Born in 2003, cellist Antoni Wrona is currently a student at the Franz Liszt University of Music in Weimar, where he studies with Professor Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt.
He completed his bachelor’s degree at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw under the guidance of Professor Tomasz Strahl and Professor Marcin Zdunik. In 2025, he became a scholarship holder of the “Elite” program in Paris, working with Professor Henri Demarquette.
He is a laureate of numerous competitions, including First Prize at the 15th Michał Spisak International Competition in Dąbrowa Górnicza (2025), Third Prize at the 12th Witold Lutosławski International Cello Competition in Warsaw (2024), Second Prize at the 22nd Kiejstut Bacewicz International Chamber Music Competition with pianist Aleksandra Janusz (2025), and First Prize at the 12th Jan Vychytil International Cello Competition in Prague (2018).
A recipient of the “Młoda Polska” scholarship (2020), Antoni Wrona has also received the Minister of Culture Prize six times and was awarded a scholarship from the National Institute of Music and Dance within the framework of the National Recovery Plan (2024). During the 2023-2024 season, he was a member of the Hashtag Ensemble PRO Academy. He was nominated for the “Koryfeusz of Polish Music 2024” award in the Discovery of the Year category, as well as for the “Polityka Passports” award in 2025 in the Classical Music category.
His performances have taken place at prestigious venues including the National Philharmonic in Warsaw, the Kaufman Music Center in New York, Salle Cortot in Paris, the Copernicus Center in Chicago, the Polish Pavilion at Expo Osaka, the Nymphenburg Palace concert hall in Munich, the National Forum of Music in Wrocław, and the concert hall of the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra in Katowice. He has appeared with leading ensembles such as the National Philharmonic Orchestra, the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra (NOSPR), and the NFM Leopoldinum Orchestra.
He has worked with distinguished musicians and conductors including Alexander Sitkovetsky, Daniel Raiskin, Andrey Boreyko, Valery Sokolov, and Camille Thomas.
Since 2026, thanks to the courtesy of the Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben, he has been performing on a cello crafted by Giovanni Battista Grancino in Milan in 1700.
