Mateusz Krzyżowski - Millennium Stage (May 8, 2024)

Subscribe to The Kennedy Center! http://bit.ly/2gNFrtb Live Tonight on Millennium Stage: This concert is organized on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of Poland’s accession to the European Union. In collaboration with the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Washington, D.C., Polish Cultural Institute New York and Poland’s National Institute of Music and Dance. Mateusz Krzyżowski, Ambassador of Culture in Tychy, is the first Polish artist to win 1st prize at the I. J. Paderewski International Piano Competition that took place in Bydgoszcz. He is the winner of the W. A. Mozart Best Performance Award of a piano concerto, and the winner of extra-statutory prizes in the form of recitals and concerts with orchestras in the most prestigious halls in the world. Mateusz’s musical education started in his hometown in the Felix Rybicki Music School Complex in Tychy in the class of MSc Bozena Furmanska. He continued his education in Karol Szymanowski State General Music School of the 2nd degree in Katowice in the class of MSc Lubow Nawrocka and MSc Sebastian Nawrocki. He is currently a student of the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in the class of Joanna Lawrynowicz-Just PhD, DSc, ProfTit. The main premise of Mateusz Krzyżowski’s interpretation is always based on the composers’ intentions. For Mateusz it is crucial to filter these intentions through his own sensitivity, in close contact with the observer of the given musical text. This work creates a one-off artistic creation so that the listener will be able to have a unique experiential impressions. In recent years, he has recorded chamber music available on three discs: Peine et Plaisir by Opus Series, and both Interwar Retrospections and The Most Beautiful Songs published by Sarton Records. His recent achievements from several competitions include 1st prize in the 12th International Competition for Young Pianists Arthur Rubinstein in memoriam in Bydgoszcz. He received a special award for the best performance of Karol’s Szymanowski piece. He is a Chopin’s Prize holder, as well as winning the award for the best performance of the concerto with the orchestra. He is a laureate of the 2nd prize of the 1st Karol’s Szymanowski International Competition in Katowice. He is also the winner of the Paderewski's Center Scholarship Competition in Kasna Dolna, and a Polish representative in the semi-finals of the 18th Chopin International Piano Competition in Warsaw. Moreover, Mateusz is a scholarship holder of the “Young Poland” of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage programme, Jerzy Semkow Foundation, Marshal of the Silesian Voivodeship National Fund for Children, and the “Tychy - Dobre Miejsce” Foundation. He gave concerts in the following Philharmonics: National, Silesian, Subcarpathia, Pomeranian, Lodz city, Kielce city, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, The Polish Wieniawski Philharmonic Orchestra in Lublin, Chamber Philharmonic in Lomza city, Karol Szymanowski Philharmonic in Cracow, “Sinfonia Baltica,” and the Kaunas State Philharmonic. He was accompanied by orchestras under the direction of, among others, Kai Bumann, Marek Mos, Michal Klauza, Wojciech Rodek, Miroslaw Jacek Blaszczyk, Alexander Humala, Marek Wroniszewski, Jan Milosz Zarzycki, Jakub Chrenowicz, and Jurek Dybala. His abroad concertos took place in France, United Arab Emirates, Germany, Japan, Lithuania, Ukraine, Slovakia, and Hungary. He performed at music festivals in Nohant, Tokyo, Duszniki-Zdroj city, Slupsk city, Antonin city, and Wroclaw city.