Admission to the concert is included in the ticket entitling visitors to visit the Fryderyk Chopin Museum.
Concert programme:
*Friedrich Chopin:
- Nocturne Op. 27 No. 2,
- Mazurkas Op. 50:
No. 1 in G major,
No. 2 A flat major,
No. 3 in C sharp minor,
- Polonaise - Fantasy Op. 61.
Jakub Kuszlik - winner of the 4th prize at the 18th Chopin Competition, as well as the Polish Radio award for the best performance of mazurkas at the 18th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw - is an outstandingly talented graduate of Prof. Katarzyna Popowa-Zydroń's piano class at the Bydgoszcz Music Academy. He is also a 2nd prize winner of the 10th Ignacy J. Paderewski International Piano Competition in Bydgoszcz (2016) and a semi-finalist of the Beethoven Competition in Bonn (2017). In March 2019, Jakub Kuszlik won 2nd prize at the Hilton Head International Piano Competition in the USA, and in June 2019 he won 3rd prize at the Top of the World International Piano Competition in Tromsø, Norway. Jakub Kuszlik is also a finalist and winner of the Young Jury Prize of the Montreal International Music Competition 2024.
He has given concerts in Poland and abroad, including the USA, Japan, Vietnam, Germany, Italy, Greece, Norway, Armenia, Iceland, France, Switzerland, the UAE, Canada, Kosovo, Lithuania, Mexico, Argentina, Brazil and Chile.
He has performed with many orchestras, including the National Philharmonic, NOSPR, 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.
February 2022 saw the release of his first solo album 'Brahms, Chopin', published by Polish Radio and featuring recordings from his recital at the Polish Radio Concert Studio.
In December 2022, the artist released his second album 'Chopin & Debussy'.