The Chopin Society UK

Mateusz Borowiak
2025-11-30 16:30 - 18:30 UTC | Westminster Cathedral Hall, Ambrosden Avenue, London, SW1P 1QW
Mateusz Borowiak, born in London to a family of musicians, spent his formative years studying piano and composition at the Junior Guildhall and Music at the University of Cambridge. Only in his early twenties did he begin studying piano full-time with Professor Andrzej Jasinski at the Academy of Music in Katowice. Despite this multi-faceted education he has been very active on the performing scene, playing recitals and concertos as soloist at top venues such as Barbican Hall, Palais des Beaux Arts (Brussels), Salle Cortot (Paris), Gasteig (Munich), Wigmore Hall, Philharmonic Hall (St. Petersburg), L’Auditori (Barcelona), Auditorio Nacional de Musica (Madrid), Liszt Hall (Budapest), Paul Klee Centre (Bern), Sejong Arts Center (Seoul), Merkin Hall (New York), National Centre for the Performing Arts (Beijing) and Shanghai Symphony Hall. He has appeared at festivals including St. Petersburg International Winter Festival Arts Square, Cambridge 800th Festival, Klassiek Leeft Meesterlijk, Rubinstein Piano Festival, International Chopin Festival in Duszniki, Polish Pianist Festivals in Stupsk and the Royal Cracow Piano Festival, as well as in Austria, Czechia, Latvia, Slovakia, Turkey and Ukraine.

Orchestras and ensembles he has performed with include the Royal Philharmonic, St. Petersburg Philharmonic, London Mozart Players, Cascio Phil, National Orchestra of Belgium, Royal Flemish Philharmonic, Bilbao Symphony Orchestra, Polish Natioanl Radio Symphony Orchestra, Madrid Symphony Orchestra and the Silesian String Quartet.

Mateusz Borowiak’s concerts were broadcast on television and radio throughout Europe, Oceania and North America, on stations including BBC Radio 3, TV5, RAI, RTBF and France Musique. His performances have been featured in the groundbreaking 2025 Sky Arts documentary “The Lost Music of Auschwitz” that has had global reach. CD releases include Louis Pelosi’s Thirteen Preludes and Fugues (KASP Record, New York), “Mateusz Borowiak Live at the Queen Elizabeth Competition 2013” (BNP PARIBAS) and 15 Keyboard Sonatas by Antonio Soler (NAXOS) released in 2014 to wide critical acclaim.

He has given masterclasses and lectures at Shanghai Music Acadmy, Suzhou University, Nanning Arts Institute, Girton College Cambridge, Junior Guildhall, Piano Lab Belgium, Academies of Music in Łódź, Poznań and Katowice (Poland) and is currently assistant professor at the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice.

Mateusz Borowiak will play:

Szymanowski – 9 Preludes, Op.1
Szymanowski – Masques, Op.34:
Schéhérazade – Tantris le bouffon – Sérénade de Don Juan
Chopin – Four Mazurkas, Op.24
Chopin – Nocturne in B major, Op.62 No.1
Chopin – Sonata in B flat major, Op.35

This concert is sponsored by the Polish Cultural Institute as part of the UK/Poland Season 2025

Our piano, a fine 2015 Hamburg Steinway Model B Grand, was chosen for us by Steinway’s famous Head of Concert & Artist Services, Ulrich Gerhartz. It is maintained by Steinways, who tune it immediately before each recital.
After the concert we offer a traditional English tea of freshly-made sandwiches with savouries, cakes and chocolate biscuits accompanied by a choice of a glass of wine, or unlimited tea, coffee or juice. It’s a great opportunity to meet fellow music-lovers and make new friends. Tea tickets are £10 (standard), £5 (students & schoolchildren), £4 (Youth Members). They are sold on the door for cash only. We can cater for up 70.

