Hanna Drzewiecka was born at Bydgoszcz in Poland. After her music studies in her native town under the supervision of Prof. Pawel Radzinski, she studied with Prof. Krzysztof Podejko at the Fryderyk Chopin Music Academy where she obtained her Master's degree in 1994.

In 1995, she was awarded the superior degree and a Master’s degree at the Brussels Royal Conservatoire with distinction under the supervision of Prof. Thanos Adamopoulos, followed by a chamber music diploma, also obtained with distinction.

Hanna has participated in numerous international competitions. In 1987, she won a prize at the 18th Festival for Russian and Soviet Music in Gdansk. In 1996, she was laureate of the 'Tenuto' competition in Belgium and won the prize awarded by the SABAM for the best interpretation of a Belgian piece (1st violin concerto by F. Van Rossum).

Hanna Drzewiecka plays chamber music and as a soloist she has played with, among others, the Philharmonic Orchestra of Bydgoszcz, the Capella Bydgostiensis, the Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra of Warsaw and the VRO in Belgium as well as abroad.

In January 2005, she was guest at the 4th International Jean Sibelius Conference in the USA to play unpublished works for piano and violin.

Hanna is first violin of the Kryptos Quartet, which won the 2nd Price at the international D. Shostakovich String Quartet Competition in Moscow in october 2008.

Hanna Drzewiecka has been Leader of the Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra since September 2006.

She received the prestigious  “Personality of the Year 2008” award in the Culture category from the Polish Embassy in Belgium.

She now plays on a Hilaire Darche violin, courtesy of the association Carlo Van Neste.

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15-04-2009