BIO
Paweł Kowalski is one of the most versatile Polish musicians performing over forty pieces for piano and orchestra, recitals, chamber music, film music and jazz.
Pawel is one of Poland’s most versatile musicians playing over forty works for piano and orchestra, diverse recital programmes, major works of chamber music and jazz. He studied piano in Cologne, Warsaw and Vancouver on a personal grant from Witold Lutosławski.
Paweł Kowalski studiował w Kolonii, Warszawie i w Vancouver dzięki stypendium Witolda Lutosławskiego; występował w 40 krajach na 4 kontynentach, we wszystkich polskich filharmoniach, w Salle Pleyel w Paryżu, Konzerthaus w Berlinie, Tonhalle w Zurychu, Konserwatorium Kólewskim w Brukseli, Conservatori Superior w Palma de Mallorca, Auditorio Mozart w Saragossie, Palau de la Musica w Walencji, Estonia Concert Hall w Tallinie, Narodowej Sali Koncertowej im. Bartoka w Budapeszcie, Filharmonii George Enescu w Bukareszcie, Casa de la Cultura w Buenos Aires oraz z Orquesta Sinfonica de Chile w Santiago.
Pianista brał udział w festiwalach BBC Polish Season w Londynie, Europalia w Brukseli, Klavierfestival Ruhr, Carinthischer Sommer, Festiwal Wiosenny w Budapeszcie, Izmir Festival, Moravsky podzim, Concentus Moraviae, w Międzynarodowych Festiwalach Chopinowskich w Warszawie, Paryżu, Genewie, Dusznikach Zdroju, Antoninie, Mariańskich Łaźniach i Gaming, Festiwalach Mozartowskich w Warszawie i Gdańsku, w Warszawskiej Jesieni, Musica Polonica Nova we Wrocławiu, Muzycznym Festiwalu w Łańcucie, Kwartet Śląsku i Jego goście i innych.
He has made CD recordings with works by Chopin, Beethoven, Brahms, Zarębski and Panufnik as well as recordings for radio and television around Europe. He was invited to the jury of six international piano competitions and gained enormous popularity by working as TV -expert during the International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw in 2015 and 2021.
‘In Mr. Kowalski I found a very fine performer of my Concerto. He is a very talented pianist and a highly intelligent musician.’ Witold Lutosławski
In recent seasons Pawel played recitals at the Palau de la musica catalana in Barcelona, the Luxembourg Philharmonic, at the Chopin au Gardin Festival in Paris, at the Chopin Festival in Geneva, at the Konex Festival in Buenos Aires, concertos by Mozart, Beethoven, Ravel, Gershwin and Lutosławski with the Polish Orchestra Sinfonia Iuventus, Ravel with Orquesta Sinfonica de Tenerife, Chopin with the Romanian National Radio Orchestra, Gershwin’s Rhapsody in blue with Warsaw Philharmonic, the Piano Concerto by Wojciech Kilar with the Polish National Radio Symphony, Szymanowski’s Symphonie concertante at the inauguration of the National Piano Festival as well as Prometheus – Poem of Fire and the Piano Concerto by Alexander Scriabin.
Paweł Kowalski was awarded the Silver Medal for Merit to Culture - Gloria Artis.
“I’m strongly impressed by his playing which is characterized by great musicality, sensitivity and perfect technique” Andrzej Panufnik
I was tremendously impressed and moved by this wonderful pianist and wonderful musician, by his command of the keyboard, his deep insight into the music and his gifts of profound understanding and communication. This marvellous pianist has fulfilled his human and musical potential and his memory is such that he has a very large repertoire at his command.’ Yehudi Menuhin
Repertoire
Piano Concerto no.1 in E minor, op.11
Piano Concerto no.2 in F minor, op.21
Andante spianato and Grande Polonaise in E flat major, op.22
Fantasy on Polish Airs in A Major, op.13
Rondo a la Krakowiak in F major, op.14
Allegro de concert in A major, op.46 ( transcription by Jean Louis Nicode)
Piano Quintet in G minor, op.34
Piano Concerto in A minor, op.17
Polish Fantasy in G sharp minor, op.19
Symphonie concertante, op.60
Piano Concerto
Variations on a Theme by Paganini for Piano and Orchestra
Piano Concerto
Concerto for Piano and String Orchestra op.40
Piano Concerto no.1 Concertino for Piano and Orchestra
Concerto for Piano and String Orchestra
Warsaw Concerto
Piano Concerto no.1 in D minor, BWV 1052
Piano Concerto no.5 in F minor, BWV 1056
Piano Concerto no.7 in G minor, BWV 1058
Piano Concerto no.9 in E flat major, K.271
Concerto for Two Pianos no.10 in E flat major, K.365
Piano Concerto No.12 in A major, K.414
Piano Concerto no.13 in C major, K.415
Piano Concerto no.14 in E flat major, K.449
Piano Concerto no.16 in D major, K.451
Piano Concerto no.19 in F major, K.459
Piano Concerto no.20 in D minor, K.466
Piano Concerto no.21 in C major, K.467
Piano Concerto no.23 in A major, K.488
Piano Concerto no.24 in C minor, K.491
Piano Concerto no.25 in C major, K.503
Piano Concerto no.26 in D major, K.537
Piano Concerto no.27 in B major, K.595
Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 19
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 73
Triple Concerto in C major, Op. 56
Fantasy in C minor for piano, orchestra and choir, Op. 80
Piano Concerto no.1 in D minor, op.15
Piano Quintet in F minor, op.34
Piano Concerto in A minor, op.54
Piano Concerto no.2 in G minor, op.22
Concerto for Piano, Violin and String Quartet in D major, op.21
Piano Concerto in F sharp minor, op.20
Prometheus - The Poem of Fire, op.60
Piano Concerto no.2 in C minor, op.18
Piano Concerto no.4 in G minor, op.40
Piano Concerto in G major
Piano Concerto in F major
Rhapsody in Blue
Piano Concerto
Eclogue for Piano and String Orchestra, op.10
Piano Concerto
Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra in D minor
Piano Concerto no.2 in F major, op.102
Music
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Chopin
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Scriabin
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News
12th May 2023 Kilar - Piano Concerto no.1
Filharmonia Pomorska Bydgoszcz, dyr. Marek Pijarowski, Kilar – I Koncert fortepianowy
28th April 2023 Ravel - Piano Concerto in G major
Filharmonia Rzeszów, dyr. Marek Pijarowski, Ravel – Koncert fortepianowy G dur
11th March 2023 Power & silence - music for freedom
11th March 2023 Power & silence - music for freedom Skoryk - Melody for piano solo Beethoven - Piano Concerto no.3 in c minor, op. 37 Vasks- The Fruit of silence, for choir and orchestra Beethoven - Choral Fantasy in c minor, op. 80
3rd March 2023 Gershwin - Piano Concerto in F
Filharmonia Łódź, dyr. Joachim Gustavsson ENG FRN
Chopin's Fantasy on Polish Airs, Andante spianato and Grande Polonaise in Zamość
Orkiestra Symfoniczna im. Karola Namysłowskiego w Zamościu, dyr. Tadueusz Wicherek.
