ABOUT ME

Hi, my name is Katarzyna Brodowska-Klinger, but you can call me Kasia ;)

I am here to share experiences, ideas, and knowledge about the flute and the music world helping you to overcome the challenges to progress as a flutist.

Kasia Flutist is the result of more than 20 years of very serious music education, successes, mistakes, failures, working in several musical colleges and conservatories, and teaching in several languages: English, French, Portuguese, and Polish.

A little bit more about me

I am a flutist and musicologist passionate about classical music. To deepen my knowledge in understanding the art of music I followed two graduation paths achieving two master’s degrees: one in Musicology and another in Flute at University of Warsaw – Poland.

I started playing the flute when I was 8 years old in my hometown in Poland. Since then, I have had the opportunity to learn and work with several international magnificent artists:

At the age of 10, I went to the first competition outside my hometown, and since then it dawned on me that the life of a musician can be very interesting. I liked going to various musical events, so I started to strive for the most of them in my life. And so began musical traveling!

The second great event in my life was a trip to a competition in Giżycko – Poland with a fellow accordionist. It was then that I discovered Masuria (region in Poland) and its beautiful starry sky. We performed with Piazzola's repertoire. We didn’t win anything, but the emotions after the competition and the new acquaintances I had made fueled me with enthusiasm and curiosity. I didn't experience the pain of failure because I felt too many other positive sides of this trip.

17 years old Kasia

At the age of 13-16 I was already active in many musical groups. One of my favorite forms of musical expression was singing in a choir. Besides, I was doing brilliantly in the chamber ensemble. My accordionist fellow and I together won five awards at various national and international festivals. In addition to the competition, we also played for warm-up at several cultural events, and this also gave me a sense of the meaning of my work.

At that time, I took part in numerous workshops and courses, I literally collected them! During the workshops I managed to touch the so-called Big World and meet with celebrities such as Peter Lukas Graf or Łukasz Długosz, as well as many other musical authorities of various specialties.

At the age of 17, I left my hometown to improve my flute skills. I took part in competitions, I was developing very intensively, musically, and technically.

One of the most important skills in the new school was learning to play in an orchestra. Working in a large team gave me so much joy that it made me even more convinced that I should pursue a career as a musician.

Because of big interest in music theory and history of music I decided in 2010 to study Musicology at the University of Warsaw - Poland, which I finished in 2013 presenting a bachelor thesis about influence of Boehm’s flute on developing repertoire and pedagogical approach in French Flute School. I continued my studies in musicology in 2013 in order to obtain my master’s degree in 2015.

In parallel to the musicology studies, I joined in 2012 the prestigious Academy of Music in Gdańsk – Poland to perfect my flute skills. I got my bachelor's degree in flute in 2015, and my master’s degree in 2017.

At the end of my master study in 2016, I was able to get on Erasmus in Antwerp – Belgium, and there I met one of the most important artistic events in my life, the Zwanemans project, a two-month challenge where I had to learn to work as a professional musician, including all-day rehearsals in the theater.

From that moment on, I participated in several music and pedagogical projects. In 2017, I had a second opportunity to deepen my Erasmus skills again, this time teaching in the Portuguese music school. I spent three fantastic sunny months in Portugal and met many great musicians with whom I have contact until today. In the same year, I also went to my first foreign workshop in Tignes, where I studied with András Adorján.

In 2018 I moved to Paris, and I started to learn the French language.

I keep working to develop my career, and this platform is one of my ways to spread my wings and share my knowledge. I believe that my experience can help music learners with different levels of experience and interest. So, I invite you to make yourself at home here in my virtual space.

Resume version

Katarzyna Brodowska-Klinger started play flute since age of 8 in her hometown in central Poland – Piotrków Trybunalski. As a child and teenager she participated in number of competitions (included Piotrków Trybunalski, Bydgoszcz, Kutno, Sochaczew) which finished with awards. She also attended workshops and musical courses (Szczawno Zdrój, Szczecinek, Nowy Sącz, Zakopane).

She had opportunity learn with a lot of polish and foreign magnificent artists - Peter Lukas-Graf, Dejan Gavriĉ, Elisabeth Möst, Erardo Vietti, Mikko Malin, Elżbieta Gajewska-Gadzina, Jadwiga Kotnowska, Cezary Traczewski, Urszula Janik-Krzemionka, Łukasz Długosz, Krzysztof Malicki, Marcin Kamiński.

Especially interested in chamber music played in duo with accordion (Przemysław Wojciechowski) with a lot of succeses in national and international competitions and festivals included first prize in Giżycko (2007) and second prize in Chełm (2008).

In age of 17 she continued her education in class of Cezary Traczewski in Wałbrzych. Because of big interest in music theory and history of music, in 2010 she decided to study Musicology at University of Warsaw, which finished in 2013 (Bachelor) presenting Bachelor Thesis about influence of Boehm’s flute on developing repertoire and pedagogical approach in French Flute School and in 2015 (Master) preparing Master Thesis about flute music by polish composer Henryk Mikołaj Górecki under the supervision of dr hab. Iwona Lindstedt.

In 2012 she started studying flute at Stanisław Moniuszko Academy of Music in Gdańsk in class of prof. Krzysztof Langman. She graduated in 2017, receiving recognition for both her final and her Master's Thesis about Polish Flute School.

During the education she received many scholarships: Scholarship of Piotrków Trybunalski President (2006, 2007), Scholarship of Director of Music School in Piotrków Trybunalski (2007), Scholarship of Prime Minister (2010) twice Scholarships of Stanisław Moniuszki Academy of Music’s Rector (2013,2015) and Scholarship of University of Warsaw’s Rector (2014). She worked with magnificent conductors: Zygmunt Rychert and Małgorzata Sapiecha-Muzioł and attended in Ensemble of Contemporary Music Pro Musica Nova conducted by Szymon Morus.

In 2013-2014 she attended also in Warsaw Gamelan Group of Jawan Music under supervision by Dawid Martin.

In 2016-107 she completed Erasmus Plus Program at Koninklijk Conservatorium of Music Antwerpen in class of Aldo Baerten, Lieve Goossens and Anke Lauwers and as a teacher in Escola de Musica in Perosinho under supervision of Joaquina Mota.

In 2020 she had great opportunity to work as a member of music jury in competition online Fanfary Powiatów Kwarantanna 2020.