Joanna Morska-Osinska

Joanna Morska-Osinska, an accomplished violinist and soprano, born in Poland, has resided in Albuquerque for sixteen years. She holds a Master of Arts in violin performance from Frederic Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw and won a scholarship to study in Paris Conservatory with Jean Fournier.

She played violin and sang with the Ars Nova medieval music ensemble, winning a second prize at the International Festival “Musica Antiqua” in Brugge (Belgium, 1987), recording for radio and appearing on TV.

Morska-Osinska played for six years as a third chair in The Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra touring the world, performing in concert halls such as Beethoven Halle (Bonn), Tonhalle (Zurich), Bolshoi Theater (Moscow), The Royal Philharmonic Hall (London), Gewandhaus (Leipzich) and Carnegie Hall in New York. She sang and played in the Warsaw Philharmonic production of Mandelssohn’s Elijah..

She has studied voice in Poland as well as at the University of New Mexico, under Jane Snow. In 1993/94 she performed as a soloist with the Santa Fe Opera Mosaics touring New Mexico and participating in the gala performance on the Santa Fe Opera grounds.

Between 1997/1998 Morska-Osinska moved with her family - husband, Professor Marek Osinski and their two sons - to Tokushima, Japan. She performed extensively as a chamber musician and soloist and also appeared on radio and television.

In May, 2001, she was a guest solo soprano with the New Mexico Symphony Orchestra’s production of Carmina Burana. In March, 2004, she repeated the part with the Santa Fe Community Orchestra. Later that year, she performed solo soprano in a benefit concert for Opera Unlimited in the house of the American painter Wilson Hurley.

Currently, Morska-Osinska is a member of the Opera Unlimited Company for which she performed in two operas Chanticleer (title role), and Hansel and Gretel (Gretel), touring New Mexico. She sang the role of Joan of Arc in the Santa Fe Pro Musica production of Rock of Angels, written by New Mexico's Emmy Award composer Gerald Fried.

As a violinist, Morska-Osinska was concertmistress with the Albuquerque Civic Light Opera (Musical Theatre Southwest) from 1990 until 1996. She also played with the Chamber Orchestra of Albuquerque. Since 1994 she has been a member of the Pro Musica Chamber and Baroque Orchestras in Santa Fe. In 2005 she played with Andrew Manze in the Santa Fe Pro Musica Chamber Orchestra concert Manze Plays Mozart. She has made several appearances with the Placitas Artists Series in various genres.

Joanna Morska-Osinska, violinist & soprano