Katarzyna Wasiak was born in Zielona Góra, Poland to a musical family. She learned the piano under Krzysztof Jabłoński (1997/98) and Janina Butor (1998-2002). Having obtained a scholarship of  F. Chopin Institute in Warsaw, she followed with studies at Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst in Vienna with Oleg Maisenberg (2002-2003) and Wolfgang Watzinger (2003-2006), and at the Universität der Künste in Berlin under the supervision of Jacques Rouvier (2006-2009), where also in 2008 she began to study teaching. Between 2009-2012 she participated in Master studies at the Hochschule für Musik Hans Eisler in Berlin in the class of Fabio Bidini. She complemented her education with many mastercourses, conducted by Waldemar Wojtal, Andrzej Jasiński, Wlodzimierz Obidowicz,  Ewa Pobłocka, Alexey Orlovetski, Krassimira Jordan, John O’Conor, Vladimir Krainev, Angela Cheng, Dan Zhaoyi, Lee Kum Sing, John Perry, Bernard Ringeissen and Vladimir Viardo.

Prizes

• First Prize at the First and Second Piano Contest in Żagań -1996, 1997
• First Prize at the Sixth Nationwide Piano Competition in Kłodzko – 1996
• First Prize and Grand Prix for distinguished personality at the National Audition, Warsaw – 1997
• Second Prize at the F. Chopin International Piano Competition in Szafarnia – 1998
• Second Prize at the 31st International Piano Competition in Usti upon Laba, Czech Republic – 1998
• First Prize at the F. Chopin National Piano Competition in Jelenia Góra – 1999
• First Prize at the 8^th F. Chopin International Piano Competiton in Antonin – 2002
• First Prize at the 5^th International Piano Competition in Narva, Estonia – 2004
• First Prize at the 4^th International Piano Competition Vila de Capdepera, Spain – 2005
• Second Prize at the Competition for Polish Musicians in Vienna, Austria – 2005
• Third Prize at the Kärnten Sparkasse International Piano Competition in Velden on the Woerthersee – 2006
• Special Prize at the International `Jean Francaix` Piano Competition in Vanves, France –2008
• Honourable Mentioned at the International `Vladimir Viardo` Piano Competition Dallas, Texas U.S.A. –2008
• CD Recording for the Label DUX with piano concertos by F.Chopin and J.S. Schröter

Grants

• Four-time scholar of Prime Minister
• Four-time scholar of Minister of Culture
• Five-time scholar of the Zielona Góra Municipality Office
• Scholar of National Fund for Children from 1996 to 2003
• Scholar of F. Chopin Music Society, Warsaw (1999)
• Scholar of F. Chopin National Institute, Warsaw (2002)
• Scholar of Crescendum Est-Polonia Foundation (2005)
• Scholar of Kölner Gymnasial- und Stiftungsfonds (2007,2008)
• Scholar of the Rotary Club Berlin (2010-2011)

Performances

• Concervatory of Music, Budapest
• Conservatory of Music, Munich
• Foreign Affairs Ministry, Berlin
• Academy of Music, Warsaw
• The Royal Castle, National Philharmonic Warsaw
• National Philharmonic in Tallinn, Estonia
• Vienna, Stuttgart, Cademuir (Scotland), Helmond (the Netherlands), Spain, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Canada
• Toured Germany  with the Lower-Silesia Philharmonics performing Chopin’s Piano Concerto in E Minor
• Radio recordings in Witold Lutosławski Studio 1 Warsaw and in Polish Radio Wrocław