Concert of music by Fryderyk Chopin. Performers include professors of the Fryderyk Chopin Academy of Music and winners of national and international competitions. The programme of the concerts is varied and includes works to satisfy both seasoned music lovers and popular Chopin works known to all. The concerts are played on a piano with the so-called 'Verdi tuning' of 432 Hz, which was used in Chopin's times. This is the only place in Warsaw where you can listen to a recital of piano music on an instrument in this tuning.
The concerts take place in the Old Gallery of the Union of Polish Artists Photographers, in the left wing of the Royal Castle. It once housed the kitchen of the Castle, Baciarelli's flats and the first seat of the Academy of Fine Arts.
The intimate hall can accommodate around 60 people. The old gothic interiors are conducive to contemplative music. It is further enhanced by an exhibition of the best Polish photographers, which changes every month. The hall is praised in concert reviews posted on social media.
The concerts take place every day throughout the year and start at 6 p.m. Each concert lasts approximately one hour. During the interval of the concert, mead, cold-pressed apple juice or water is served. When the weather is good, guests can go out onto the garden terrace with a beautiful view of the Vistula. After the concert, listeners can purchase CDs of the artist performing on the day, receiving a dedication.
Tomasz Hare.
In June 2012, he graduated from the Zygmunt Noskowski First and Second Stage Music School in Gdynia. At the same time, he also studied at the Staatliche Hochschule Fur Musik Und Darstellende Kunst - Mannheim, Germany - in the class of Professor Rudolf Meister (2010-2012). He studied at the F. Chopin University of Music. Among Tomasz Zając's numerous prizes and awards during his twelve years of study, the most important are: 1st place at the 5th International Chopin Competition in Vilnius and additional prizes: the Special Prize for the best performance of a work by F. Chopin and the Special Prize for the best performance of a work by a Polish composer (2012), Grand Prix at the 16th Piano Competition, Larnaka - Cyprus (2011), 1st place at the 18th International Fryderyk Chopin Competition in Szafarnia.
As a thirteen-year-old, Tomasz Zając performed at the Olsztyn Philharmonic Hall with the Warmia and Mazury Philharmonic Orchestra, playing Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15 under the baton of Piotr Wajrak. In October 2008, he performed at the PREMIA Festival of Young Pianists in Łódź, where he played Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor KV 466 together with the Sinfonietta Cracovia Orchestra conducted by Robert Kabara.