Danielle Jalowiecka
Danielle Jalowiecka (born 1986[1]) is a British radio presenter, musician, newsreader and continuity announcer. She is a continuity announcer at BBC Radio 4 and BBC Radio 3, a newsreader at the BBC World Service and BBC Radio 3, a presenter at BBC Radio 3 and a professional recorder player.
Education
[edit]Jalowiecka was born in 1986 in Bath, Somerset. She began having recorder lessons when she was eight years old.[1] She attended St Augustine's Catholic College in Trowbridge, Wiltshire.[2] While at secondary school, she won the Bath Young Musician of the Year award in 2003 for her recorder performance[3] and played the recorder with the Bath Philharmonia Orchestra during the grand opening of the Bath International Music Festival. In 2007, Jalowiecka played the flute, piano and violin, and sang, in addition to playing the recorder.[4] She obtained a first-class honours degree in recorder performance from the Royal College of Music in 2008. While at studying this degree, she spent a term studying at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.[2] She then studied a postgraduate diploma in Paris[5] at the CNR Boulogne Billancourt.[6]
Career
[edit]In 2008, Jalowiecka obtained the runner-up place in the Performing Australian Music competition.[1]
Also in 2008, Jalowiecka started playing as part of the iFlautisti quartet, a new self-formed quartet which featured Jalowiecka and three other women.[6] As of 2011, a high level of originality was present in the group's performances. In 2011, they performed the world premiere of a work at the Czech Embassy in London.[7]
Prior to being a continuity announcer at BBC Radio 3, a role which she started in 2018/2019,[8] Jalowiecka toured Europe and the United Kingdom as part of a recorder quartet, with her quartet's work being broadcast on three BBC radio stations, and also commissioned musical works.[5] Jalowiecka began presenting concerts for BBC Radio 3 in 2019 and began presenting the station's Through The Night programme in November 2022.[9] She also reads the news and presents the weather on BBC Radio 3's Breakfast programme.
Jalowiecka moved to also working at BBC Radio 4 subsequent to beginning working at BBC Radio 3.[5] Her role at BBC Radio 4 also involves presentation of the 12:48AM Shipping Forecast and newsreading on BBC Radio 3, and has in the past involved the presentation of a weather forecast and Shipping Forecast, and the reading of a short news bulletin, on the station's longwave feed.
In the late 2010s, Jalowiecka was an interviewer/reporter for the BBC World Service.[10] As of January 2025, Jalowiecka has for several years read news bulletins on the BBC World Service's English-language service; this role also involves some continuity announcing for the station.
Personal life
[edit]As of 2019, Jalowiecka was married to the comedian, commentator and broadcaster Steve N Allen.[11]
She is an avid fan of the music of David Bowie.[12]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "2009-10 season". www.mhopkin.co.uk. Retrieved 2025-01-04.
- ^ a b "Danielle goes back to school". Wiltshire Times. 2008-07-16. Retrieved 2025-01-04.
- ^ "Bath Young Musician - MSF". 2017-08-12. Retrieved 2025-01-04.
- ^ "Danielle in tune for music festival". The Wiltshire Gazette and Herald. 2004-05-21. Retrieved 2025-01-04.
- ^ a b c "BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night - Danielle Jalowiecka". BBC. Retrieved 2025-01-04.
- ^ a b "iFlautisti". www.koncertniagentura.cz. Retrieved 2025-01-04.
- ^ "i Flautisti concert at the Czech Embassy". mzv.gov.cz. Retrieved 2025-01-04.
- ^ Jalowiecka, Danielle. "from:danielleonradio bbcradio3 - Search / X". X. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
- ^ "Search - BBC Programme Index". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2025-01-04.
- ^ "BBC World Service - Newsday, Mixing music and visual art". BBC. 2018-07-05. Retrieved 2025-01-04.
- ^ Jalowiecka, Danielle. "Danielle on X: "@claremcdonnell1 @mrstevenallen..." X. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
- ^ Jalowiecka, Danielle. "Danielle (@danielleonradio) / X". X. Retrieved 4 January 2025.