We invite you to spend the Easter holidays in the Fryderyk Concert Hall with the music of Fryderyk Chopin.

The concerts are two-part recitals lasting approximately 60 minutes, based on the idea of salon music gatherings popular in the 19th century. During the interval of the concert, you will be treated to a glass of sparkling wine.

Please arrive 15 minutes before the concert.

Haruka Matsumoto- pianist, born and raised in Osaka, Japan.

She started her music education and piano lessons at the age of four.

She has taken part in masterclasses given by outstanding pianists and pedagogues such as Eliso Virsaladze, Pascal Devoyon, Mikhail Voskresensky, Kálmán Dráfi and Takako Takahashi.

Haruka has won numerous national and international piano competitions. She won First Prize at the Japan Piano Competition in 2020, First Prize and Grand Prix at the Danubia Talents International Competition in Hungary in 2024, First Prize and Grand Prix at the K Competition in Tokyo, Silver Prize at the International Chopin Competition in Asia in 2017 and Second Prize at the Paderewski in Memoriam International Piano Competition in Poland.

She has performed at the Sumida Triphony Hall in Tokyo, the Radziwill Palace, the Japanese Embassy in Poland and the KAWAI concert halls in Osaka, Hiroshima and Warsaw, among others.

She shares her knowledge with the younger generation of pianists in Poland. Haruka has a deep understanding of the works of Fryderyk Chopin and Polish piano music, which she constantly explores and brings to life in her performances.

For you, Haruka Matsumoto plays the most famous works of Fryderyk Chopin at the Fryderyk Concert Hall.

Concert programme:
*FRIEDRICH CHOPIN
Nocturne in E flat major Op. 9 No. 2
Waltz in A minor op. posth
Etude in A flat major, op.25 no.1 "Aeolian Harp"
Waltz in F major Op. 34 No. 3
Impromptu Fantasia in C sharp minor Op. 66

Impromptu in F sharp major Op. 36 No. 2
Waltz in A flat major Op. 42
Ballade in G minor Op. 23