Maciej Poliszewski.
Pianist and long-time teacher of the piano class at the Warsaw Music University in Warsaw. He started his musical education at the age of 6 at the Primary Music School No. 1 in Warsaw, which he continued at the Warsaw State High School of Music. After graduating from the Academy of Music in Warsaw, he honed his skills in the piano class of Professor Vladimir Mierzhanov in Moscow and Professor Mieczysław Munz.
He is a graduate of the famous Juilliard School in New York. Professor Maciej Poliszewski is the first prize-winner of piano competitions in Poland, including the First Piano Competition in Warsaw and in Łódź. He is a laureate of the International G.B.Viotti Competition in Vercelli (silver medal, 1973).
and the Maria Canals International Competition in Barcelona (silver medal, 1976). As a long-term scholarship holder of the Fryderyk Chopin Society in Warsaw, he gave concerts at major Polish music festivals, including those in Duszniki, Słupsk, Gdańsk and Poznań.
With the excellent Sinfonia Varsovia orchestra, he recorded, under the baton of the equally legendary Jerzy Maksymiuk, together with Andrzej Ratusiński, the Concerto in C minor BWV 1060 and the Concerto in C major BWV 1061 by Johann Sebastian Bach.
Concert programme:
*SERGUEI RACHMANINOV
Prelude in C sharp minor Op. 3 No. 2

*IGNACY JAN PADEREWSKI
Minuet op. 14 no. 1
Krakowiak Fantastyczny Op. 14 No. 2

*IZAAK ALBENIZ
Seville

*FRIEDRICH CHOPIN
Scherzo in B flat minor Op. 31

*FRIEDRICH CHOPIN
Waltz in C sharp minor Op. 64
Waltz in A flat major Op. 69
Waltz in B flat major Op. 18
Polonaise in A flat major, Op. 53.

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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 Ławrynowicz, 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.