The concert begins at 7:00 p.m. Tickets priced at PLN 20 are on sale at the Forum cinema box office. Reservations can be made at: kino.boleslawiec.pl

Concert program

  • First part: Anna Lipiak

Nocturne No. 20 in C-sharp minor, Op. posth., Ballade in A-flat major, Op. 47, 4 Mazurkas, Op. 30, Rondo in E-flat major, Op. 16, Andante Spianato and Grande Polonaise in E-flat major, Op. 22

  • Second part: Grzegorz Niemczuk

Nocturne in E major, Op. 62 No. 2, Waltzes, Op. 64: No. 1 in D-flat major, No. 2 in C-sharp minor, Mazurkas, Op. 59: No. 1 in A minor, No. 2 in A-flat major, No. 3 in F-sharp minor, Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 35: 1. Grave, doppio movimento. Scherzo. Marche funebre: Lento. Finale: Presto

Please note! The program may be subject to change.

Anna Lipiak is a Polish pianist from Zgorzelec. A graduate of the Institute of Music at the University of Silesia, she has won numerous music competitions, including the XIV Concorso Internazionale di Esecuzione Musicale “Premio Citta' di Padova” (Italy, 2016, First Prize), the 2nd International Piano Competition in Karlovac (Croatia, 2015, Second Prize), the VII Concorso Nazionale di Esecuzione Musicale “Città di Piove di Sacco” (Piove di Sacco – Padua, Italy, 2014, First Prize), the XXIV Concorso Internazionale “Camillo Togni” Gussago (Brescia, Italy, 2013, First Prize), the International Competition “II Wiosenne Spotkania przy Fortepianie” (Kraków, 2013, First Prize), the XVIe Grand Prix International et Rencontres Jeunes Talents (Montrond les Bains, France, 2013, Fourth Prize), the IX International Interpretive Competition (Ružomberok, Slovakia, 2012, First Prize), the 9th and 10th International Polish-German Piano Competition (Zgorzelec/Goerlitz, 2010 and 2011, Third Prize twice), and was a finalist in the 45th National Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw (2013).

Anna LipiakAnna Lipiak • Photo author: BOK MCC

Grzegorz Niemczuk is one of the most active Polish classical pianists of the younger generation. His extensive international solo career, now spanning 11 years, has taken him to many prestigious concert halls around the world. To date, the pianist has performed more than 350 recitals and concerts, visiting 22 countries on 6 continents. The concert halls that have hosted Grzegorz include such prestigious venues as Carnegie Hall, Steinway Hall in New York, Teatro Puccini in Milan, Teatro Sergio Cardoso in São Paulo, Capela Santa Maria in Curitiba, Teatro Civico in Vercelli, Palau de la Musica Catalana in Barcelona, Lee Foundation Theater and the Singapore Botanic Gardens, Collonge-Bellerive in Geneva, the F. Liszt Museum in Weimar, the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Turku, the National Philharmonic in Warsaw, the Kraków Philharmonic, the Grand Theatre – National Opera, the Royal Castle in Warsaw, and other venues in Naples, Paris, Venice, Oslo, Vilnius, Sofia, Mariánské Lázně, Addis Ababa, Daegu, Phoenix and many other cities around the world. The pianist has an extensive repertoire comprising more than 200 solo works and 20 concertos for piano and orchestra, from the Baroque era through music of the 20th and 21st centuries.

Grzegorz NiemczukGrzegorz Niemczuk • Photo author: BOK MCC