Irmina Trynkos, Violin

Biography

Since her breakthrough performance conducted by Neeme Järvi at the Oistrakh Festival in 2008, Irmina Trynkos has been establishing herself on the worldwide stage as a genuine artist of exceptional talent.

Later on Irmina was invited to represent the UK on a cultural visit of the Lord Mayor of London to China. As Irmina’s first Asian appearance, she performed with the Shanghai Opera Orchestra at the Shanghai Concert Hall and was featured in major Chinese newspapers. The highlight was Irmina’s marvellous first appearance with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, where she performed Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto to a torrent of applause and praise.

Irmina’s innate musical curiosity led to her discovering the genius artistic personality of Ignatz Waghalter. Irmina’s debut CD with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra will include premiere recordings of all Waghalter’s violin works to be released 1st of October 2012 on NAXOS.

Irmina is also very involved in premiering new compositions, recently performing at Wigmore Hall “Cyber Moment”, a violin and piano piece dedicated to her by Giorgi Latsabidze. This appreciation of both unknown and modern music accompanies a diverse standard repertoire, which includes all major concertos ranging from Bach to Shostakovich. Irmina is also a passionate chamber musician and has performed with international artists such as pianist Ayke Agus, the last collaborator of legendary violinist Jasha Heifetz.

Irmina, based in the UK, is of Greek-Polish descent, with no musicians in her family background. Bravely leaving her native Poland at an early age, she studied most recently with acclaimed Lydia Mordkovitch, Martin Mumelter and Nina Minko. Irmina was the first person in Mozarteum ‘s history to be awarded a Bachelor degree after only two years of study and later on graduated from the Royal Academy of Music with Distinction. Irmina plays on Jakob Stainer Violin from 1670.