Andrzej Wierciński – piano

A selection of music in the baroque, classical and romantic styles, which includes works by J.S. Bach (Prelude and Fugue), Schumann (Kreisleriana), Beethoven (Sonata) and Chopin (Mazurkas).

Andrzej Wierciński developed his skills under the guidance of Professor Anna Jastrzębska-Quinn at the Zenon Brzewski General Music School in Warsaw (2010-2014) and graduated with distinction from the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice in the piano class of Professor Wojciech Świtała (2014-2019). In 2020 he received a postgraduate diploma in piano at the Mozarteum University in Salzburg under the supervision of Professor Pavel Gililov.

As a semi-finalist of the 18th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw, Andrzej has made a name for himself as a mature artist with an excellent technical technique that allows him to create sound very freely. In October 2019, he won 3rd Prize at the Hong Kong International Piano Competition. In 2022, Andrzej won 3rd Prize at the American Ignacy Jan Paderewski International Piano Competition in Los Angeles standing out strongly for his personality and the Grand Prix at the Red Maple Music Competition in Toronto. His efforts have also resulted in many impressive prizes at other prestigious national and international piano competitions: at the International Competition “Halina Czerny-Stefańska in memoriam” in Poznań (3rd prize, 2014), at the International Chopin Competition “Golden Ring” in Slovenia (1st prize, 2014), at the International Chopin Competition in Budapest (1st prize, 2014), at the International Competition in Tbilisi (5th prize and prize for the best performance of classical sonata, 2017), at the International Competition in Naples “Masters Neapolitan Piano Competition” (1st prize and many other significant awards such as a contract with a label from China, concerts in Denmark, China and Italy or the opportunity to work with the Symphonic Orchestra of Rome, 2018), at the First International Music Competition in Vienna (Gold Medal, 2019), at the Saint-Priest International Piano Competition in France (1st prize and a number of non-prize awards – including a recording contract with the KNS classical label and a concert tour of European countries, 2019), at the Berlin International Music Competition (silver medal, 2019) and at the Paris International Music Competition (winner of the honorary prize and a number of other awards, 2019).

He has honed his skills by participating in international masterclasses taught by distinguished pedagogues such as Michel Beroff, Dmitri Alexeev, Carlo Palese, Akiko Ebi, Lee Kum Sing, Anna Malikova, Katarzyna Popowa-Zydroń, Andrzej Jasiński, Dang Thai Son, Tomas Ungar, and Janusz Olejniczak. He participated in a month-long piano course at the Morningside Music Bridge in Calgary, where he received master classes from Andre Laplante and Krzysztof Jablonski, among others. He also received very valuable musical guidance from Daniil Trifonov during his masterclasses in Katowice.

Andrzej Wierciński is the recipient of several special scholarships – including the YAMAHA Foundation Artistic Scholarship, the Krystian Zimmerman Scholarship and the F. Wybrańczyk Artistic Scholarship of the Sinfonia Varsovia Foundation.

In recent years Andrzej has given recitals in most European countries, Canada, Indonesia and Japan. He has collaborated with KAWAI and Japan Arts, which has invited the artist to Asia on several tours. A significant event in his career was the performance of Ludwig van Beethoven’s Third Piano Concerto under Maestro Maciej Twork at the National Philharmonic Hall during the 24th Ludwig van Beethoven Easter Festival at the invitation of Mrs. Elżbieta Penderecka. In addition, the artist has collaborated with maestro Alexander Liebreich, Jacek Kasprzyk, Mirosław Błaszczyk and Marek Moś. In 2015, during the visit of the President of Poland Bronisław Komorowski with Princess Masako Owada of Japan in Tokyo, he played a Chopin recital in the Ballroom of the Hotel where the Polish personality resided. In 2015 he released his first CD with the Fryderyk Chopin National Institute in Poland (playing solo piano works by Scarlatti, Schumann and Chopin).