Michał Pajewski was born in Warsaw in 1983. He started playing the cello at the age of 10 under the guidance of his mother D.Pukownik. He continued studying with Prof. J.Andrzejczak in Bilbao (Spain). In 2003 he obtained a scholarship from the Government of Navarra and the Royal College of Music to continue his studies in London and after three years he graduated from that institution. He continued his studies, supported by the Doris Elsie Moss award, at Guildhall School of Music and Drama where he obtained his graduate diploma. In 2012 Michał graduated from the solo class of prof. Morten Zeuthen at the solo class at the Royal Academy of Music in Copenhagen. His previous teachers were A.Boyarsky, L.Gorokhov and prof.K.Michalik. Michał won the first prize at the Hilarión Eslava competition, second prize at the international cello competition in Arquillos (Spain), obtained the Merit Diploma at the Torneo Internazionale di Musica and was Highly Commended at the RCM cello competition. As a soloist, chamber music player and in different orchestras Michał has been performing in European concert halls such as St. Martin in the Fields and Barbican hall (London), Stockholm and Gothenburg Konserthuset, Hildasholm and Vadstena Castle (Sweden), Euskalduna concert hall (Spain), Karłowicz and Paderwski Music halls (Poland), Tivoli and DR concert halls and the old and new opera houses in Copenhagen, The Nordic House (Tórshavn) and HOF and Harpa concert halls in Island. Michał has also been performing for Spanish tv (canal 4) and Danish and Swedish P2 radio channels. Michał plays on an French cello made by A. Deblaye.