Robert Bachara was born in Wrocław, Poland, in 1985. At the age of seven, he joined the Pueri Cantores Wratislavienses boys’ choir, where his musical talent was discovered. The following year, he started learning the violin with Michail and Victor Kuznetsov. He subsequently studied violin with Krzysztof Bruczkowski at the Karol Lipiński Academy of Music in Wrocław, graduating in 2009; in this year, he also qualified for the semi-final of the 4th Tadeusz Wroński Solo Violin Competiton (Warsaw). He perfected his playing in masterclasses with Ida Haendel, Grigori Żyslin and Jadwiga Kaliszewska.
Robert first appeared as soloist at the age of thirteen in Henryk Wieniawski’s “Fantaisie brillante sur des motifs de l’opéra Faust de Gounod” with Wrocław Philharmonic Orchestra. In 2007, he toured Europe with Barock Orchester Berlin (Stefan Bevier), playing as soloist in over hundred concerts. He has also performed at many music festivals, such as Wratislavia Cantans, Festiwal Muzyki Wiedeńskiej, and Polonia Cantans.
Robert Bachara has been teaching violin at the Music Academy in Łódź since 2010, later at the Wrocław Music Academy, where he also was Dean of the Music Faculty. He decided to abandon these prestigious positions and devote himself exclusively to playing Baroque violin. Since 2016 he has been concert master and soloist of the Capella Cracoviensis orchestra, but he is also particularly interested in the repertoire for solo violin without basso continuo. His doctoral thesis is devoted to unknown solo violin works by German composers. With his solo recitals, which he play exclusively by heart, he focuses among other things on the complete performance of the core works of Baroque violin literature (Bach’s Sonatas and Partitas, Biber’s Rosary Sonatas, Vilsmayr, Westhoff).