Tomasz Pokrzywinski – cello
was born in Warsaw, Poland into a musical family and started playing the violoncello at the age of seven. He soon began exploring different avenues in music and today he finds himself working not only as a performing musician, but also as a sound engineer, producer, composer, arranger and workshop leader.
After graduating from Frederic Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw (MA–Tonmeister) he went to specialize baroque cello with Alison McGillivray at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, where he obtained the degrees of Mmus and MMP Guildhall Artist. Since then historically-informed practices remain in the centre of his professional interests and activities.
He regularly performs as a principal cellist and a soloist with the highly acclaimed Polish period-instrument ensemble Arte dei Suonatori as well as with the renowned Dutch orchestra Holland Baroque Society. Since graduating from Guildhall School of Music and Drama he has also played, recorded and toured the whole Europe with orchestras such as Academy of Ancient Music, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, La Serenissima and others. In 2009 he was invited by the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama to become a Junior Fellow at the Historical Performance Department.
