Erick Oliver Wawrzkiewicz is a freelance violinist in the GTA area. He performs regularly with orchestras and ensembles around the city. Always seeking to expand his musical horizons Erick also performs as a violist and baroque violinist. Born in London, England to Polish and Brazilian parents he started studying the violin in Poland at age 4. He studied with Israeli violinist, Eyal Kless, at the Royal Irish Academy of Music, and with TSO associate concertmaster Mark Skazinetsky at the RCM's Taylor Academy and the University of Toronto Faculty of Music where he also took viola lessons with Eric Nowlin and worked on Historically Informed Performance Practice with Jeanne Lamon and Ivars Taurins from Tafelmusik.