Karolina Habało

Graduated from the Academy of Music in Kraków in the class of prof. Sirkki-Liisa Kaakinen and dr. Zbigniew Pilch.

She also studied in Italy under the supervision of Enrico Onofri at the Conservatory in Palermo and Elisa Citterio at the Conservatory in Udine.

Since 2023, she has taught historical violin at the Academy of Music in Gdańsk.

Founder, concertmaster and artistic director of the Cornu Copiae Baroque Orchestra.

Collaborates and performs with many European ensembles, including the Le Concert des Nations orchestra, led by the legendary Jordi Savall. She has participated in numerous projects with the most important musicians involved in historical performance, such as Alfredo Bernardini, Paul McCreesh, Christophe Rousset, Martin Gester, Enrico Onofri, Lars Ulrik Mortensen, Margaret Faultless, Catherine Martin, Christian Curnyn, Rachel Podger, Robert Hollingworth, Paul Goodwin, Benjamin Bayl, Eduardo Eguez, Vanni Moretto, Monika Toth.

She is a co-founder of Ensemble Sanguineus, specializing in music from the Sturm und Drang era. In 2023, the ensemble was a finalist of the Rheinsberger Hofkapelle competition in Germany, and in 2024 qualified for the prestigious international S-EEEmerging program.

Karolina works permanently in the oldest historical instrument orchestra in Poland: Musicae Antiquae Collegium Varsoviense at the Warsaw Chamber Opera.

In 2024, she was awarded a scholarship from the Minister of Culture “Young Poland”.

She also worked as a translator with the Italian television and public radio RAI and with the Kromer Biecz Festival and the Bydgoska Scena Barokowa festival.