Viola Łabanow studied cembalo at the F. Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw, graduating in 1985. She was a prizewinner at the Polish Piano Festival in Słupsk. She continued her studies in Siena and Innsbruck, focusing on baroque music, under the guidance of R. Gerlin, J. Christensen, B. Rossi, N. North, J. Lange and W. Kuijken. Since 1985 she has been a member of the Warsaw Chamber Opera where she took part in preparing and presenting all the stage works by Mozart. She also participated in the festivals of Rossini's operas and baroque operas presented by this opera house. She has participated in many festivals including the Wratislavia Cantans', the Warsaw Autumn', the Music Festival in Łałcut, the Festival Radio France in Montpellier, Carintischer Sommer, the Mozart Festival in Madrid, Dresdner Musikfestspiele, the Early Music Festival in Warsaw, Al Bustan International, the Beirut Festival and the Polish Cultural Festival in Canada.
Viola Łabanow has performed with many outstanding artists and ensembles (M. Caudle, M. Wojciechowska, S. Standage, Concerto Polacco, Il Tempo, Harmonia Parnassia, Musicae Antique Collegium Varsoviense, Arte Dei Suonatori, Sinfonia Varsovia). She is often invited by opera theatres in Poland and abroad to prepare and perform continuo in baroque operas. She took part in a cycle of tv programmes devoted to baroque music produced by Dutch tv. Her performances have been broadcast by many radio and tv stations, as well as recorded on cd.