Biographies

2025

Roksoliana Hetman

Violin, Ukraine

Roksoliana Hetman was born in Lviv into a family of musicians. At the age of 6 she began learning to play the violin. First, she studied at Lviv State School of Arts in the class of teacher Natalia Kriachenko. From the very first years of her studies, Roksoliana demonstrated her talent and perseverance, and won many national and international competitions.

Since the 7th grade, she has been studying at the Solomiya Krushelnytska Lviv State Music Lyceum in the class of Lidia Futorska. At the moment, she continues her studies with Mariia Hereha. Roksoliana performed as a soloist with the Kyiv Symphony Orchestra of Radio and Television and at the Lviv Philharmonic with an orchestra. She received a 1st prize at the international Hedwig Prize competition in Poland, a 2nd prize at the international competition Talents for Europe, 2nd prize at the international violin competition online Wroclaw Con Corde. She also participated in the Young Classical Dialog festival in Berlin and in master classes at the Music Academy Forte in Brussels. Roksoliana, together with the students of the Music Lyceum, traveled to Spain, Germany, Czech Republic and Poland with a concert activity.

Lennard Voigt

Cello, Germany

Lennard was born in Magdeburg in 2009 and received his first cello lessons at the age of five.

In 2020, he became a student at the Musikgymnasium Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach in Berlin, having lessons with Konstantin Bruns (HfM Hanns Eisler). Currently, Lennard continues his studies with Ildikó Szabó at the Julius Stern Institut of Universität der Künste Berlin.

He was awarded first prizes at the competition “Jugend musiziert” in the solo category, as well as in the category for chamber music with the Piaschowa Quartet, which also received the Eduard Söring Prize. Lennard is also a member of the Deutsche Streicherphilharmonie. He holds a scholarship from the Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben, which has provided him with a violoncello by Hans Michael Stirzer, Breslau 1704, from the Deutsche Musikinstrumentenfonds since 2022.

He regularly gains valuable experience at international master classes, most recently as an active participant in the cello master class of the Kronberg Academy.

Michał Pokrzywa

Clarinet, Poland

Michał was born in 2007 in Poznań. He is a student of Jadwiga Kaliszewska Secondary Music School in the Music School Complex in Poznań, learning under the direction of Dr. Paweł Kroczek.

He has taken part in numerous national and international competitions and festivals, receiving awards and distinctions, both as a soloist and chamber musician such as: II Silesian Clarinet Festival, Katowice (2024) - Grand Prix, II National Wind Instruments Competition “HEDUM”, Poznań (2024) - 1st place, 1st Youth Music Competition, and more.

He develops his musical skills by participating in courses and workshops conducted by outstanding clarinetists, including: Shirley Brill, Yehuda Gilad, Milan Polak, Karel Dohnal and more. From 2015 to 2022, he performed as a chorist with the Boys’ and Men’s Choir of the Poznań Philharmonic “Poznań Nightingales”. In 2023, he received the Scholarship of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage for his achievements in the school year of 2022/2023.

Igor Bojczuk

Conductor, Poland

Igor Bojczuk is a Polish symphony conductor dedicated to developing a rich and precise conducting technique to ensure clear communication with every musician in the orchestra. He holds both a Bachelor’s and a Master’s degree in Symphony and Opera Conducting from the Karol Lipiński Academy of Music in Wrocław.

Throughout his career, Bojczuk has worked with renowned orchestras, including the Lower Silesian Philharmonic, the National Forum of Music, and the Wrocław Academy of Music Symphonic and Chamber Orchestras. His repertoire includes major works by Beethoven, Dvořák, Tchaikovsky, Chopin, and Vivaldi, among others. He has served as a Resident Conductor at the Lublin Philharmonic and as a Conducting Assistant at the Zürcher Orchester Sozietät and the Krzyżowa Music Festival.

In addition to his conducting career, Bojczuk is the co-founder and Chief Technical Officer of Darka Software, a company specializing in Artificial Intelligence, Business Automation, and digital solutions for classical musicians. He has participated in masterclasses with esteemed conductors such as Kerry Stratton, Marek Pijarowski, and Jos van Immerseel.

2022

Vera Simkiv

Piano

Vira Simkiv was born in 2009 in Ivano-Frankivsk, Urkaine and started playing the piano at age . She is a student at Solomiya Krushelnytska Lviv Secondary Specialized Music Boarding School since 2017 and studies under Ljudmila Zakopets. Besides music, she is also interested in theatre, literature, especially in poetry, having even written poems of her own. Winning multiple medals, is also a passionate swimmer. As a pianst she had success at competitions, such as: Mozart Art Kids online Wettbewerb (1st prize, 2021), „Bieszczady bez Graniz“ competition in Sanok (Gold, Poland, 2019), „Bortnianski International Competition“ (2ⁿd prize, 2019, Ukraine), „Chopin Spring“ competition in Lutsk (2021, Ukraine).

Karol Łopiński

Trumpet

Karol Łopiński, born in 2004 in Poznań, began playing the trumpet at the age of 6 in a class of Marek Galubiński at the Karol Kurpiński Primary Music School in Poznań, with whom he continues his education at the Jadwiga Kaliszewska Comprehensive Secondary Music School. Karol took part in music courses many times, during which he collaborated with many trumpet players from around the world, including R. Gryń, R. Romm, G. Cassone, B. Ridenour, O. Antonsen and K. Braker. In 2020, he received the Prime Minister's Scholarship for the best results in science, and in 2022 for his artistic achievements he was awarded the Scholarship of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage. Karol's most important successes include: 1st place at the 29tʰ Poznań Competition for Wind Instruments in Poznań (2022), 1st place at the Kazakhstan International Music Competition (2021), 1st place at the 5tʰ International Contemporary Music Competition in Odessa (2021) and 1st place at the International Competition in Lviv (2020).

Zoya Nevgodovska

Conductor

Ukrainian born violinist Zoya Nevgodovska is living in Berlin, teaches violin at the college for music Hanns Eisler in Berlin since 2003 and since 2006 she leads the violin class for talented young violinists at the secondary music school C. Ph. E. Bach Berlin. She was born in Kyiv and finished her school education at the KSSMS - special music school for gifted children in Kyiv in 1994. In Germany since 1995, she was a student in the city of Hannover and finished her education at the Hanns Eisler college of Music in Berlin 2003. After that she started educating the gifted students of the Secondary School for music Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach in Berlin where she also conducts the chamber orchestra „Bach-Juniors“. She aslo started uniting young musicians from countries all over Europe in her projects for years and since 2015 she is the head of the summer academy at the Pałac Morawa, concentrating on chamber music with students from Poland, Ukraine, and Germany. As the art director of the Young Classic Dialog Berlin Festival Zoya organizes chamber music gatherings for young instrumentalists from whole european continent.