The Embassy of Poland presents the Polish pianist, Mateusz Kolakowski in concert Tuesday, November 16 · 7:00pm – 9:00pm at Alliance Francaise.
CHOPIN, BICENTENARY CELEBRATIONS
Early this year, Poland launched the Chopin Year to mark the 200th anniversary of the celebrated composer Frederic Chopin, with events in Poland and abroad. In May, on the occassion of the European Film Festival, the Embassy of Poland presented a piano recital by the Polish pianist, Mariusz Drope. To conclude the Chopin Year, the Polish Embassy has invited the young pianist, Mateusz Kolakowski, a laureate of ‘Virtuosi per music di pianoforte’ in the Czech Republic and a graduate of the Berklee College of Music in the US. He is also winner of the 2002 ‘Jazz Fryderyk’ prize, awarded by the Polish Ministry of Culture and the ‘Most Promising Pianist’ at the Martial Solal Competition in Paris. He is currently studying classical piano at the Music Academy of Katowice in Poland.
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