About Aleksandra Świgut

About Aleksandra Świgut

 

Aleksandra Świgut, pianist, soloist, and chamber musician, holds a doctorate in musical arts, and is a teacher at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw.
Critics consider her one of the most distinctive personalities on the classical music scene.

Winner of the 17th International Edvard Grieg Piano Competition in Bergen and special awards: the audience and orchestra prizes, and the prestigious Steinway Prizewinners Concert Network award.

As a proponent of period piano performance, she won second prize at the International Chopin Competition on Period Instruments in Warsaw. She was a semi-finalist in the International Arthur Rubinstein Piano Competition in Tel Aviv, a participant in the 18th International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw (2021), and a laureate of numerous international youth piano competitions (including those in Ettlingen, New Orleans, and Enschede).

The artist is a frequent guest of elite ensembles including the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra, Johannesburg Symphony Orchestra, Presidential Symphony Orchestra Ankara, Sinfonia Varsovia, Orchestra of the 18th Century, Netherlands Symphony Orchestra, AUKSO, Beethoven Academy Orchestra, Radom Chamber Orchestra, Sinfonietta Cracovia, {oh!} Historical Orchestra, Szczecin Philharmonic Orchestra, National Philharmonic in Warsaw, Łódź Philharmonic, Opole Philharmonic, Krakow Philharmonic, Baltic Philharmonic and others, collaborating with outstanding conductors such as Lawrence Foster, Maxime Pascal, Koji Kawamoto, Aleksandr Marković, Michał Nesterowicz, Zoi Tsokanou, Marek Moś, Johannes Gustavsson, Grzegorz Nowak, Paweł Przytocki, Przemysław Neumann and others.

Soloist at the most prestigious music festivals, including Chopin and His Europe, Chopin Festival Nohant, Ludwig van Beethoven Easter Festival, Chopin in Paris Festival, International Chopin Festival in Duszniki Zdrój, Midis-Minimes Festival in Brussels, Chopin Genève Festival, Cremona Festival, Ascoli Piceno Festival, Eufonie Festival, Paderewski Festival in Raleigh (USA), and others.

Together with the International Lutosławski Youth Orchestra under Przemysław Neumann, she debuted with Witold Maliszewski’s Kujawska Fantasy at the Grosser Saal of the Gewandhaus in Leipzig. She was also invited to perform solo and chamber recitals during Polish Music Week at the Polish Pavilion at EXPO Osaka 2025, and at the Dubai Opera, where she promoted the music of Polish composers.

She has released four albums: “Portraits of Nature” featuring music by Edvard Grieg, with the Beethoven Academy Orchestra and maestro Michał Klauza; a CD of music by Fryderyk Chopin, recorded on an Erard period piano for the Fryderyk Chopin Institute; and a CD of music by Witold Maliszewski for the DUX label, with the Opole Philharmonic Orchestra and Przemysław Neumann. In 2014, she and cellist Marcin Zdunik recorded a CD of works by Robert Schumann, released by the Fryderyk Chopin Institute in Warsaw.

He also performs with his sister, violinist of the Royal Opera in Stockholm – Agnieszka Świgut, and with violinist Janusz Wawrowski, realizing the recording project “Free but Lonely” with all Violin Sonatas by Johannes Brahms on original historical instruments – Stradivarius 1685 and Erard 1858.

She composed the music for the play “Dancing Konrad,” directed by Piotr Tomaszuk and produced by the Wierszalin Theatre. The play was presented at the KAI Theatre in Tokyo (2023) and at Vilnius University (2024).

A scholarship recipient of the National Children’s Fund (2003-2010), which currently supports her teaching activities, she has received multiple scholarships from the Ministry of Culture, the Franciszek Wybrańczyk Foundation, and the German Jutting Foundation. In 2020, she received a scholarship for outstanding young scientists awarded by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education and the Młoda Polska scholarship. In 2023, she became the first recipient of the prestigious Velotalent scholarship funded by Velobank for the most outstanding cultural figures. In 2025, she was nominated in the Personality of the Year category in the Coryphaeus of Polish Music plebiscite of the National Institute of Music and Dance.
In September 2025, she started working with the early music ensemble Arte Dei Suonatori, realizing the project Arte Dei Suonatori Romantically , becoming a soloist, conductor and artistic director of the ensemble.

A graduate of the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw, the Academy of Music in Katowice, Gdańsk and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London.

 

Aleksandra Świgut will play:

 

Chopin – Ballade No. 1 in G minor, op. 23

Michałowski – Preludium in B flat minor, op. 9

Chopin – Scherzo in C# minor, op. 39

Grieg – Lyric Pieces: Arietta op. 12 nr 1, The Poets Heart, op. 5 nr 2,  Little Bird op. 43 nr 4

Grieg – Moods: Hommage à Chopin, op. 73 nr 5

Grieg – In the Hall of the Mountain King

Karmanov – “Past Perfect”

Mikuli – Reverie, op. 9 nr 6

Chopin – Ballade No.3 in A flat major, op. 47

Chopin – Ballade No.4 in F minor, op. 52

Różycki – Walz from the opera “Casanova”

 

This concert is sponsored by the Polish Cultural Institute

About Westminster Cathedral Hall

Described on completion as one of the finest meeting rooms in London, this Edwardian hall was designed by Westminster Cathedral architect John Francis Bentley and represents some of his finest work. It has recently been extensively modernised and restored to its original splendour.

The entrance to the Hall is in Ambrosden Avenue, which runs between Victoria Street and Francis Street.

Getting there

By train or underground: Victoria (mainline and underground) and St James’s Park (underground) are both less than 5 minutes walk.

By bus: Nos 11, 24, 211 and 507 buses stop immediately in front of the Cathedral piazza on Victoria Street.

By car: Not recommended due to the new ULEZ charge and the Congestion charge which now operates on Sundays. However to avoid both of these, you can park on the far side of Vauxhall Bridge Road and walk to the Hall down Francis Street, turning left into Ambrosden Avenue (about 5 minutes).

General Information

The Chopin Society UK reserves the right to change artists or programmes due to circumstances beyond their control.

Reception after the concert

After each recital we hold a buffet reception, with a glass of wine or tea or coffee. The artists attend this reception and it’s a great opportunity to meet the performers, talk to other members of the audience and make new friends.

Venues

London is unique in having some of the venues in which Chopin played still available and suitable for recitals – several much as they were when Chopin played in them. See photographs and descriptions of our attractive concert venues.

Tickets

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