Maksymilian Krzak began his viola studies at the age of fifteen. A native of Poland, he earned his Bachelor of Music degree in Gdansk, and was qualified for a one-year scholarship at the historic University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna, where he studied with Wolfgang Klos. He is also a graduate of the Peabody Conservatory of Music in Baltimore, where he received his second master’s degree.

As a soloist and chamber musician, Maksymilian Krzak has received many prizes in local and national competitions in Poland. In 2017, he won auditions for the I, CULTURE Orchestra concert tour, and, as an orchestra musician, he performed in four European countries with world-known violinist Julian Rachlin. As a member of diverse orchestras, Mr. Krzak has recorded CDs under various labels such as Naxos and DUX. In 2018, under the baton of Marin Alsop, he led the Peabody Opera Theater Orchestra viola section in the production of Leonard Berstein’s Mass. He has also performed in Vienna Musikverein and Berlin Konzerthaus under the batons of Christoph von Dohnanyi and Andrey Boreyko. Mr. Krzak is an alumnus of the National Music Festival, and in 2019, he was invited to the Atlantic Music Festival as Resident Artist Fellow.

He is a recipient of a scholarship from The Kosciuszko Foundation in New York.

Maksymilian Krzak performs regularly throughout the DMV area as an orchestra and chamber musician with various ensembles. He plays a viola made by Maciej Lacek in 2011.