Friday 15 May 7.30 pm - please note the time..
Andrzej Wiercinski (piano)
Beethoven: Sonata in C minor Op 10 no 1 (18')
Allegro / Adagio / Prestissimo
Debussy: Images Book 2 (15')
1. "Cloches à travers les feuilles" (Bells through the leaves)
2. "Et la lune descend sur le temple qui fut" (And the moon descends on the temple that was)
3. "Poissons d'or" (Golden fishes)
Liszt: 'Dante' Sonata (17')
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Chopin: Polonaise-Fantaisie Op 61 (13')
Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Paganini Op 35 (Books 1 & 2) (21')
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Andrzej Wiercinski studied with Professor Anna Jastrzebska-Quinn at the Zenon Brzewski Secondary School of Music in Warsaw (2010–2014), and he graduated with honors in 2019 from the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice in the piano class of Professor Wojciech Switala. In 2020, he completed postgraduate studies at the Mozarteum University in Salzburg under the guidance of Professor Pavel Gililov. In 2024, he graduated with honors from the Royal College of Music in London, where he studied as a scholarship holder under the mentorship of renowned pianist Norma Fisher. He was a semifinalist of the 18th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw. In 2019, he won the third prize at the Hong Kong International Piano Competition, and in 2022, he won the third prize at the American International Piano Competition Ignacy Jan Paderewski in Los Angeles, as well as the Grand Prix of the “Red Maple Music Competition” in Toronto. He has won numerous awards at other prestigious national and international piano competitions, including: the first prize at the “Golden Ring” International Chopin Competition in Slovenia, the first prize at the International Chopin Competition in Budapest, the first prize at the “Masters Neapolitan Piano Competition” in Naples, the Gold Medal at the First International Music Competition in Vienna, first place at the International Piano Competition in Saint-Priest, France, along with several special awards, including a record contract with KNS Classical and a European concert tour, the Silver Medal at the Berlin International Music Competition, and an Honorary Prize at the Paris International Music Competition.
Andrzej Wiercinski regularly performs recitals in most European countries and around the world, including in the United Arab Emirates, where he represented Poland at the World Expo in Dubai. He also performed in the Theatre of Digital Art (TODA) in Dubai. His concerts have taken place in the United States, Canada, Brazil, Indonesia, China, and Japan. His cooperation with KAWAI and Japan Arts has resulted in several tours in Asia. In 2015, during an official visit of the President of the Republic of Poland, Bronislaw Komorowski, to Japan, he performed a Chopin Recital in Tokyo, attended by, among others, Her Imperial Highness Princess Masako Owada of Japan. He has also collaborated with prestigious orchestras such as the Deutsche Philharmonie Merck Orchestra, the Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra, and the Warsaw National Symphony Orchestra. In 2015, under the auspices of the Fryderyk Chopin Institute in Warsaw, he released an album with solo piano works by Fryderyk Chopin, Domenico Scarlatti, and Robert Schumann.
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