Chopin concert — PAWEŁ MAZURKIEWICZ (SWITZERLAND) - GUEST

Program of the concert

FRYDERYK CHOPIN

Nocturne in F major, Op. 15 No. 2

Etude in G flat major Op. 10 No. 5

Etude in E flat major, Op. 10 No. 3

Etude in A major op. 25 no. 1 “Aeolian harp”

2 Rolls from Op. 64 and 34
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Waltz in A major, Op. 34 No. 1

Nocturne cis-moll op. posth (Slow with great expression)

2 Mazurki Op. 6

Polonaise in A major, Op. 53

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Please note that the concert repertoire is subject to change

accomplishments

Paweł Andrzej Mazurkiewicz, born in Warsaw, began his musical education as an accordionist and learned to play the piano only at the age of 16. He studied with Jan Ekier and Bronisława Kawalla at the University of Music in Warsaw and with Tomasz Herbut at the University of Arts in Bern (soloist diploma with the “Tschumi” Award). He is currently professor of piano at the University of Fine Arts in Bern and an educator at the MS Aaretal near Bern.

Paweł Mazurkiewicz is a laureate of numerous piano competitions: in 2003 he won the Prix Credit Suisse Jeunes Solistes (Switzerland). He also won first prize at the 30th F. Chopin National Piano Competition in Warsaw (where he also received grants from the Minister of Culture and Art), as well as prizes at the K. Szymanowski Competition in Łódź. Further awards in Japan, Greece, France, Poland and Switzerland.

He regularly performs as a soloist and chamber musician on three continents (among others in Tokyo, Osaka, Los Angeles, Berlin, Rome, Warsaw, Strasbourg, Switzerland in the largest concert halls — KKL Lucerne, KKT Thun, Kultur Casino Bern, Tonhalle Zurich, Zentrum Paul Klee Bern, playing with the Bern Symphony Orchestra, among others. Bernese Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra Classica Bern, Neue Zurich Orchester, Orchestra da Camera di Lugano).

He has numerous recordings and radio and television programs as well as CDs from SRF and DUX. Together with violinist Bartek Niziola, he recorded two albums with chamber music, both of which were awarded the “Fryderyk” Music Prize. With a passion for Jazz, he also plays in the PM Jazz Trio he founded under the slogan “Classic Meets Jazz”.

The artist is the founder and director of the summer academy and festival “Summer Music Academy — Masterclasses & Concerts” (formerly “Sommermusikakademie Eywald”), as well as a member of the board of the “Pro Libertas et Humanitas Kazimierz Bartkowiak” foundation.