Matinée of young virtuosos

Performers:

Maciej Jonczyk - piano

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Aniela Janiak - violin

Zuzanna Pietrzak - piano

Programa:

Karol Szymanowski - Mazurki op. 50 no. 1 and 2

Maurice Ravel - Ondine from the Gaspard de la nuit cycle

Fryderyk Chopin - Fantasy in F minor, Op.49

Fryderyk Chopin - Mazurki Op. 33 No. 1-4

Fryderyk Chopin - Polonaise in A major op. 53

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Ludwig van Beethoven - Sonata for piano and violin Op. 12 No. 2 in A major

Maurice Ravel - Sonata for violin and piano No. 2 M. 77

Mieczysław Wajnberg - Rhapsody on Moldovan Themes Op. 47/3

MACIEJ JONCZYK is a third-year student of the Krzysztof Penderecki Academy of Music in Krakow in the piano class of Prof. Olga Łazarska. He graduated with honors from the Fryderyk Chopin State General Education School of Music in Krakow. Until the 2nd grade of high school, he was a student of the Henryk Wieniawski General School of Music in Łódź in the class of Prof. Renata Płażewska-Kryachok.
He is a laureate of more than 30 national and international competitions. His greatest achievements in recent years are the 1st prize in the categories “Mazurek” and “Scherzo” in the 1st Fryderyk Chopin Virtual Piano Competition “Competition Alternative” of the Polish Radio Chopin, 1st prize in the National Piano Competition “Winter Impressions 3", 2nd prize in the 3rd National Piano Competition in Sosnowiec, 1st prize 5th International Piano and Chamber Competition named after Prof. Janina Romańska Werner (prize in the form of a concert at the Lower Silesian Philharmonic in the artistic season 2025/2026).
He is also a scholarship holder of the “Professionals in Łódź” program implemented by the Łódź Voivodeship, CEA scholarships in 2018, 2019, 2020, a two-time scholarship holder of the Artistic Scholarship of the Marshal of the Łódź Voivodeship, the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage “Młoda Polska” (2023) and the “Always Worth” Foundation Scholarship as “Personality year 2022/23”.
In addition to solo performances, he gives concerts in chamber ensembles. As part of the National Fund for Children, he co-created a piano quintet. He performed solo in Palermo, Barcelona, Padua, Lviv (at the invitation of the Consul General in Lviv) and important cultural centers in Poland, including the Lodz, Krakow and Lower Silesian Philharmonic, the Krzysztof Penderecki European Music Center in Lusławice. He regularly participates in master piano courses, among others in Budapest, Lusławice, Kielce, Sanok and Barcelona. He participated in master classes with outstanding educators such as: Andrzej Jasiński, Wojciech Świtała, Joanna Ławrynowicz-Just, Paweł Zawadzki, Bradley C. Bolen, Maurice Martin, Olaf Laneri, Ronan O'Hora.

ANIELA JANIAK started playing the violin at the age of 6 at the Henryk Wieniawski School of Music in Łódź in the class of Prof. Magdalena Kling-Fender. From 2023-2025, she attended Wells Cathedral School, one of the most prestigious music schools in the UK, in the class of Professor Catherine Lord.
She is a laureate of many national and international competitions. For many years she has also participated in international master classes led by professors such as Yair Kless, Eyal Kless, Magdalena Szczepanowska, Marcin Baranowski, Svetlana Makarova, Pavel Vernikov and Ilya Kaler. She twice received a scholarship from the Marshal of the Łódź Voivodeship and the City of Łódź in the program “Professionals in Łódź — Scholarships for the most talented”. She is also a Fellow of the Mayor of Stryków. In 2025 she received a prestigious scholarship from the Minister of Culture and National Heritage “Young Poland”.
She currently continues her education in the class of eminent violinist and educator Robin Wilson at the Royal Academy of Music in London, where her learning is supported by a full scholarship awarded by the Academy.