Dominika Falger was born in Kraków and began violin studies at the age of four with her father. She graduated with distinction from the Academy of Music in Poznań under Prof. J. Kaliszewska and Prof. M. Baranowski, and from the Universities of Vienna and Graz (Prof. E. Z. Zienkowski, Y. Kless, J. Pospichal). In addition, she studied early music with Prof. I. Rainer and Prof. H. Kurosaki. From 1997 to 2005 she served as assistant to Prof. Y. Kless at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Graz.
She is the winner of the First Prize at the National Zdzisław Jahnke Violin Competition in Poznań and at the International Chamber Music Competition in Łódź, as well as a laureate of numerous other national and international violin competitions, including Pablo de Sarasate in Pamplona/Spain, Rodolfo Lipizer in Gorizia/Italy, Johannes Brahms in Pörtschach/Austria, Henryk Wieniawski and Karol Lipiński in Lublin, Karol Szymanowski in Łódź, and Tadeusz Wroński in Warsaw.
She has performed in nearly all European countries, in the USA, as well as in the Middle and Far East. As a soloist she has collaborated with many orchestras in Poland, across Europe, South Korea and the USA. Her discography includes recordings of violin concertos by P. Tchaikovsky, K. Lipiński, as well as the complete works for violin and orchestra by W. A. Mozart (Dux). She is co-founder of the Glière Quartet, with which she performs throughout Europe and at renowned music festivals. The ensemble collaborates with DUX Recording Producers and has released highly acclaimed recordings of quartets by R. Glière, J. Wieniawski, A. Bruckner, F. Mendelssohn and M. Ravel.
Dominika Falger is Professor at the Music and Arts University of the City of Vienna and also teaches at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Graz. She serves on juries of international violin competitions and gives masterclasses in Italy, Austria, Poland and Slovakia. Since 1999 she has been Principal of the Second Violins with the Wiener Symphoniker.