Łukasz Chrzęszczyk

A graduate of the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw in the piano classes of prof. Piotr Paleczny and piano chamber music by prof. Maja Nosowska (2014). In 2018, he obtained his Doctor of Arts degree. He has been a lecturer at the FCUM since 2014, currently as an assistant professor.

He is a laureate of, among others: Grand Prix and all special prizes of the 1st International Chamber Music Competition Ludwig van Beethoven in Lusławice (2015) and international chamber music competitions named after Johannes Brahms (2012), named after Kiejstut Bacewicz (2013), named after St. Moniuszko (2019). Three-time nominee for the Fryderyk Award, winner of the Muzyczny Orzeł 2022 award for the album with works for violin and piano by Sergei Prokofiev, recorded in a duet with Jakub Jakowicz.

As a soloist and chamber musician, he has performed, among others, at Het Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Holocaust Museum in Los Angeles, the NOSPR headquarters in Katowice, philharmonic halls in Bratislava, Milan and Warsaw - with the accompaniment of the FN Symphony Orchestra.

Apart from recordings for Polish Radio and TVP Kultura, the artist's phonographic achievements include seven albums released by the Chopin University Press, Orphée Classics and DUX labels. In March this year The album "Departures", recorded in a duet with Jakub Jakowicz, was released, containing a recording of a program consisting of works by Malawski, Bacewicz, Górecki, Silwestrow and Szymanowski.