Iwona Sobotka is a polish soprano singer. The graduate of F. Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw, also trained under the guidance of distinguished artist and pedagogue Tom Krause'a in Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía in Madrid (2003 - 2006). The winner of the Grand Prix at the International Queen Elisabeth Competition in Belgium in 2004.

The first solo recording by Iwona Sobotka was issued in May 2004, includes a selection of songs by Karol Szymanowski. Her second recording includes the series by Szymanowski "Songs of  the Princess  from a Fairy Tale " recorded with City of Birmingham Orchestra, conducted by Sir Simon Rattle’ a.

Iwona Sobotka  performed in such prestigious concert halls, as Carnegie Hall in New York, Konzerthaus in Vien, Palais de Beaux Arts in Brussels, Tokyo Opera City Hall, Suntory Hall in Tokio, Auditorio Nacional, Teatro Real in Madrid and Palau de la Musicain in Barcelona. Recently debuted at the Paris National Opera as Ygraine in "Ariane et Barbe-Bleue "by Paul Dukas, under the guidance of Sylvain Cambreling.

She is a laureate of many international and national awards. She received her first prize at international auditions “East and West Artists International Auditions” in New York. She won the Grand Prix Award, as well as several special prizes at the competition  by I. J. Paderewski in Bydgoszcz (2003) and the first prize at the Polish Art Song Competition (2001).

Name and surname: Iwona Sobotka
Place of birth: Poland
Place of living: Poland
Spheres: classical music, opera, operetta
Function at the European Agora: soloist sopran - Concert Oratorio "Return " (The Agora of Artists)