The Chopin Society UK

Andrzej Wiercinski
2025-08-17 16:30 - 18:30 UTC | Westminster Cathedral Hall, Ambrosden Avenue, London, SW1P 1QW
(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.

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.

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

Mateusz Borowiak
2025-11-30 16:30 - 18:30
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.

Artur Haftman
2026-01-25 16:30 - 18:30
Artur Haftman is an internationally renowned concert pianist, widely acclaimed for his exceptional artistry and profound interpretation of Chopin’s compositions, as acknowledged by music critics on a global scale. In the review for The Boston Musical Intelligencer, David Moran expressed his awe at the exquisite and mellifluous sound, along with the captivating approach Artur Haftman brings to his performances, comparable to the remarkable impact Murray Perahia had over four decades ago.
Born in Poland, Artur Haftman’s passion for music was kindled under the guidance of his mother, Marzena Haftman, also a pianist herself. At the age of six, he embarked on his piano journey under the tutelage of Ewa Kubiak-Kubacka and Jolanta Reszelska, culminating in his debut performance with the Koszalin Youth Philharmonic Orchestra when he was merely eight years old.
Since his noteworthy orchestral debut, Artur has garnered a stellar reputation through triumphs in over 25 esteemed international competitions. Noteworthy achievements include securing prizes such as the Virtuosite II category in the Concours International De Piano Paris – ST. Maur Des Foses, alongside a prestigious accolade from the publishing house Combre in Paris in 2006. Furthermore, he achieved first place at the 7th Juliusz Zarebski International Music Competition in Lomianki/Warsaw in 2007, the 7th International Chopin Competition in Narva, Estonia in 2010, the 19th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition for Children and Youth in Szafarnia in 2011, the 18th International Piano Competition in Palma de Mallorca in 2011, the International Chopin Piano Competition in Rzeszów in 2012, the International Music Competition “Musicaclassica” in Moscow, the “Gold Parnas” (The grand prize) at the International Piano Forum “Bieszczady bez granic” in Sanok in 2013, and the Laureate title at the 47th Polish Piano Festival in Slupsk in 2013. He has also been recognized with notable awards such as the prizewinner at the “Cesar Franck International Piano Competition” in Brussels in 2014, III International Piano Competition “Villa de Xàbia” in 2015.
During his studies at the Royal College of Music, he was the esteemed recipient of the Gary and Eleanor Brass Scholarship, as well as the Carnwath Piano Scholarship, an honor exclusive to him among all pianists in the entire United kingdom. In 2020, he graduated from the Royal College of Music with highest honours for the Artist Diploma Degree in the class of Professor Dimitri Alexeev and Professor Jianing Kong.
While currently based in London, Artur Haftman’s musical pursuits extend far beyond, as he captivates a global audience with his extraordinary aptitude and remarkable talent. His solo recitals have enraptured listeners across a diverse range of countries, including the United Kingdom, Poland, France, Lithuania, Italy, the United States, Slovakia, and Germany. He is highly honoured to have esteemed audience members including, HRH Duke of Kent, HRH Princess Alexandra, HRH Prince Michael of Kent, HRH Princess Michael of Kent, HRH Princess Katarina of Yugoslavia, Former Ambassador of Poland to the United Kingdom Arkady Rzegocki, Lord Frederick Windsor, Lady Campbell and more. On 15 October 2025, following Artur’s performance, His Royal Highness The Duke of Kent remarked, “With you playing, the music can never die” (Daily Mail, 18 October 2025).
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Additionally, Artur has conducted masterclasses and performed across the globe—in China, South Korea, Russia, the United States, France, Germany, Estonia, Italy, Poland, the United Kingdom, and beyond—appearing in prestigious venues such as presidential palaces, Steinway Hall, and the philharmonic halls. He has performed both as a solo artist and in collaboration with world-renowned musicians, including Professor Tomasz Strahl, Rector of the Chopin University in Warsaw, among others.
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Moreover, Artur actively serves as a jury member for the London International Chopin Competition, which he co-founded and where he is the Artistic Director. He also holds the position of Artistic Director at SIMA Classics Education and SIMA Classics Masterclass, leading classical music education organizations based in London. In the upcoming year, Artur will be teaching masterclasses and performing in Seoul, South Korea; Shanghai, China; Szczecin, Poland; London, United Kingdom; and other international cities.
He will play:
Chopin – Piano Concerto No.1 in E minor, Op.11
Chopin – Piano Concerto No.2 in F minor, Op.21
Accompanied by an instrumental ensemble
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.

