PIANO RECITAL — CHOPIN EFFECT

MICHAEL SZYMANOWSKI
participant
XVII International Piano Competition
Fryderyk Chopin
Fryderyk Chopin:
Etude in A major op. 25 no. 1
Concerto in F minor Op. 21 part 2
(solo piano version)
Polonaise in C minor Op. 26 No. 1
Impromptu in F flat major, Op. 36
Mazurki Op. 63
Prelude in C minor, Op. 45
Scherzo in C minor, Op. 39
Nocturne in E flat major, Op. 62 No. 2

The recital of Michał Szymanowski will be completely filled with music by Fryderyk Chopin. The program includes both short forms and extensive works, showing several very different sides of his work.

The evening will begin with the Etude in A flat major op. 25 no. 1, followed by the second part of the Concerto in F minor, Op. 21 in the piano solo version — a calm, lyrical link belonging to the most recognizable fragments of this work. In the following section we will hear Polonaise in C minor Op. 26 No. 1, Impromptu in F major op. 36 and Mazurki op. 63. The program will be completed by Prelude in C minor Op. 45, Scherzo in C minor op. 39 and Nocturne in E major op. 62 no. 2.

Michał Szymanowski is a participant of the 17th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition. The recital will take place as part of the “Chopin Effect” series.

Michał Szymanowski, pianist, graduated with distinction from the Feliks Nowowiejski Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz, where he studied piano in the class of Katarzyna Popowe-Zydroń and symphonic and opera conducting under the direction of Zygmunt Rychert. He also honed his piano skills at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler in Berlin in the class of Eldar Nebolsin. He is currently a professor at the Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz, where he leads a piano class, as well as artistic director of the International Paderewski Festival in Warsaw.

He is a laureate of many national and international piano competitions, including the Chopin Competition in Darmstadt, the Mozart Mozart Competition in Aachen, the International Chopin Competition in Daegu, the Ignacy Jan Paderewski International Piano Competition in Bydgoszcz and the Vladimir Horowitz Competition in Kiev. In 2015, he represented Poland at the 17th Fryderyk Chopin International Piano Competition in Warsaw, reaching the quarterfinals as the highest ranked Polish participant of this stage.

He has toured in many countries of Europe, Asia and the Americas. He has performed at the Palace of Nations in Geneva, Paul VI Hall in the Vatican, Belvedere and at numerous festivals in Poland and abroad, including the Chopin and his Europe festival. In 2026, he continues to actively perform concerts, performing mainly the Chopin repertoire, among others as part of the “Chopin Effect” series organized by the Fryderyk Chopin Institute.