Critics have hailed Tomasz Liebig’s playing as having “violin artistry that was dazzling and very soul satisfying … equal to every technical demand … in some of his playing I have heard things I have never heard before,” (The Town-Crier); “(Liebig) possesses an exceptionally sweet, attractive tone … his playing has intensity, breadth and character, a quality often missing among today’s young violinists … a violinist who phrases spaciously and permits the music to breath in all the right places … played with passionate conviction, nobility plus a dusky sense of mystery,” (Miami Herald); “His playing encompasses a brilliant technique, superb musicianship, great warmth and consummate musicality” (Daily Trojan); “he developed an artistic technique […] in harmony with his musicality … comfortable on stage … reaches audience in a big way,” (R.Lipsett – Prof. at USC).
Tomasz Liebig has received top prizes in national and international competitions in Europe (Warsaw, Poznan, Moscow) and in the United States (Los Angeles, Long Beach, Miami, Boca Raton). In addition, he has been awarded scholarships from the J. Heifetz Foundation, the Holland Music Festival Scholarship, and the National Music Camp Scholarship in Interlochen, USA.
Born in Warsaw, Poland, Liebig has been performing to the acclaim of audiences worldwide since his orchestral debut at the age of twelve in his home city. His teachers include Irena Dubiska at the J. Elsner Music School in Warsaw, Ruggiero Ricci at the Carl Flesch Academie in Baden-Baden, Robert Lipsett at the University of Southern California, and Thomas Moore and Robert Rozek at the University of Miami, where he received his Doctorate in Musical Arts. He has participated in masterclasses with Shlomo Mintz, Ruggiero Ricci, Aarond Rosand, Eugene Fodor, Valery Klimov, Tadeusz Gadzina, and Mark Peskanov, and has performed at festivals in Interlochen (Michigan; Miami, Florida; Aubenas, France; Toledo, Ohio) and The Society of The Four Arts (Palm Beach; Slupsk, Radom, Szczecin, and Warsaw, Poland; Cairo and Alexandria, Egypt).
Tomasz Liebig was a violinist in the Bergonzi String Quartet in residence at the University of Miami and an assistant concertmaster of the Miami Ballet Orchestra and the Boca Symphonic Pops Orchestra. Since February 2000, he has been a concertmaster at the acclaimed Bruckner Orchester Linz in Austria. In January of 2006, Mr. Liebig also became a concertmaster at the Spirit of Europe Orchestra in Austria. With Spirit of Europe, he recently recorded W.A. Mozart’s Haffner Serenade which was released with Octavia Label in Japan and Gramola Vienna Label in Europe.
Tomasz Liebig has appeared on television and radio in Poland, the USA, France, Austria, Venezuela, recorded CD’s (Centaur, Fleur de Son, Octavia), and appeared in solo and chamber music performances as well as with orchestras in Argentina, France, Austria, Slovenia, Poland, Venezuela, Egypt, Germany and the United States. His repertoire ranges from Baroque music to contemporary violin works.
Tomasz Liebig is playing on an Italian master violin, Florinus Guidantus, dated 1726.
