Bartłomiej Fraś was born in 1997 in Katowice. He’s currently studying at Karol Szymanowski Music Academy in Katowice with Szymon Krzeszowiec. He participated many violin compe- titions and recieved many awards. The most important of them are: I prize and special award for the best performance of Paganini composition at „Young Paganini” International Violin Competition in Legnica, II prize at Ogólnopolski Konkurs Skrzypcowy „Talenty 2017”, in Poznań, II prize at „Grand Prize Virtuoso Competition” in London, III prize at Ogólnopolski Cieszyński Konkurs Skrzypcowy in Cieszyn, III prize at eMuse International Music Competi- tion, III prize at Ogólnopolski Festiwal Skrzypcowy in Kielce and IV prize at 40. Ogólnopol- ski Konkurs Bachowski in Zielona Góra. He attended many masterclasses studying with: Benjamin Schmid, Roland Baldini, Konstanty Andrzej Kulka, Bartosz Bryła, Marcin Bara- nowski, Jakub Jakowicz, Jan Stanienda and Xiaoming Wang.
