The Fryderyk Chopin Society of Connecticut & New Britain Museum of American Art Presents
Wojciech Świętoński Piano Recital
The New Britain Museum of American Art
56 Lexington Street, New Britain, CT.
Fryderyk Chopin Society of Connecticut is thrilled to partner with the New Britain Museum of American Art to bring visitors classical music performances from world-renowned pianists.
CONCERT INFORMATION
All concerts begin at 3 p.m. in the Stanley Works Center. Doors open at 2:30 p.m.
Chopin Society members receive 50% discount for the FCS concerts; access to museum galleries is included with concert ticket purchases.
Concert seating is first come, first served on the day of the concert and seating capacity is limited to 120.
Museum Members have free admission, and Museum guests are welcome with the purchase of an admission ticket.
MEMBERSHIP
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Biography
Wojciech Świętoński is a graduate of the Chopin University of Music in Warsaw in the piano class of Professor Bronisława Kawalla (2008). He studied piano chamber music under Professor Jerzy Marchwiński. He completed a two-year Artistic Internship in chamber music performance (2010) and the second and third editions of the Postgraduate Interdepartmental Study of Song (2012, 2013) at the Chopin University of Music. He was awarded a Doctor of Arts degree in 2019.
He is one of three participants in Maestro Ivo Pogorelich’s elite ‘Master Class’. Remaining in constant contact with him, he continuously draws inspiration from the Master’s numerous tips and hints.
Laureate of international piano competitions in Kiev and Rome. He regularly performs in the concert halls of Europe, in recitals and with orchestral accompaniment. He has collaborated with many ensembles (Polish Sinfonia Iuventus Orchestra, Polish Radio Orchestra, National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra), performing under the baton of Monika Wolińska, Grzegorz Mielimąka, Tomasz Bugaj and Szymon Kawalla, among others. He actively performed during the celebrations of the Year of Karol Szymanowski and the Year of Fryderyk Chopin. His performances inaugurated the Schuman Parade and the opening of the Fryderyk Chopin Museum in Żelazowa Wola.
He performed at festivals such as: Stagione Concertistica (Tropea), International Krakow Composers' Festival, Polish Piano Festival in Slupsk, Sopot Vocal Art Festival, Andrzej Kurylewicz Music Days (Warsaw), Festival of Polish Contemporary Music Musica Polonica Nova in Wroclaw, International Chamber Music Festival 'Music on the Summits' in Zakopane, Jerzy Waldorff Summer Festival in Radziejowice, HART Fest (Oxford), Klavierwoche (Heidelberg).
His recording credits include: Paweł Łukaszewski ‘Musica profana 2’ - the album was nominated for the Fryderyk Award (2019), ‘Wieniec pieśni do słów Marii Konopnickiej’ (Wreath of Song to words by Maria Konopnicka) - the album was made thanks to the support of the Mayor of the City of Warsaw, Stanisław Wisłocki ‘Piano works’ - the album under the patronage of the Rector of the Chopin University of Music, Mikolaj Bugajak ‘Strange Sounds And Inconceivable Deeds’- ‘undoubtedly one of the best albums released in Poland this year’ (onet.pl), Przemysław Gintrowski ‘Tren’ (Threnody) - the album was financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, and its release crowned the celebrations of the Year of Zbigniew Herbert.
Member of the Association of Polish Artist Musicians and the STOART Association of Artists. He organizes and performs concerts promoting contemporary Polish music, taking part in programmes realized by the Institute of Music and Dance, the National Centre of Culture and the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage.
Scholarship holder of Lions Club (2006, 2007), Mayor of Białystok (2011) and Minister of Culture and National Heritage (2011, 2017, 2020).
Associate artist of the National Philharmonic.
Creator and artistic director of the concert series ‘Moments of Transience’ at the Radziwiłł Palace in Nieborów.
He premiered works written by composers who were teachers at the Chopin University of Music: Weronika Ratusińska, Miłosz Bembinow, Bartosz Kowalski and Paweł Łukaszewski.
He is a promoter of Stanisław Wisłocki’s music. Learn more……
Program
Fryderyk Chopin
Nocturne in F-sharp major, Op. 15 No. 2
4 Mazurkas Op. 17
Karol Szymanowski
Mazurkas Op. 50 No. 5-8
Stanisław Wisłocki
Suita I (1943)
Mazurka Dolce Spirit.
Mazurka Tempo giusto
Suita II (1943)
Tempo di Kujawiak
Tempo di Mazur
Marcin Tadeusz Łukaszewski
4 Mazurkas (2008-2011) WORLD PREMIERE!
Paweł Łukaszewski
4 Mazurkas (2022) WORLD PREMIERE!
Fryderyk Chopin
Waltzes Op. 64, in D-flat major and C-sharp minor
Waltzes Op. 34 in A minor and F major