Aleksandra Świgut
2026-02-22 16:30
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

Krzysztof Jablonski
2026-03-22 16:30
Laureate of the F. Chopin International Piano Competition in Warsaw in 1985, winner of numerous top prizes at international piano competitions in Milan, Palm Beach, Monza, Dublin, Calgary. Gold Medallist at the A. Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition in Tel Aviv.
For more than 30 years Jablonski performs solo, chamber and with orchestras in Europe, Americas, Asia and Israel. Performed for ballet, opera and theatre spectacles as well as for spectacular, multidiscipline projects such as Scriabin’s “Promethee” with Duesseldorfer Symphoniker, Ballet “Fortepianissimo” at the National Opera in Warsaw, original piano version of the Debussy’s Pelleas et Melisande. He was opening the Wiener Opernball in Vienna together with the Vienna State Opera Ballet. Jablonski also performed for crowd of thousands with Grant Park Orchestra at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Chicago. Recently, he performed under V. Gergiev and Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra during fundraising event which was streamed live and recorded by Finnish Radio and TV. In 2018 he is returning to the Grand Theatre – National Opera twice to perform music by F. Chopin for two large scale ballet spectacles: “The Lady of the Camellias” (April and June) and another one in November 2018.
In 2017 Jablonski started recording complete works by F. Chopin both on modern and historical instruments for the F. Chopin National Institute (NIFC) in Warsaw, Poland.
Full Professor of the F. Chopin University of Music in Warsaw, Poland from 2004-2017. Piano Faculty of the Mount Royal University in Calgary, The Conservatory (where he lives since 1998). He also teaches at the University of Calgary. He presents master classes, lectures and is a jury member at international piano competitions.
Mr. Jablonski will play an all-Chopin programme:
Nocturne in C# minor, Op. posth.
Fantaisie-Impromptu in C# minor, Op. posth. 66
Prelude in Db, Op. 28 No. 15
Scherzo No.2 in Bb minor, Op. 31
Nocturne in C minor, Op. 48 No.1
Etude in C minor, Op. 10 No. 12
Polonaise in Ab, Op.53
Prelude in E minor, Op.28 No. 4
Etude in E, Op. 10 No. 3
Waltz in C# minor, Op.64 No. 2
Nocturne in E minor, Op. 72 No.1
Nocturne in E Op. 62 No. 2
Waltz in A minor, Op. 34 No. 2
Etude in B minor, Op. 25 No.10
Ballade in G minor, Op. 23
Andante Spianato & Grand Polonaise in Eb, Op. 22
This concert is sponsored by the Polish Cultural Institute