Krzysztof Moskalewicz
2025-10-26 16:30 - 18:30
Krzysztof Moskalewicz is a Polish pianist celebrated for his exceptional sensitivity and interpretations marked by naturalness and profound expression.
Equally passionate about solo and collaborative performance, Krzysztof has performed as a soloist and chamber musician at many prestigious venues including Barbican Hall, Wigmore Hall, Birmingham Town Hall, Palacio de Festivales de Santander, and the Witold Lutosławski Polish Radio Concert Studio in Warsaw, alongside many other venues across Europe, Japan, and the United States. As a soloist, Krzysztof has performed with the Sussex Symphony Orchestra, the Opole Philharmonic Orchestra, the Radom Chamber Orchestra, and the Fryderyk Chopin State Music School Symphony Orchestra.
Krzysztof has been invited to many international music festivals and piano courses worldwide. In 2015 he attended the Aspen Music Festival and School in Colorado. He has collaborated with Maestro Thomas Adès at the International Musicians Seminar in Prussia Cove and has also performed at the Harmos International Chamber Music Festival at Casa da Música in Porto, the Encuentro de Música y Academia de Santander Festival, the Aegean Arts International Festival in Crete, Gijon International Piano Festival, and the Bachfest in Leipzig.
His debut album released in 2022 features all of Chopin’s Ballades alongside new compositions titled ‘Four Postcards’ by the Chinese composer Sun Keting. Notably, he has also recorded a unique recital on Chopin’s personal Pleyel piano, the very instrument on which the composer created some of his final works.
Krzysztof’s musical journey began at the age of seven under the tutelage of Renata Lasocka. In 2011, he graduated with honors from the Fryderyk Chopin State Music School in Warsaw, where he studied with Joanna Kurpiowska. He furthered his education at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, earning a Master’s degree with distinction in 2017 under the guidance of Ronan O’Hora and receiving the prestigious Guildhall Artist Fellowship. He also completed a Professional Diploma at the Royal Academy of Music, studying with Ian Fountain.
A prize winner at several international piano competitions, including the International Brant Piano Competition in Birmingham, the Christopher Duke International Piano Recital Competition in London, and the Piano Competition of Ludwik Stefański Plock in Poland, which led to a concert tour in Japan. In 2016 he became an artist of the Talent Unlimited Trust. Krzysztof was also awarded the Derek Butler Award from the Countess of Munster Musical Trust and the James Gibb Scholarship Award. Moreover, Krzysztof has received awards from the Royal Academy of Music Trust and the Sinfonia Varsovia Foundation.
Krzysztof Moskalewicz will play:
Beethoven – Sonata Op. 13 ‘Pathetique’
Paderewski – Miscellanea Op. 16:
No. 2 Melodie in Gb major and no.4 Nocturne in Bb Major
Szymanowski – Variations Op. 3
Chopin – 24 Preludes Op. 28

Jakub Kuszlik
2025-09-28 16:30 - 18:30
Jakub Kuszlik won the 4th Prize and The Polish Radio Prize for the best performance of mazurkas at the 18th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw. He won second prize in the 10th Ignacy J. Paderewski International Piano Competition in Bydgoszcz (2016), was a semi-finalist of the Beethoven Competition in Bonn (2017). In March 2019 he won second prize in the Hilton Head International Piano Competition in USA and in June 2019 third prize in the Top of the World International Piano Competition in Tromsø in Norway. Jakub Kuszlik is also a finalist and winner of the Young Jury Prize of the Concours Musical International de Montréal 2024.
He has played concerts in Poland and abroad, including in the United States, Japan, Vietnam, Germany, Italy, Greece, Norway, Armenia, Iceland, France, Switzerland, The UAE, Canada, Lithuania, Kosovo, Mexico, Argentina, Brazil and Chile.
He has performed with leading Polish orchestras, including the National Philharmonic Orchestra, the National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Philharmonische Orchester Plauen-Zwickau and conductors: Andrzej Boreyko, Jerzy Maksymiuk, Paweł Przytocki, Tadeusz Strugała, Anna Sułkowska-Migoń, Xian Zhang, Leo Siberski.
He has performed at festivals including Chopin and his Europe, International Chopin Festival in Duszniki Zdrój, Paderewski Festival in Paso Robles, Semanas Musicales de Frutillar, Chopin Piano Fest Prishtina.
In February 2022 his first solo album “Brahms, Chopin” was released by Polish Radio, including recordings from his recital in the Concert Studio of the Polish Radio.
In December 2022, the artist released his second album “Chopin & Debussy”.
Jakub Kuszlik’s recital is supported by the Adam Mickiewicz Institute of Warsaw

