Under the Stars concert

Wojciech Świętoński

During the concert, we will hear works by Stanisław Wisłocki, Fryderyk Chopin and Władysław Szpilman performed by pianist Wojciech Świętoński. The evening program includes “Suite I” and “Suite II” by Wisłocki, Chopin’s Nocturnes and Szpilman’s Mazurka. Come and immerse yourself in the extraordinary atmosphere of classical music under the starry sky!

Wojciech Świętoński – a graduate of the Fryderyk Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw, in the piano class of Prof. Bronisława Kawalla (2008). He studied piano chamber music under the supervision of Prof. Jerzy Marchwiński. A graduate of a two-year Artistic Internship in chamber music performance (2010) and the second and third editions of the Postgraduate Interdepartmental Study of Songs (2012, 2013) at the same university. He obtained a Ph.D. in Arts in 2019.  One of the three participants of Maestro Ivo Pogorelich’s elite Masterclass. Winner of international piano competitions in Kyiv and Rome. He regularly performs in Europe’s concert halls, with his recitals and accompanied by an orchestra. He has collaborated with many ensembles (Polish Sinfonia Iuventus Orchestra, Polish Radio Orchestra, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra), performing under the baton of, among others, Monika Wolińska, Grzegorz Mielimąka, Tomasz Bugaj and Szymon Kawalla. He performed during the celebrations of the Year of Karol Szymanowski and the Year of Fryderyk Chopin. His performances inaugurated the Schuman Parade and the opening of the Fryderyk Chopin Museum in Żelazowa Wola.

Scholarship holder of the Lions Club (2006, 2007), the President of the City of Białystok (2011) and the Minister of Culture and National Heritage (2011, 2017, 2020).

Program

  • Stanisław Wisłocki

    • D’après Scarlatti (1942)
    • Presto
    • Pastorale – Canon Adagio
    • Allegro scherzando
  • Fryderyk Chopin, Nokturn e-moll op. posth.
  • Stanisław Wisłocki
    • Suita I (1943)
    • Mazurek Dolce Spirit
    • Mazurek Tempo giusto
    • Bajka Lento cantabile
    • Ciuciubabka Vivo scherzando
  • Fryderyk Chopin, Nokturn Fis-dur op. 15 nr 2
  • Stanisław Wisłocki
    • Suita II (1943)
    • Allegro ma non troppo
    • Tempo di Polka
    • Sostenuto con molto esspressione
    • Tempo di Kujawiak
    • Tempo di Mazur
  • Władysław Szpilman, Mazurka

The concert will take place on July 12 and 19 at 8:00 PM, and lasts 45 minutes. Reduced/regular tickets are available for 50 PLN on our website.