Magdalena Filipczak
2026-04-26 16:30
Violinist Magdalena Filipczak has been praised by The Arts Desk as “a musical chameleon.” The New York Concert Review hailed her Carnegie Hall debut “a concert not to be forgotten…the vehicle of violin wizardry.” Magdalena has appeared as a soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician on some of the world’s most prestigious stages across Europe, and Americas, including Wigmore Hall, Het Concertgebouw of Amsterdam, the Tallinn Philharmonic in Estonia, Cracow Philharmonic, the Baltic Philharmonic in Poland, and Curitiba Philharmonic in Brazil. Since 2022, she has been collaborating as a soloist with the International Conducting Academy (ICA) in London. Among Magdalena’s many international competition successes, she is the winner of the IV Heino Eller International Violin Competition in Estonia, as well as the Gold Prize at the 2018 Manhattan International Music Competition. For her achievements and contributions to culture, she was awarded the Młoda Polska Scholarship by the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage.
Magdalena’s acclaimed debut solo CD, Essence of Violin, was celebrated by The Strad magazine as “glittering” and “captivating.” Magdalena’s solos can be heard also on Rosalía’s new album Lux, the BBC series Thief at the British Museum, CDs by Tim Garland, and chamber albums by Gruppo Montebello and Peter Gregson (on Deutsche Grammophon). Her performances have been broadcast on BBC Radio 3, Chicago WFMT, Dutch Radio 4, Canadian Radio, and numerous European TV and radio stations. Upcoming releases include a CD with the renowned pianist Peter Frankl and an EP with her brother, pianist Łukasz Filipczak, recorded on the legendary ex-Ida Haendel Stradivarius.
In Autumn 2025 Magdalena was awarded the Doctor of Musical Arts in Music Performance degree from the Graduate Center (CUNY) in New York, where she was a recipient of the prestigious Graduate Center Fellowship. Her final thesis on Britten’s Violin Concerto and His Early Period are published online. She is also a graduate of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London as well as Itzhak Perlman’s The Perlman Music Program. Additionally, Magdalena studied classical and jazz singing. As an inspiring educator, she has taught at music institutions in London and New York.
Magdalena will be performing on a fine violin kindly loaned to her through the Beare’s International Violin Society.
Magdalena is accompanied by pianist Sam Armstrong.
Hailed as ‘a major new talent’ by International Piano and a ‘pianist of splendid individuality’ by The Arts Desk British pianist Sam Armstrong gave solo debut recitals at the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall in New York as well as at the Wigmore Hall in London.
Strongly drawn to chamber music, Sam has performed with musicians including Elina Buksha, Valeriy Sokolov, Krzysztof Chorleski, Fenella Humphreys, Viviane Hagner, Hannah Roberts, Ralph Kirshbaum, Alban Gerhardt and Pablo Barragan. He has appeared at festivals including Aldeburgh, Cheltenham, Krzyzowa Music, Mecklenburg-Vorpommen, Prussia Cove Open Chamber Music, Ravinia and in venues such as Seoul Arts Centre, Esplanade Singapore, Kumho Art Hall Seoul, and Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall. He has been broadcast on BBC Radio 3, Radio Suisse-Romande/Espace 2, NPO Radio 4, WQXR New York, WFMT Chicago and Radio New Zealand.
Sam maintains a regular partnership with the soprano Katharine Dain, releasing their first album “Regards sur l’Infini” in November 2020. The disc won the prestigious Edison Klassiek award in 2021 as well as being selected as The Guardian’s Classical album of the week. Their second disc “Forget This Night” was chosen as BBC Music Magazine’s Song CD of the month and also received major acclaim from the Times, Gramophone, as well as in the Dutch press NRC, Volkskrant & Trouw.
Highlights of recent seasons have been recitals at the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, De Doelen Rotterdam, Concertgebouw Brugge & International Lied Festival Zeist with Katharine Dain, Wigmore Hall with violinist Geneva Lewis, National Concert Hall Dublin with cellist Ariana Kashefi, as well as Perth Concert Hall, Bath and Lammermuir festivals with violinist Irène Duval.
His own studies were with Helen Krizos in Manchester at the Royal Northern College of Music and subsequently in New York with Richard Goode at Mannes College of Music. He won the most important awards for piano in both institutions: first prize in the RNCM Piano Recital Prize and the Nadia Reisenberg Debut Award from Mannes. He also worked with John O’Conor in Dublin and in masterclasses with Leon Fleisher, Menahem Pressler, Mitsuko Uchida, Murray Perahia and Pierre-Laurent Aimard. He also studied song repertoire extensively with Cristina Stanescu in New York and Roger Vignoles in London.
Sam is currently Senior Tutor in Keyboard Chamber Music and Professor of Piano at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama in London. Credit for Sams photo goes to Andrej Grilc.
Magdalena and Sam will play:
Chopin Nocturne E flat major, Op. 9 nr 2, Andante, arr. Pablo de Sarasate
Chopin Mazurka Op. 33 nr 2, arr. Fritz Kreisler
Chopin Życzenie (The Wish), Op. 74 nr 1, lyr. Stefan Witwicki
Britten Lullaby and Waltz from Suite Op. 6
Chopin Ballade in G minor, Op. 23, arr. Eugène Ysaÿe
Schubert Sie mir gegrüßt (Let me greet you), Op. 20 nr 1, ded. Justina von Bruchmann
Schubert Fantasia in C major for violin and piano, D. 934 , Op. posth. 159
This concert is sponsored by the Polish Cultural Institute