We are also grateful to the Rupert Turnbull Piano Foundation for their sponsorship of this concert.
Jakub Kuszlik will play:
Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849):
Waltzes Op. 34
No 1 in A flat major
No 2 in A minor – Valse brillante
No 3 in F major – Grande valse brillante
Polonaise-Fantasy in A flat major, Op. 61 no. 1
Mazurkas Op. 56
No 1 in B major
No 2 in C major
No 3 in C minor
Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58
Our piano is a fine 2015 Hamburg Steinway Model B Grand, chosen for us by Steinway’s Head of Concert & Artist Services, Ulrich Gerhartz. It is maintained by Steinways who tune it immediately before each recital.
After the concert we offer a traditional English tea of freshly-made sandwiches with savouries, cakes and chocolate biscuits accompanied by a choice of a glass of wine, or unlimited tea, coffee or juice. Tea tickets are £10 (standard), £5 (students & schoolchildren). They are sold on the door for cash only. We can cater for up 70.

Andrzej Wiercinski
2025-08-17 16:30 - 18:30
(Image by Bartosz Barczyk)
Andrzej Wierciński was born in Warsaw in 1995 and developed his piano skills at the Zenon Brzewski General Music School in Warsaw (2010-2014). He graduated with Distinction from Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice in the piano class of Professor Wojciech Świtała (2014-2019) and in 2020 received a post graduate diploma in piano at the Mozarteum University in Salzburg under the supervision of Professor Pavel Gililov. In June 2024 he graduated from the Royal College of Music in London where he studied with Professor Norma Fisher for the Artist Diploma in Performance of Music. In earlier years he was a recipient of the Krystian Zimerman, Yamaha Foundation Scholarships and the F. Wybrańczyk Artistic Scholarship of the Sinfonia Varsovia Foundation. He has collaborated with KAWAI and Japan Arts, which invited him to Asia on several tours.
Andrzej has won first prize in numerous national and international piano competitions including at the Saint-Priest International Competition in France (2019), First International Music Competition in Vienna (2019), Masters’ Neapolitan Piano Competition (Naples 2018), International Chopin Competition “Golden Ring” in Slovenia (2014), International Chopin Competition in Budapest (2014), and the Polish International Chopin Competition (2015). He has also been a significant prize winner at other prestigious piano competitions, such as the American Ignacy Jan Paderewski International Piano Competition (Los Angeles 2022); Hong Kong International Piano Competition (2019); International Piano Competition in Tbilisi (2017); International Competition “Halina Czerny-Stefańska” in Memoriam (Poznan 2014). Andrzej was a semi-finalist in the International Fryderyk Chopin Competition in Warsaw (2021).
Andrzej has made a name for himself as a mature artist with an excellent technical technique that allows him to create sound very freely. Andrzej has benefitted from musical interactions with eminent concert artists like Dmitri Alexeev, Rafał Blechacz, Andrej Jasiński, Piotr Paleczny, Katarzyna Popowa-Zydroń, Dang Thai Song and Danil Trifonov.
In recent years Andrzej has given recitals in most European countries as well as in Brazil, Canada, China, Indonesia, Japan, Singapore, and the USA. In January 2022 he performed in Dubai, where he gave 23 Chopin piano recitals during the EXPO. In 2015 Andrzej accompanied the President of Poland, Bronisław Komorowski, on his visit to Japan and performed a Chopin recital in Tokyo in the presence of Princess Masako Owada. In the United Kingdom Andrzej has played in Hatchlands Park in the Cobbe Collection Series of piano recitals on historic pianos, for the Chopin Society on the UK and at the Polish Cultural Centre (POSK), as well as in many live streamed recitals at St. Mary’s Perivale.
Andrzej has performed piano concerts with several big orchestras. They include Beethoven’s 3rd Piano Concerto in the National Philharmonic Hall in Warsaw with the Sinfonia Iuventus in 2022, and Chopin’s F minor Piano Concerto in Darmstadt with the Deutsche Philharmonie Merck Orchestra in 2023.
In 2016 the Fryderyk Chopin National Institute released Andrzej’s first CD of solo works by Chopin, Schumann, and Scarlatti. Iin 2025 he will be recording further solo CD.
He will play an all-Chopin programme:
Polonaise-Fantasy in A-flat Major, op. 61
Nocturne in E-flat Major, op. 55 no. 2
Ballade in F Minor, op. 52
Mazurkas op. 59
Preludes op. 28 no. 13-18
Scherzo in B-flat Minor, op. 31 no. 2
Our piano is a fine 2015 Hamburg Steinway Model B Grand, chosen for us by Steinway’s Head of Concert & Artist Services, Ulrich Gerhartz. It is maintained by Steinways who tune it immediately before each recital.
After the concert we offer a traditional English tea of freshly-made sandwiches with savouries, cakes and chocolate biscuits accompanied by a choice of a glass of wine, or unlimited tea, coffee or juice. Tea tickets are £10 (standard), £5 (students & schoolchildren). They are sold on the door for cash only. We can cater for up to 70.

