Alina Mleczko

Alina Mleczko made her debut as a soloist at the Warsaw Philharmonic in 1995. One year later, the American professional magazine Saxophone Journal dedicated a monographic article to her in the issue dedicated to the world's most outstanding saxophonists.

She has released 8 albums featuring  saxophone concert recordings and original programs. Her solo performances are featured on monographic albums dedicated to composers such as Grazyna Pstrokońska -Nawratil, Jacek Grudzień, and Edward Sielicki. She has participated in the recordings of several dozen publications as a chamber musician.

Alina’s first solo album entitled Wiatr od Morza (Sea Breeze) featured works written for her by Jacek Grudzien, Pawel Mykietyn, Maciej Zielinski, Waldemar Miksa and Michal Kulenty. In 2003, DUX Recording Producers released her album Siesta that received a nomination for Fryderyk Award for Best Album-Chamber Music. Siesta was also awarded by the French Classica and became number one on this periodical’s bestseller list. Mleczko’s next album, Fiesta, has received a nomination for Fryderyk Award too. Her CD, Saxophone, consists of sonatas for saxophone written by Paul Creston, Paul Hindemith, Phil Woods and Takashi Yoshimatsu. This album has received excellent reviews from world-renowned press like British Gramophone and French Classica, among others. 

Alina Mleczko is a saxophone lecturer at Fryderyk Chopin School of Music in Warsaw, and holds an habilitation degree from the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw, as well as from the Instrumental-Pedagogical Faculty in Bialystok. She was a lecturer at the International Course for Young Composers in Radziejowice. Her students succeed in various competitions and are often awarded with scholarships by the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, and the Polish Children’s Fund.

As a soloist, she performs with the finest Polish orchestras, including Symfonia Varsovia, with whom she toured Germany in 2010 performing Aleksandr Glazunov's Concerto for Saxophone and String Orchestra. She has also performed with the orchestras of the Kiev Philharmonic, Danish Radio, Capella Istropolitana from Bratislava in various countries across Europe, as well as in the USA. She has premiered numerous compositions, many of which were dedicated to her. In April 2016, she performed again at the National Philharmonic with Hanna Kulenty's-Majoor concerto. In addition, Alina Mleczko is involved in projects featuring improvised music, jazz, and ethno.

Alina Mleczko received the Gloria Artis Medal of Cultural Merit in November 2023, awarded by the Polish Minister of Culture and National Heritage to individuals or institutions for outstanding achievements, cultural activities or the preservation of national culture and heritage.

Photo: Andrzej Tyszko