Gabriel Czopka
Born in 1986 in Wrocław. He began learning to play the horn at the age of sixteen under the supervision of his father, Czesław Czopka, at the Stanisław Moniuszko General Music School of the 1st and 2nd degree in Wałbrzych (diploma 2005). In 2011, he graduated from the Karol Lipiński Academy of Music in Wrocław in the class of Adam Wolny. During his studies, he also perfected his skills in the class of Jacek Muzyka in Buffalo.In 2009, he won the auditions to the Wrocław Philharmonic Orchestra, he was also the first horn player of the Polish Sinfonia Iuventus Orchestra, and since 2010 he has been a soloist of the Warsaw Philharmonic. In addition, in the 2015/2016 season, he was a contract horn player in the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra.
He is a member of the Hornet Quartet, with which he actively performs at festivals in Poland and abroad. He conducts individual classes during music masterclasses, including at the largest international brass instruments festival in this part of Europe – CORNO Brass Music Festival in Zielona Góra.
