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Łukasz Chrzęszczyk

chamber music

Pianist, soloist, chamber musician, pedagogue. He is a laureate of, among others, the Grand Prix, and the First Prize in the category of violin-piano duets, as well as all special awards of the International Ludwig van Beethoven Chamber Music Competition in Lusławice (duet with violinist Marta Kowalczyk, 2015), as also of Johannes Brahms Competition in Gdańsk (2012), Kiejstut Bacewicz Chamber Music Competition in Łódź (2013), St. Moniuszko International Competition of Polish Music in Rzeszów (2019).

He has been nominated three times for the Fryderyk award and won the Muzyczny Orzeł award in 2022 for the duo album with Jakub Jakowicz featuring works for violin and piano by Sergei Prokofiev. As a soloist and chamber musician, he has performed in venues such as Het Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the seat of the NOSPR in Katowice, philharmonics in Bratislava, Milan, and Warsaw, accompanied by the Polish National Philharmonic. As a soloist, he has also collaborated with orchestras such as the Świętokrzyska Philharmonic, Rzeszów Philharmonic, Warmian-Masurian Philharmonic, Polish Sinfonia Iuventus Orchestra, Lutosławski Youth Orchestra, and the Symphony Orchestra of UMFC.

In addition to recordings for Polish Radio and TVP Kultura, the artist's discography includes seven albums released by labels such as Chopin University Press, Orphée Classics, and DUX, recorded in collaboration with musicians like Joanna Freszel, Jakub Jakowicz, Roksana Kwaśnikowska, Karolina Nowotczyńska, covering themes from 20th and 21st-century classics (Ravel and Panufnik trios, complete works for violin and piano by Prokofiev, Penderecki, and Lutosławski) to forgotten Polish music (Śpiewnik Polski – a duet recording with Joanna Freszel, an anthology of Polish songs from the centenary of independence, Fantaisie a quattro by Stanisław Skrowaczewski) to the newest music (a monographic album with chamber compositions by Aleksander Kościow). In the years 2020-2021, as part of the "Kultura w Sieci" programme (2020) and the creative scholarship from the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage (2021), the pianist realized the "Mazurek – anthology" project, registering and sharing over 70 Mazurkas by less-known Polish composers on the website www.antologiamazurka.pl.

A graduate of the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw in the piano class of Prof. Piotr Paleczny and chamber piano class of Prof. Małgorzata Nosowska (2014). In 2018 the artist has received a degree of Doctor of Arts. Since 2014, he has been a lecturer at UMFC, conducting classes in piano chamber music and collaborating as a pianist with instrumental classes, currently holding the position of assistant professor.

phot. Karpati&Zarewicz