Piotr Pawlak
POLAND
June 25th
PROGRAM
Fryderyk Chopin:
Rondo a’la Krakowiak op. 14 (version for piano solo)
Prelude in c sharp minor op. 45
Allegro de concert in A major op. 46
César Franck: Prelude, choral and fugue FWV 21
Pyotr Tchaikovsky / Piotr Pawlak:Symphony no. 5 in e minor op. 64, 2nd movement
Maurice Ravel:La Valse
He regularly performs concerts worldwide, having appeared at numerous musical events in most European countries, as well as in the United States, China and Japan. He has performed at prestigious venues such as the Sankt Petersburg Philharmonic, Berliner Philharmonic, Sala Verdi in Milan and Teatro alla Scala, and has participated in renowned festivals such as „Kissinger Sommer” in Bad Kissingen and „Chopin and his Europe” in Warsaw.
In the 2024/2025 season, he was performing in Canada, Japan, Venezuela, Germany, Switzerland, Finland, the United Kingdom, France, Hungary and Poland, cooperating with e.g. Baltic Philharmonic Orchestra, Warsaw Radio Symphony Orchestra and Sinfonia Baltica.
Piotr Pawlak began his musical education on the piano at the age of six in Feliks Nowowiejski Music School in Gdansk with Ewa Włodarczyk, and then he continued to study with Waldemar Wojtal until the end of his studies in 2021. He also graduated music school finishing in organ studies, under the tutorship of Hanna Dys, and he studied conducting in The Stanislaw Moniuszko Music Academy in Gdansk with Zygmunt Rychert. From 2024 he is also a student of the prestigious International Piano Academy Lake Como.
Piotr Pawlak is dedicated to reviving improvisation in the classical music world. He draws inspiration from historically informed performance practices, incorporating elements such as improvised cadenzas in Mozart’s piano concertos.