Anna Maria Stanczyk
2025-06-22 16:30 - 18:30
Anna Maria Stańczyk completed her degree at the Fryderyk Chopin Academy of Music, Warsaw, studying with Jan Ekier and Bronislawa Kawalla. This was then followed by a scholarship from the Ministry of Culture to Budapest with Kornel Zempleny. She furthered her postgraduate studies in London, with Louis Kentner, with whom she performed concerts.
Anna Maria has performed with various orchestras and recitals in: Europe, Asia, and Central and North America, playing concerts in major concert halls including: the Philharmonic Hall in Warsaw, Van Leer Hall in Jerusalem, Tirana Opera House, Kiev Philharmonic Hall, Odessa Philharmonic Hall, St Lawrence Centre in Toronto, Wigmore Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall and Purcell Room in London and Carnegie Hall in New York.
She has also appeared in several major musical festivals and has received various awards for her achievements in the world of music:
the “Franz Liszt Medal” from the Hungarian Government for her performance of Liszt music
the “Order of Merit from the “Polish Minister of Culture” for her achievement and her contribution to the world of music
the Medal of Recognition from the Polish Associations of Musicians
She has been awarded two Platinum discs:
From ‘Polskie Nagrania’ for her CD ‘Anna Maria Stańczyk plays Liszt”:
From ‘Polskie Nagrania Edition’ for her CD ’24 Classic Hits’
Together with the Archway Trust she developed a peripatetic piano school in the UK which she ran for many years.
Anna Maria is a co-founder and Artistic Director of the “Powsin International Piano Festival” in Poland celebrating this year its 29th Anniversary.
She was awarded Doctorat Honoris Causa from The Puno University, UK and elected visiting Professor of this University.
For us Anna Maria will play::
Chopin –
Polonaise F sharp minor op. 44
Nocturne B flat minor op. 9 nr, 1
4 Mazurkas: C major op.24, F major op.64, G minor op.24, B flat major op.7
Fantasie-Impromptu C sharp minor op. 66
Waltzes: A flat major op. post, C sharp minor op.64
Scherzo B flat minor op,31
Grieg – Peer Gynt Suite No1 op.46: Morning, Aase’s death, Anitra’s Dance, In the Hall of the Mountain King
Paderewski: Minuet in G major, Krakowiak Fantastic in H major
Addinsell: Warsaw Concerto
Our piano, a fine 2015 Hamburg Steinway Model B Grand, is maintained by Steinways and tuned by them immediately before each recital.
After the concert, we offer a finger buffet tea of freshly-made sandwiches, savouries, cakes and chocolate biscuits with the choice of a glass of wine or unlimited tea, coffee or juice. Tea tickets are sold on the door for cash or cheque only at £10 (standard) and £5 (students, schoolchildren). We can cater for up to 70.

