Cello
Wojciech Fudala graduated from Academy of Music in Katowice as a student of prof. Paweł Głombik. As a stipendist of Belgian Government he studied at the Royal Conservatoire of Brussels, which he graduated with honours in class of Prof. Jeroen Reuling. A most important step of his artistic education were studies at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel under Gary Hoffman.
Wojciech Fudala is a prizewinner of many competitions both home and abroad: Michał Spisak International Music Competition (II place and a Special Prize; 2010), David Popper International Cello Competition in Várpalota (III place; 2004) and Woluwe-Saint-Pierre Cello Competition (Prix Edmond Baert; 2010). He was a stipendist of Polish National Foundation for Kids and Ministry of Culture.
As a soloist he made his debut in 2007 and since then he has been performing a lot with Polish and foreign orchestras (Brussel Chamber Orchestra, Orchestre Royal de Chambre de Wallonie, Polish Baltic Philharmony, Silesian Philharmony, Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liege), also working with many distinguished conductors such as: Augustin Dumay, Łukasz Borowicz, Paweł Kotla, Michael Guttman, Massimiliano Caldi and Eiji Oue. He appears regularly at the music festivals in Poland and abroad (Wratislavia Cantans, Jazztopad, Instrumental Music Festival in Katowice, Kamermuziekfestival Schiermonnikoog, Les estivales de Megève, Encuentro de Músicay Academia de Santander, Cello Biennale Amsterdam). He has recorded for such CD labels as Chandos, ZigZag Territoirs, ActePrealable, Cd Accord.
Chamber music takes an important part in his musical life. He has cooperated with such outstanding artists as Priya Mitchel, Lorenzo Gatto, Agata Szymczewska, Giovanni Sollima, Gary Hoffman, Dominik Połoński, Franois Guye, Tony Malaby, Eldar Nebolsin, Mateusz Borowiak, Maria Szwajger-Kułakowska, Christoph Schiller. Since 2011 he is a member of the Polish Cello Quartet, with whom he conducts a dynamic artistic acivity. Since 2016 he regularly performs with a pianist Michał Rot.
Wojciech Fudala also devotes himself to the art of teaching. Since 2018 he leads a cello class at the K.G. Bacewicz Łódź Music Academy. And since 2014 together with members of PCQ he is organizing the International Cello Academy in Nysa. This unique initiative is a cultural exchange platform which consolidates polish cello society.
Since 2014 he is a solo cellist of NFM – Wrocław Pfilharmonic.
Wojciech Fudala plays an instrument built by J. Merciolle in 1933, given to him by the National Forum of Music.
