Justyna Zańko

Justyna Ewa Zańko (born 26 September ) is a Polish violinist who performs as a soloist and chamber musician. She has appeared at prestigious venues such as Carnegie Hall in New York, the Royal Albert Hall in London, the Beethoven House in Bonn, Mozarteum concert hall in Salzburg, and the Crown Tribunal in Lublin.

Early life and education Zańko is originally from Lublin, Poland. She began playing the violin at the age of seven under Bohdan Giergiel, the long-time concertmaster of the Lublin Philharmonic, followed by studies with Franciszek Falger.

In 2014, she completed postgraduate studies at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire in the UK, receiving an Advanced Postgraduate Diploma in Professional Performance. Her mentor was Dr. Rimma Sushanskaya, a Russian violinist and the last student of David Oistrakh. and received multiple Grand Prize Virtuoso distinctions in Salzburg (2021), Bonn (2020 and 2021), and London (2021 and 2022). She also won the Golden Classical Music Awards (2022), with a final performance at Carnegie Hall.

In December 2021, she performed at the Polish Outstanding Person of the Year award ceremony in Paris, held at the Polish Embassy in France.

In 2024, she performed at TEDxLublin in a violin-piano duet with Julia Miller at the Old Theatre in Lublin. She also appeared in the "Echoes of Poland" concert in Malta and at the Victoria International Arts Festival in Gozo.

She also founded the “Classics in the Crown” concert series, hosted at the Crown Tribunal in Lublin, which features both established musicians and emerging artists.

Discography

Justyna Zańko – Solo Violin (2021) – A solo album featuring works by Bach, Eugène Ysaÿe, and Heinrich Ignaz Biber.