Marta Rasztar
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Marta Rasztar was born in Poland in November 2002. She received her first cello lessons at the age of nine. In June 2024 she completed her bachelor's degree at the Academy of Music in Poznan, Poland in the class of Prof. Tomasz Lisiecki. She also studied at the Royal Conservatory in Antwerp, Belgium, where she was an Erasmus student in the cello class of Prof. Justus Grimm. In October 2024 she started her master studies at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Hamburg in the class of Prof. Alexey Stadler.
Since 2023 she has been a member of one of the most renowned European youth orchestras - EUYO, with which she has had the opportunity to work under the direction of outstanding conductors such as Gianandrea Noseda, Ivan Fischer, Sir Antonio Pappano and Manfred Honeck. She has made three tours with this orchestra, not only in Europe but also in the USA, during which she played at Carnegie Hall New York, Konzerthaus Berlin, Concertgebouw Amsterdam and Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, among others. She gained further orchestral experience as a substitute in the Poznan Philharmonic Orchestra and the Baltic Neopolis Orchestra.
Marta has participated in many master classes with world-renowned cellists such as Prof. Gregor Horsch, Prof. Troels Svane, Prof. Konstantin Heidrich, Prof. Arto Noras and Prof. Julius Berger. In 2021, as a member of the Chamber Orchestra of the Academy of Music in Poznań, she recorded the record with the DUX record company, which includes works by Schönberg and Strauss. 2023 Marta won the 2nd prize in the XI.
National Danczowski Cello Competition in Poznan, Poland and as a member of the Anteros String Quartet she won 3rd prize in the International Chamber Music Competition “KraCamera 2023” and 3rd prize in the 10th International Chamber Music Tournament in Bydgoszcz, Poland. She received a “Young Poland 2022” scholarship from the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage and the scholarship of the Rector of the Academy of Music in Poznań (2023-2024). In 2023 Marta received the “Student of the Year” award from the Ignacy Jan Paderewski Academy of Music in Poznań.
Marta Rasztar has been a member of the Orchestra Academy of the Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra since August 2024.