Lucas Krupinski
2025-05-25 16:30 - 18:30
Polish concert pianist Lucas Krupinski is the winner of the 7th San Marino International Piano Competition and all of its contest prizes – the Audience Award, The Music Critics’ Award and the Orchestra Award.
Lucas was a finalist at the Ferruccio Busioni International Piano Competition in Bolzano, and has won first prizes at international piano competitions in Hannover (Chopin Geselschaft), Aachen (ClaviCologne), Goerlitz (MeetingPoint Messiaen 2020) and Yamaha Music Foundation of Europe. As a semi-finalist, he ranked among the best twenty pianists at the 17th Frederic Chopin International Piano Competition in Warsaw.
His debut album Espressione was nominated for the International Classical Music Awards alongside albums by Krystian Zimerman and Evgeny Kissin, and received excellent press reviews in Pizzicato magazine, MDR Kultur, Radio Luxembourg, Radio France and Gramophone. His records have been featured on numerous international radio stations, including BBC Radio 3, WQXR in New York, ABC Australia, Polish Radio 2 and CBC Music in Canada.
Lucas gave his debut recital at Carnegie Hall / Isaac Stern Auditorium in 2018. During the same season, he performed a special recital in PyeongChang at the Winter Olympics in South Korea. He has recently performed in London at the Wigmore Hall (2021 & 2022) and the Royal Albert Hall, in Paris at Salle Cortot, as well as in Teatro La Fenice in Venice, La Verdi in Milano, Merkin Hall in New York. His recent philharmonic appearances in his homeland include Warsaw Philharmonic (2023), NOSPR Great Hall in Katowice (2022) and Cracow Philharmonic (2023).
Lucas has performed with orchestras, including Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Philharmonic, Buffalo Philharmonic, Orchestra of the Americas, Armenian State Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava Radio Symphony Orchestra, George Enescu National Philharmonic Orchestra, Warsaw Philharmonic, NOSPR Symphonic Orchestra, Sinfonia Varsovia and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (2024). He has appeared with world-renowned conductors, including Lawrence Foster, Daniel Raiskin, Antoni Wit, Jacek Kaspszyk, Jean-Luc Tingaud, Hobart Earle, Sergey Smbatyan and Robert Trevino amongst others.
Since 2023, he has been a member of the Penderecki Trio, alongside violinist Leticia Moreno and cellist Claudio Bohorquez.
In addition to being twice laureate of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage Prize for remarkable artistic accomplishments, Lucas has also received the Minister of Culture and National Heritage Scholarship and the Krystian Zimerman Foundation Scholarship. He was honoured with a Commemorative Medal from the Frederic Chopin University of Music in recognition of his artistic achievements.
Lucas was born in Warsaw , Poland in 1992. He graduated from the OSM Zenon Brzewski Music School, where he studied with Professor Joanna Ławrynowicz. He completed his studied at the Frederic Chopin University of Music in Warsaw with “Magna cum Laude” distinction under the supervision of Professor Alicja Paleta-Bugaj and Dr Konrad Skloarski. He continued his studies with Professor Arie Vardi at Hannover University of Music, Drama and Media (2017-2018) and with Professor Dmitri Alexeev at the Royal College of Music in London (2018-2019. Since 2024, he has been enrolled in the doctoral programme at the Frederic Chopin University of Music in Warsaw.
Lucas Krupinski is a Steinway Artist, represented by Ludwig van Beethoven Association and Madam Elzbieta Penderecki
For us Lucas will play:
Bach/Busoni – Chaconne in D minor BWV 1004
F. Chopin – Nocturne in F Major, Op. 15 No 1
A. Scriabin – Fantaisie in B Minor, Op. 28
Bach/Busoni – Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ BWV 639
A. Scriabin – Preludes Op. 11, No. 13-24
F. Chopin – Fantaisie in F Minor, Op. 49
Our piano is a fine 2015 Hamburg Steinway Grand Model B, maintained by Steinways and tuned by them immediately before each recital.
After the concert we offer a finger buffet tea of freshly-made sandwiches, savouries, cakes, chocolate biscuits and the choice of a glass of wine or unlimited tea, coffee or juice. Tea tickets are sold on the door for cash or cheque at £10 (standard), £5 (students & schoolchildren). We can cater for up to 70.

