Robert Lis

2nd Concertmaster

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Robert Lis, born in Dabrowa Gornicza, Poland, began playing the violin at the age of 6. He is one of the most talented Polish violinists of his generation and has won numerous national and international violin competitions. In 2011, he graduated with honours from the Ignacy Paderewski Academy of Music in Poznan as a student of Prof. Dr Marcin Baranowski. In 2012 he obtained his second master's degree at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam as a student of Ilya Grubert.

From 2010 to 2012 he was assistant conductor of the 2nd violins in the Radio Kamer Filharmonie and from 2012 to 2018 
2nd concertmaster in the Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest. Since 2018 he has held the position of 2nd concertmaster of the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden.

Robert Lis plays a Pietro Floriani violin from 1835.

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