Polish cellist, soloist, and chamber musician, Marcin Zdunik’s repertoire ranges from Renaissance to contemporary music. He improvises, composes, and performs his own arrangements.

Marcin Zdunik has been invited to perform at prestigious festivals including the BBC Proms Festival in London, the Progetto Martha Argerich in Lugano, and the “Chopin and his Europe” festival in Warsaw. Giving solo concerts in many European countries, the U.S., and Korea, Marcin Zdunik has also collaborated with many renowned ensembles: the Warsaw Philharmonic, Prague Chamber Orchestra, European Union Chamber Orchestra, City of London Sinfonia, Sinfonia Varsovia, and the Bournemouth Symphony; and with distinguished conductors such as Andrey Boreyko, Antoni Wit, and Tadeusz Strugała. He regularly shares the stage with reputable musicians like Nelson Goerner, Gérard Caussé, Krzysztof Jabłoński, Krzysztof Jakowicz, José Gallardo, and the Modigliani Quartet. He performed with Gidon Kremer, Yuri Bashmet, and Tatiana Grindenko at the Chamber Music Connects the World festival in Kronberg.

He has performed as a soloist at many renowned concert halls, including the National Philharmonic Concert Hall in Warsaw, the Rudolfinum in Prague, Carnegie Hall, Cadogan Hall in London, Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow, the Hermitage Theatre in St. Petersburg, Konzerthaus Dortmund, and the Slovak Philharmonic in Bratislava. In the 2016-17 season, he was the Artist in Residence of the National Philharmonic in Warsaw.

In 2007, Marcin Zdunik won First Prize at the Lutosławski International Cello Competition in Warsaw. He was also awarded the Grand Prix for an outstanding performance of Lutosławski’s cello concerto and received nine other prizes. In 2008, he represented the Polish Radio in Bratislava at the International Forum of Young Performers organized by the European Broadcasting Union, where he won the 2008 “New Talent” title.

In 2010, he received a Polish TV Culture Award, Gwarancje Kultury, and Fryderyk Music Award for his album of Haydn and Denisov cello concertos. More recently, he recorded Robert Schumann’s complete works for cello and piano with Aleksandra Świgut, Mieczysław Weinberg’s “Fantasia for Cello and Orchestra” with Sinfonia Varsovia and Andres Mustonen, and a duo album called “Bach Stories” with Aleksander Dębicz (Warner Classics, 2017). In 2022, he was awarded a Fryderyk Music Award for two of his latest albums: “Words of Mystery,” with music for cello and choir recorded with the Camerata Silesia choir under the baton of Anna Szostak; and Paweł Mykietyn’s cello concerto with the National Forum of Music Philharmonic in Wrocław, directed by Bassem Akiki. Another recent recording of Chopin’s chamber music, performed with pianist Szymon Nehring and violist Ryszard Groblewski, was warmly received by critics in Europe.

Zdunik studied with reputable musicians Julius Berger (Augsburg University) and Andrzej Bauer (Fryderyk Chopin Music University in Warsaw). He graduated from the University of Warsaw, earning a master’s degree in musicology. He is currently a member of the instrumental faculty at the Music Academy in Gdańsk (Poland) and at the Fryderyk Chopin Music University in Warsaw. He has held the title of Professor since April of 2021.