Concert programme:
*Friedrich Chopin:
– Nokturn Des-dur op. 27 nr 2;
– Polonez b-moll;
– Polonez G-dur;
– Polonez As-dur op. 53;
– II Koncert fortepianowy f-moll op. 21 cz. 2 (Larghetto);
– Nokturn Es-dur op. 9 nr 2;
– Sonata h-moll op. 58 cz. 3 Largo;
– Sonata h-moll op. 58 cz. 4 Finał (Presto, non tanto agitato).
Rafał Mokrzycki.
Polish pianist, repeatedly awarded at national and international competitions. In the years 2005-2010 he was covered by the programme of the National Fund for Children, and was also a scholarship holder of the Karol Szymanowski Foundation in Warsaw.
He graduated from the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw in the class of Jerzy Sterczyński. In the field of chamber music he worked under the direction of Prof. Barbara Halska and Prof. Katarzyna Jankowska-Borzykowska. He is currently pursuing postgraduate studies at the Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst in Vienna in the class of Prof. Avedis Kouyoumdjian. He has also honed his piano skills at masterclasses given by world-renowned pianists including Pavel Gililov, Boris Berman, Eugen Indjic, David Dolan, Gottlieb Wallisch and Christine Schornsheim.
The artist has a lively concert activity both as a soloist and a chamber musician. He has performed in many concert halls in Warsaw, as well as the National Forum of Music in Wrocław, the Opole Philharmonic and the Lviv Philharmonic. He has been invited to participate in numerous festivals, including the I.J. Paderewski Festival in Warsaw, Valletta Piano Festival in Malta, Gulangyu Music Week in Xiamen, China, Sacrum non Profanum in Trzęsacz and many others. He has performed in China, Germany, Austria, the Czech Republic, Romania, Turkey, Latvia, Ukraine, Malta and Slovakia. His extensive repertoire ranges from baroque to contemporary works.