Hyperion Records

Born in London of a Polish family, Krysia Osostowicz is one of the leading violinists of her generation, well known both as a soloist and chamber musician. She studied at the Yehudi Menhuin School and Cambridge University before completing her violin studies in Salzburg with the Sandor Vegh. She has given concerto and recital performances across Europe and made a series of award-winning recordings.

Well known as a chamber musician, her reputation was established with the pioneering piano quartet Domus, which initially toured with its own portable concert hall—a large white geodesic dome seating 200 people which took them to all kinds of places which had never experienced concerts before—and went on to win a worldwide audience and two Gramophone Awards in ten years. She now leads the Dante Quartet which she formed in 1995 and which is now recognized as one of the finest quartets in Britain. As an independent chamber musician, Krysia Osostowicz has collaborated with artists such as Radu Lupu, Steven Isserlis, Ernst Kovacic, Michael Collins, Levon Chilingirian and Christoph Richter.

Krysia has made over twenty CD recordings of solo, duo and ensemble repertoire. Her Hyperion discs of Brahms, Fauré and Bartók were all enthusiastically received: the Fauré disc (with pianist Susan Tomes) winning a Deutsche Schallplattenpreis, and the Bartók solo sonata shortlisted for a Gramophone Award.