Koki Suetsugu.
Pianist from Saitama, Japan. Born on 11 June 1998, he began his musical education and piano lessons at the age of 14. He graduated from a music high school in Saitama, Japan. He then graduated from the Fryderyk Chopin Academy of Music in the class of Professor Jerzy Sterczynski.
He is a laureate and winner of many piano competitions. He has participated in the masterclasses of Prof. Yukio Yokoyama and Prof. Anna JastrzÄbska Quinn.
He is currently touring extensively in Poland and internationally.
He also created an online piano teaching school in Japan.
The concert programme will feature a selection of works from the following:
* FRYDERYK CHOPIN:
- Waltz in F major, Op. 34 No. 3
- Ecossaise in D major, Op. 72 No. 3
- Waltz in D flat major, Op. 64 No. 1 "Minute"
- Etude in C minor, Op. 10 No. 12 "Revolutionary"
- Mazurkas (Different every day)
- Fantasia in F minor, Op. 49
- Grand Polonaise in A flat major, Op. 53 "Heroic"
- Nocturnes,
- Etude in A minor, Op. 25 No. 4 "Paganini"
- Etude in A minor, Op. 25 No. 11
- Waltz in D flat major, Op. 64 No. 1 "Minute"
- Ballade in A flat major, Op. 47
- Etude in C minor, Op. 10 No. 12 "Revolutionary"
- Preludes, Op. 28 (Everyday different)
- Variations in B flat major on LĂ ci darem la mano from Mozart's opera Don Giovanni, Op. 2.
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The "Fryderyk" Concert Hall is a place of intimate meetings with the music of Fryderyk Chopin, in the style of 19th century salon meetings. Here, in the heart of Warsaw's Old Town, you will spend an unforgettable time in one of the most beautiful concert halls. A magnificent Steinway grand piano, crystal chandeliers, mirrors, beautiful stuccowork and an atmosphere of unforced elegance, as well as performances by superb pianists, will make you want to return here.
The concert is a two-part recital lasting approximately 60 minutes, based on the idea of salon music gatherings popular in the 19th century. During the interval of the concert, guests are treated to a glass of sparkling wine. The concert is performed by extraordinary pianists whose names are known throughout Europe and the world - professors of the University of Music in Warsaw and winners of international piano competitions, graduates of prestigious music academies: Joanna Ćawrynowicz, Anna Kubicz, Maciej Poliszewski, Maria Korecka-Soszkowska, Robert Skiera, Kayo Nishimizu.
The programme will include his most famous compositions. We will hear, among others, the Etude in C minor, Op. 10 No. 12, called the Revolutionary, the Polonaise in A flat major, Op. 53, the so-called 'Heroic', and the Prelude in D flat major, Op. 28, No. 16, called the Rain Prelude.