Rafal Blechacz
2025-04-27 16:30 - 18:30
Since winning the 15th International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw in 2005, Rafał Blechacz has established himself as a leading figure on the international concert scene, recognized as one of the greatest performers of Chopin’s works of his generation. The Polish pianist is celebrated worldwide by audiences and critics alike for his profound and virtuosic interpretations. He was awarded the prestigious Gilmore Artist Award in 2014, given every four years to an extraordinary concert pianist regardless of age or nationality.
Blechacz has performed with renowned orchestras, including the London Philharmonic Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre de Paris, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, hr-Sinfonieorchester Frankfurt, Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, Camerata Salzburg, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra dell’Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Minnesota Orchestra, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, and Orchestre symphonique de Montréal. He gives recitals in major concert halls worldwide, such as Philharmonie Berlin, Prinzregententheater Munich, Konzerthaus Dortmund, Salle Pleyel in Paris, Wigmore Hall London, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Teatro alla Scala Milan, Wiener Konzerthaus, and BOZAR – Palais des Beaux-Arts Brussels, as well as in the USA and Asia.
He begins the 2024/2025 season with the Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra under Kent Nagano and will also perform with the SWR Symphony Orchestra, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra, Sinfonia Varsovia, Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte Carlo, and Bavarian Radio Chamber Orchestra. His solo recitals will take him to Milan, Geneva, Berlin, and Paris, along with extensive tours in Japan and China. As a chamber musician, he focuses on his duo with Bomsori Kim.
Blechacz is an exclusive recording artist with Deutsche Grammophon. His debut recording of Chopin’s Préludes achieved Platinum Record status in Poland and earned a German ECHO Klassik and French Diapason d’Or award. His recording of both Chopin concertos with the Concertgebouworkest under Jerzy Semkow received the ‘Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik’. In 2012, his album of works by Debussy and Szymanowski was named ‘Recording of the Month’ by Gramophone magazine and ‘Solo Recording of the Year’ by ECHO Klassik. His recent albums, including polonaises by Chopin, works by Bach, and his duo album with Bomsori, have been well-received by audiences and critics alike. His latest recording, featuring works by Frédéric Chopin, was released in March 2023, dedicated to the composer who has shaped his career.
Born in 1985, Blechacz began studying piano at five, continuing his education at the Arthur Rubinstein State School of Music in Bydgoszcz. He graduated from the Feliks Nowowiejski Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz in 2007, studying under Professor Katarzyna Popowa-Zydroń. In 2016, he received his doctorate in music philosophy.
Blechacz will play:
Schubert – Four Impromptus, Op. 90, D 899
Beethoven – Sonata No. 14 in C# minor, Op. 27 No. 2 “Moonlight”
Chopin – Barcarolle in F# major, Op. 60
Chopin – Three Mazurkas, Op. 50
Chopin – Ballade No. 3 in Ab major, Op. 47
Chopin – Scherzo in C# minor, Op.39
Our piano, a fine 2015 Hamburg Steinway Model B Grand, is maintained by Steinways and tuned by them immediately before each performance. It was recently voiced by Steinway’s Head of Concert & Artists’ Services, Ulrich Gerhartz.
To mark the opening of our Year of Polish Pianists, after the performance we are offering a Champagne Reception. Tickets for this are £20 and are sold on the door for cash or cheque only. We can cater for up to 90.
