Erick Oliver Wawrzkiewicz

Violin

Erick Oliver Wawrzkiewicz is a Polish Brazilian violinist, violist and baroque violinist based in Toronto. He performs regularly with orchestras and ensembles around the city. Born in London, England to Polish and Brazilian parents he started studying the violin in Poland at age 4. He studied with Israeli violinist, Eyal Kless, at the Royal Irish Academy of Music, and with TSO Associate Concertmaster, Mark Skazinetsky, at the Royal Conservatory of Music and the University of Toronto Faculty of Music where he also took viola lessons with Eric Nowlin and learned Historically Informed Performance Practice with Jeanne Lamon and Ivars Taurins from Tafelmusik. Wawrzkiewicz frequently collaborates with composers, most recently recording new works by Canadian composers Kevin Zi-Xiao He and Felix Arifin.