Maria works as an associate professor at the Academy of Music in Cracow. Maria is the Artistic Director of Cross Culture Festival in Warsaw - one of the largest world music festivals in Poland and Central and Eastern Europe. While composing she combines classical music, folk and world music. Maria prides herself on being asked to compose some pieces for cello, suka and fiddle by the great Yo-Yo Ma and to perform with him together. Among her achievements is the fact that she has played with such wonderful artists as Jan Gillan, Boris Grebenshchykov, Gonzalo Rubalcaba and et al. She has recorded over 20 albums so far and her latest album Maria Pomianowska & Friends "Chopin on 5 Continents", with amazing arrangements of Chopin's masterpieces written for ethnic instruments from all over the world, achieved the 5th position on the world-wide playlist for world music and folk music - World Music Charts Europe organized by EBU. Maria Pomianowska ceaselessly creates new projects, searches for new ways of expression and thus her being innovative and energy inspire other musicians.
Maria Pomianowska is playing as a soloist as well as chamber musician in various musical projects. She cooperate with numbers of folk, jazz, classical ,pop and World Music groups and artists. She can perform: cello, folk bass, gadulka ( Bulgaria), kamancheh (Iran), sarangi (India), erhu( China), morin-chur (Mongolia) and three Polish forgotten fiddles reconstructed by Maria Pomianowska.
Maria Pomianowska has done many musical projects : 1. Chopin Roots, 2. Chopin Ethno ( On 5 Cont inents), 3. Silk Road Suite,
4. Solo/Workshop/Lecture Magic of the bow, 5. Forgot ten sound, 6. Suka&Fidel orchestra, 7. LutoSlavs,
Some Past Concerts
Kitara Hall / Sapporo-Japan 2002
Festival Ile De France / Chateau de Villarceaux – France 2004
Festival Verba Sacra / Warsaw-Poland 2004
XVI. festival Muzyki Dawnej / Warsaw-Poland 2004
Festival Chopin dans Tous Ses Etats / Paris-France 2004
Aula AM Florianka / Krakow-Poland 2005
Theatre Wielki / Warsaw-Poland 2005
XXVI: Festival Folkowy EBU / Gdansk-Poland 2005
Sala Koncertowa / Warsaw-Poland 2005
Izumi Hall / Osaka-Japan 2005
Au Concert Noble / Bruxels- Belçika 2005
Ibn Zeidoun Hall / Algier-Algeria 2006
Festival Wielkopostny / Warsaw-Poland 2006
Teatro Archimboldi / Paris-France 2006
IV.Festival Pasyhny / Warsaw-Poland 2006
XXXI Miedzynarodowy Muzika w Starym / Krakow- Poland 2006
Ulanude Philarmony / Siberia-Russia 2006
Schrannenhalle / Munich-Germany 2007
The Betlehem Peace Centre / Betlehem-Palestina 2007
Riho-le-zion / Tel Aviv-Israel 2007
NOK Warszawa / Warsaw-Poland 2007
Letni Festival / Brochow-Poland 2007
Royal Albert Hall / London-England 2008
Olimphia Theatre / Dublin-Ireland 2008
Stadhalle / Vienna-Austria 2009
Mhatna Gorki / Moskow-Russia 2009
BKZ ‘’ oktiabrskij’’ / St. Petersburg-Russia 2009
La Cite des Congers / Nantes-France 2010
Palacio Euskaldune Jauregia / Bilboa-Spain 2010
International Forum / Tokyo-Japan 2010
National Opea / Cairo-Egypt 2011
Filharmony Hall / Baku-Azerbaijan 2011
A Em Chilli, Zico House / Beirut-Lebanon 2012
Al Mandaloun Hall / Beirut-Lebanon 2012
National Council of Arts(PNCA) / Islamabad- Pakistan 2012
Sidi bou Said Hall / Tunis-Tunusia 2012
Mozart Hall / Tokyo-Japan 2013
Kameari Hall / Tokyo-Japan 2013
Discography
Two headed dragon - Pomianowska&Kinior 2014
'LutoSlavs' MCKiS 2013 Poland and Pakistan; sounds of the two continents (2012)
The Forgotten Sound 2011 Musart
At the sources of Chopin music 2010 Musart
Musique traditionnelle 2010 La Folle Journe
Chopin on 5 Continents 2010 Musart
Four Seasons 2008 MTJ
Polish folk music 2004
Vivart Silk Road Suite MTJ 2002
Chopin Roots Opus 111 1998
Polish Christmas songs. 1997 MTJ
Oj ChmieluOld Polish songs and dances. 1996 MTJ
Music of the Lowlands 1995 MTJ
Indian Ragas 'music from the book' LP 1989