Kinga Wąs

Kinga was born in Poland and began playing the harp at the age of six. She is a graduate from Birmingham Conservatoire where she studied harp with Catherine White.

 

Orchestral playing is one of Kinga's main passions and she is hoping to make it her career path. Kinga has performed with youth orchestras in the UK such as the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra's youth orchestra and the National Youth Orchestra of Scotland, with which she has toured the UK and China. As well as the youth orchestras, Kinga regularly performs with many symphony orchestras and ensembles around the West Midlands.

 

Whilst living in Poland Kinga performed solo concerts with prestigious youth orchestras and performed in the biggest Concert Hall in Poland which is at the Palace of Culture in Warsaw, as well as many other locations around Poland. Since moving to the UK Kinga has continued to play concerts both in Poland and the UK, as well as taking part in festivals in Europe such as the Musique Cordiale Festival in the South of France.

 

Kinga first begun playing the pedal harp at the age of six when she was offered a place at the Primary Music School Karola Kurpinskiego in Warsaw, Poland. She studied there for six years under the tuition of Anna Piechura. In 2006 she moved to Scotland with her family and continued her musical education at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in the Junior Department where she was thought by Gwen Yorke. In 2011 Kinga was awarded a place at the Birmingham Conservatoire with a scholarship to study the harp with Catherine White from which she graduated with a Bachelore of Music with Honours degree. 

 

Kinga has played in master-classes with renowed harpists including Imogen Braford, Catrin Finch, Skaila Kanga, Eleanor Turner, Urszula Mazurek, Gabriella Dall'Olio and Meinir Heulyn. Kinga has also received orchetsral coaching from Robert Johnston, Katherine Thomas, Stephanie Beck, Eleanor Turner and Sharon Griffiths.