Sonja Kowollik

Biography

Sonja Kowollik is a prizewinner at numerous international competitions, including the Shanghai International Musician Competition 2025, the International Piano Competition Domenico Scarlatti, the GWK Music Prize, and the International Bacewicz Competition. She has performed at major venues including the Berlin Philharmonie, the Cologne Philharmonie, and the Laeiszhalle Hamburg, as well as at festivals such as the Beethovenfest Bonn, the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, and the Encuentro de Santander. Her concert engagements have also taken her throughout Europe, Asia, and Australia. She studied with Eldar Nebolsin and Jonathan Aner at the “Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin”, with Claudio Martínez Mehner and Nina Tichman in Cologne, and with Matti Raekallio in Helsinki. She has also received important musical inspiration from distinguished artists including Kirill Gerstein, Stephen Kovacevich, Dmitri Alexeev, and Andreas Staier.