Aleksandra Jopek is a Polish violinist and performer based in Bern, whose work bridges classical performance and contemporary experimentation. She graduated with a Master Performance degree from the Hochschule der Künste Bern, studying with Bartłomiej Nizioł, and later specialized in Contemporary Music under Jonian Ilias Kadesha while continuing with Bartłomiej Nizioł. She is currently pursuing the Master Pedagogy program at HKB, expanding her artistic and educational practice.
Aleksandra began playing the violin at the age of seven and made her solo debut in 2017 with the Warmian-Masurian Philharmonic in Olsztyn, Poland. During her Bachelor’s studies at the Feliks Nowowiejski Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz in Mariusz Patyra’s violin class, she served as concertmaster of the Symphony Orchestra - a role she now continues with the University Orchestra Bern.
In addition to her orchestral leadership, she performs as a soloist, including appearances at the Fleckl Festival Bern 2025 with Orchester KOMP.ART. and uncoming edition in 2026. She also collaborates with various orchestras across Switzerland and gained orchestral experience as a guest violinist with the Vorarlberg Symphony Orchestra between 2020 and 2022.
Her passion for contemporary music was ignited during an Erasmus exchange at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris, where she encountered the work of IRCAM and Ensemble Intercontemporain. Since then, she has performed and collaborated at festivals and residencies including Lucerne Festival 2024, HKB Playtime Bern, the Boswil Academie für Neue Musik, and the Darmstadt Summer Courses 2025, working with composers such as Carola Bauckholt, Naomi Pinnock, and Beat Furrer, Rebecca Saunders.
Aleksandra’s artistic practice explores the expanded role of the violin through improvisation, voice, electronics, and movement. She has collaborated during masterclasses with ensembles such as ICTUS, Wet Ink Ensemble, Yarn/Wire, and Ensemble Intercontemporain during Stauffer Academy in Cremona. She is particularly dedicated to working with young composers on new works that integrate instrumental and performative elements.
Her recent co-crearted projects include Mirror of Wounds (2024), supported by the Ammann-Falb Stiftung, and Sans-Visage (2025) - a music-theatre work created with CUT Ensemble for the Nicati Competition.
With her Agma Duo, she received another Ammann-Falb Foundation award for a project combining Luigi Nono’s Hay que caminar with a new sound installation developed with composer Arda Yurdusev.
Her collaborations also include multimedia and performative works by composers Manuel Valverde and Aya Metwalli.
Aleksandra is currently preparing her debut EP, featuring works by Kaija Saariaho, Rebecca Saunders, and Swiss composer Arthur Furer, including the first recording of Furer’s violin piece.
She is co-founder of the Agma Duo and CUT Ensemble, and a recipient of several awards and scholarships, including the Nicati de Luze Foundation (2023–2024), the Ammann-Falb Stiftung (2023–2024), and the Marian und Zofia Kirsch Stiftung.