Julia Żarnowska: A Promising Young Guitarist
Julia Żarnowska (born 1998) is a student at the Music School Complex in Tarnów. She began learning guitar at the age of 7 and has been studying in Piotr Pociask’s guitar class for 11 years. Julia has participated in numerous competitions and festivals for young guitarists, winning many awards.
Her most significant artistic achievements include:
- 2nd prize at the 5th International Guitaromania Competition in Karpacz (2008)
- 2nd prize at the CEA National Auditions (2008/2009)
- 1st prize at the 15th International Guitar Music Festival Competition in Trzęsacz (2012)
- 1st prize at the 6th National Guitar Competition in Lublin (2014)
- 2nd prize at the Ivan Ball Festival in Dolný Kubín, Slovakia (2015)
- 1st prize at the National Guitar Competition in Wadowice (2016)
- 2nd prize at the Trzęsacz International Guitar Competition (2016)
She is a four-time scholarship holder of the President of the City of Tarnów. In the 2015/16 academic year she also received the Sapere Auso Scholarship of the Malopolska Scholarship Foundation. In 2016/17 she was awarded the Scholarship of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage.
Julia has refined her skills through workshops and masterclasses with renowned guitarists, including Aniello Desiderio, Łukasz Kuropaczewski, Marcin Dylla, Carlo Marchione, Marek Zielinski, Gabriel Bianco, Krzysztof Meisinger, Michal Nagy, Petr Saidl, Marek Nosal, Marek Pasieczny, Maciej Stankowski and Paolo Villa.
Performing at Siccas Guitars
Every classical guitarist who performs at Siccas Guitars brings a distinct musical path to the instrument — shaped by years of study, competition experience, and the particular musical tradition they have chosen to inhabit. The classical guitar demands sustained technical commitment and a deep engagement with a repertoire that spans from the Renaissance through to works written for living performers. It is an instrument whose full possibilities only reveal themselves over time.
