her piano studies at the age of four and made her debut at Steinway Hall in Manhattan NY at the age of six as a student of Tatiana Tsoukanova. Since that age, Ms. Koss has been an active performer in venues throughout New York, the United States and Europe. Ms. Koss likes to combine her love for music with her passion for promoting Polish Arts in New York. She frequently performs the music of Polish composers and works and organizes events with such venues as the Polish Consulate, The Kosciuszko Foundation, Pilsudski Institute of America, and The Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences in America as well as WMP Concert Hall. In November 2010 Ms. Koss was given the honor to perform the works of Ignacy Jan Paderewski in the Warsaw National Philharmonic Hall in Poland alongside the Bialystok Orchestra. This performance resulted in Ms. Koss being published in the European Jazz Magazine along with being appointed into the Paderewski Music Society.

Ms. Koss is also frequently published in such newspapers as Polish Daily News, Post Eagle, The River Reporter, and was given the distinct honor of being on Polish National Television in August 2010 as a result of a performance in Wroclaw Poland. Ms. Koss has been actively performing in the Polish Consulate in New York since the age of 6 and has had the privilege to play for many of Poland's top cultural, political and business leaders among a few: the late President Lech Kaczynski, Konsul General Krzysztof Kasprzyk, Secretary of State Ewa Junczyk-Ziomecka, Minister of Culture Tomasz Merta, Minister of Culture Bogdan Zdrojewski and Eva Rubinstein (daughter of the late Arthur Rubinstein).

Ms. Koss has performed in master classes  with such renowned artists as: Jerome Rose, Mykola Suk, Alexander Braginsky, Eduard Zilberkant, Victor Rosenbaum, Quynh Nguyen, Alexei Orlovetsky, David Dubal, Marjean Olson, and Jerzy Sterczynski in such venues as: The Juilliard School, Mannes College, New York University, Manhattan School of Music, Frederic Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw Poland, Wroclaw Poland, and Shandelee upstate NY. Ms Koss was appointed Music Director at St. Joseph Church in Brooklyn NY in 2009 where she was the head of the children's choir as well as the Church organist.  Ms. Koss is currently studying at the Manhattan School of Music under the tutelage of Dr. Marc Silverman, chairman of the piano department. Ms. Koss has already been accepted to study with Andrzej Jasinski in Poland, teacher of Krystian Zimerman and plans to pursue this opportunity in the future upon completing her Degree.

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