Izabela Wiktoria Oliwia Torfs (Belgian/Polish) was born in 12.12.2012;
Violinist/Composer;
She started playing the violin with S.Erkmenis in 2019. In 2022 A.Morozova also became her violin tutor. In September 2019, she began playing the piano with H.Keser.
Since April 2023 she started self-studying music theory. Because of that, she started composing; up till now she wrote more than 60 compositions.
In September 2023, during a violin audition for the Conservatory of Amsterdam’s Sweelinck Academy she was playing the Violin Mozart concerto in G-Major with her own cadenza. J. van Driel became her violin tutor in the conservatory.
In 2024 she learned to play the alto saxophone as a hobby, from S. Styles. In January 2025, she also learned to play on the viola. In 2025 in order to improve her understanding of brass instruments and for sake of her composition journey, Izabela also decided to learn the trombone.
Since the beginning of 2025 Enrico Ferri from MusicTutorOnline became Izabela’s composition teacher.
Latest awards:
– Gold Prize for “Fading Frequencies” orchestral composition (https://youtu.be/XK6FccMg-rQ) at the Beethoven Award International Music Competition (July 2026).
– Gold Prize for “Quercus” orchestral composition (https://youtu.be/P2MFgccbN00) at the Appassionato International Music Competition (August 2026);
– Gold Prize for the Méditation, Thaïs (Jules Massenet) violin performance (https://youtu.be/RCdyD9O8jSk) at the Appassionato International Music Competition (August 2026);
– Gold Prize for “The Quiet Garden” – String Duet composition -https://youtu.be/o-FPXvKe30I) at the ECM Awards, European Grand Strings & Voice Competition 2026 (August 2026).
In her spare time, Izabela enjoys reading books and comics (especially Gothic Fiction, Adventure and Horror (vampires, demons, etc.)), and making her own little creations (just stuff with her 3D-pen). Izabela also loves to bike, run and play family tag. She is an animal and nature lover. At school, her favourite subject is Mathematics :).
You can find Izabela’s 2022 20th Century Music Competition piano performance here.
You can find Izabela’s 2022 19th Century Music Competition violin performance here.
Watch Izabela Wiktoria Oliwia Torfs perform Souvenir de Sarasate (Fantasia Spagnole) by W.H. Potstock on the violin for the 2025 Virtuoso Music Competition as part of the Charleston International Music Competition.
Watch Izabela Wiktoria Oliwia Torfs perform Ab Initio Ad Infinitum Maleficus by Izabela Wiktoria Oliwia Torfs on the violin for the 2025 World Music Competition as part of the Charleston International Music Competition.
Watch Izabela Wiktoria Oliwia Torfs perform Csárdás by Vittorio Monti on the violin for the 2026 World Music Competition as part of the Charleston International Music Competition.