Sonja Kowollik, born in Bottrop in 2001, was a junior student at the Jugendakademie Münster from 2011. Since 2018, she has been studying piano with Prof. Claudio Martínez Mehner and Prof. Nina Tichman in Cologne. In 2021/22 she completed two semesters with Prof. Matti Raekallio in Helsinki.
Kowollik has received national and international awards, including the GWK Music Prize 2021, first prizes at the national competition »Jugend musiziert« and the »Beethoven Bonnensis Competition«, as well as special prizes from the German Association of Musicians and the German Foundation for Musical Life.
She has been invited to perform at the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, the Kölner Philharmonie and Schloss Bellevue, among others. In addition, she has performed concerts worldwide and has been heard on radio and television, including WDR, BR Klassik and NDR Kultur. As a sought-after chamber musician, Sonja has received awards in various formations. She has performed as a soloist with the Münster Symphony Orchestra and the Collegium Musicum Instrumentale Münster, among others.