About me
Karolina Przasnyska is a London-based violinist with a diverse portfolio spanning orchestral, musical theatre, chamber, and session work.
Holding both Polish and British nationalities, she has established herself as a versatile performer, appearing in productions across venues such as Southwark Playhouse, Wilton's Music Hall, Royal Albert Hall, Birmingham Symphony Hall, and Nottingham Royal Concert Hall.
Recent highlights include E.T. the Extra Terrestrial in Concert (Jenmat Productions), Hairspray (Sedos), Into the Woods (Geoids), Sunday in the Park with George (Sedos), and Our House (NYMT 24'). She has also performed at Buckingham Palace as part of Echo Eternal and NYMT collaboration, presented to His Majesty The King Charles III.
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Karolina is currently a tutti violinist with the Odyssey Festival Orchestra and the Young Musicians Symphony Orchestra, performing regularly at Cadogan Hall. Her orchestral experience also includes performances with the International Film Orchestra, Brixton Chamber Orchestra, Ernest Reed Symphony Orchestra, and the Northern Musical Theatre Orchestra.
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Session
Karolina's session work includes recordings at studios such as Abbey Road Studios, RAK, Netil House, collaborating with artists from across the alternative, pop, and jazz scenes.
She regularly performs live with her band, Child + the Banned, and numerous artists, such as Sam Eagle, Emmélin, i.am.afiya, Eleni Olympia, Mainly Winehouse, Jinja, and Taj.
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Karolina holds an MMus in Performance and Related Studies (Distinction) from Goldsmiths, University of London, where she focused on violin performance, practice research and even learnt to play Jinashi Shakuhachi as past of the Ethnomusicology module; and a First-Class BMus (Hons) in Music from the same institution, where her main focuses were music recording and production, media composition, and playing violin in a number of ensembles - from classical and pop to contemporary and jazz. Before moving to London in 2016, she trained at the Frederic Chopin Music School in Warsaw, Poland.
Teaching
Alongside performing, Karolina loves working with children of all ages and prides herself on making lessons fun, engaging, and tailored to each student’s unique personality. She takes a warm and flexible approach to help students truly enjoy making music. She also focuses on improvisation, musicality, and composition with her youngest students, aside from the fundamentals of technique and music theory.
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Over the years, Karolina has taught at a variety of music schools and programs where she gained experience teaching individual students and groups. At B Sharp Studios, she taught 1-to-1 violin, piano, ukulele, and singing to children aged 3 to 12. With Minijam, she led music classes for babies and toddlers, incorporating live improvisation on the violin and ukulele to nursery rhymes. She's also worked as a teacher’s assistant at Chiswick Polish School, where she supported lesson planning and assisted children of different backgrounds and learning needs. Additionally, she assisted in musical theatre productions at Spirit Young Performance Company — leading vocal warm-ups and taking care of their social media pages.
