Baptiste Pawlik

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Baptiste Pawlik (born May 26, 1983 ) is a German violinist or violinist .

Musical career

Baptiste Pawlik received his first violin lessons at the age of three. He was the youngest participant to win the Jugend musiziert competition at the age of four .

In addition to the concert tours as a soloist of the JPK Cologne Orchestra in Europe and Asia, Pawlik made his television debut at the age of 16 on the ZDF Sunday Concert .

His teachers include Zakhar Bron (Lübeck / Cologne / Madrid), Kaiko Wataya (Utrecht), Mintcho Mintchev and Nana Jashvili (Essen). In 2008 Baptiste completed his studies as a master class student at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen.

Pawlik had encounters with the violinists Roby Lakatos and Sir Yehudi Menuhin , who gave him his baton as a present after a concert. He rehearsed with Take That , Justin Bieber and was the first violinist of Celine Dion at the Bambi - awards 2012 . In March 2013 he played at the farewell concert for Pope Benedict XVI. in the presence of his brother, Prelate Georg Ratzinger in Regensburg. In January 2014 he was invited by the papal biographer Michael Hesemann to attend a concert in the broadcasting hall of Vatican Radio on the occasion of the 90th birthday of Prelate Georg Ratzinger in the presence of Pope emeritus Benedict XVI. to play. The concert was broadcast worldwide on Vatican Radio.

Baptiste Pawlik plays a master violin from 1778.

Awards and concerts

At the age of 4, Baptiste received the first prize in “Jugend musiziert”, six other first prizes followed. Baptiste gives concerts internationally a. a. as a soloist in the Junge Philharmonie Köln . In 2014 Pawlik gave a concert in front of Pope em. Benedict XVI. in Rome, organized by the writer Michael Hesemann.

Works & compositions

Baptiste composes and produces in various musical genres such as classical and popular music. In 2014 he produced the CD "a Tribute to the Vatican Radio Hall Concert 2014"

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personal data
SURNAME Pawlik, Baptiste
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German violinist
DATE OF BIRTH May 26, 1983