Peter Donohoe
2026-05-17 16:30
Peter Donohoe was born in Manchester in 1953. He studied at Chetham’s School of Music for seven years, graduated in music at Leeds University and went on to study at the Royal Northern College of Music with Derek Wyndham and in Paris with Olivier Messiaen and Yvonne Loriod. He is acclaimed as one of the foremost pianists of our time, for his musicianship, stylistic versatility and commanding technique.
In recent seasons Donohoe has appeared with the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Philharmonic and Concert Orchestra, Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra, St. Petersburg Philharmonia, RTE National Symphony Orchestra, Belarusian State Symphony Orchestra, and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. He has undertaken a UK tour with the Russian State Philharmonic Orchestra, as well as giving concerts in many South American and European countries, China, Hong Kong, South Korea, Russia and the USA. Other past and future engagements include performances of all three MacMillan piano concertos with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; a “marathon” recital of Scriabin’s complete piano sonatas at Milton Court; an all-Mozart series at Perth Concert Hall; concertos with the Moscow State Philharmonic Orchestra, St. Petersburg Symphony Orchestra and the London Philharmonic Orchestra at London’s Royal Festival Hall, and a residency at the Buxton Music Festival.
Donohoe is also in high demand as a jury member for international competitions. He has recently served on the juries at the International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow (2011 & 2015); Queen Elizabeth Competition in Brussels (2016); Georges Enescu Competition in Bucharest (2016); Hong Kong International Piano Competition (2016); Vlassenko Piano Competition and Festival (2017); Alaska International e-Competition (2018); the Concours de Genève Competition (2018); Ferrol Piano Competition (2022), and Hong Kong International Piano Competition (2022), among many others both within the UK and abroad.
Donohoe’s most recent disks include Bacewicz: Orchestral Works Vol. 2 and an exploration of Busoni’s solo piano works with Chandos; Taneyev & Schumann: Piano Quintets with Signum; Granados & Albeniz with Chandos, and a section of waltzes of Ravel, Schumann, Debussy & Chopin with SOMM. Other recent recording include six volumes of Mozart Piano Sonatas (SOMM); Haydn Keyboard Works Vol 1 (Signum); Grieg Lyric Pieces Vol 1 (Chandos); Dora Pejacevic Piano Concerto (Chandos); Brahms & Schumann viola sonatas with Philip Dukes (Chandos), and Busoni: Elegies and Toccata (Chandos), which was nominated for the BBC Music Magazine Award.
Donohoe has performed with all the major London orchestras, as well as orchestras from across the world: the Royal Concertgebouw, Leipzig Gewandhaus, Munich Philharmonic, Swedish Radio, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Vienna Symphony, and Czech Philharmonic Orchestras . He has also played with the Berliner Philharmonika in Sir Simon Rattle’s opening concerts as Music Director. He made his twenty-second appearance at the BBC Proms in 2012 and has appeared at many other festivals including six consecutive visits to the Edinburgh Festival, La Roque d’Anthéron in France, and at the Ruhr and Schleswig Holstein Festivals in Germany.
The 23/24 season kicked off with Peter Donohoe performing as a soloist with the London Symphony Orchestra and Simon Rattle with four performances of Messiaen’s Turangalila-Symphonie in London, Edinburgh and Bucharest. Following a March 2024 South American Tour, notable performances in the 24/25 season included concerts with the Symphony Orchestra of India, the Georges Enescu Symphony Orchestra in Bucharest, Vox Arma Deus in Philadelphia (USA), and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in Cadogan Hall. The season also featured recitals at the Fondación Juan March in Madrid, the Chopin Piano Festival in Prishtina, Kosovo, and at various UK festivals including the Ludlow Piano Festival, Newbury Spring Festival and Ulverston Music Festival.
Peter Donohoe will play the following programme:
BUSONI: Variations on a theme of Chopin Op. 22
CHOPIN: 24 Preludes, Op. 28
RACHMANINOV: Variations on a Theme of Chopin Op. 22
