mgr Piotr Alexewicz

mgr Piotr Alexewicz
Piotr Alexewicz is one of the most prominent Polish pianists of his generation. He began his musical studies at the Karol Lipiński Academy of Music in Wrocław under the guidance of Prof. Paweł Zawadzki, later continuing at the Zurich University of the Arts (Zürcher Hochschule der Künste) in the class of Prof. Konstantin Scherbakov. The pianist gained international recognition as a semifinalist of the 18th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw, where he was awarded the Professor Zbigniew Drzewiecki Prize. He is also a two-time winner of the 48th and 50th National Fryderyk Chopin Competitions organized by the Fryderyk Chopin Institute.
On the international stage, he triumphed at the 3rd Ville de Gagny International Piano Competition in Paris, winning the Grand Prix, Audience Prize, and Musicdeco Prize. He is also a laureate of the second prize at the Jeunesses International Music Competition Dinu Lipatti in Bucharest. In 2024, he won the Piano Concerto Competition at the Piano Texas Piano Academy, performing Johannes Brahms' Piano Concerto in D Minor, Op. 15, with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Miguel Harth-Bedoya. That same year, he became one of the three laureates of the prestigious Schenk Competition in Switzerland, also receiving all special prizes, including the Audience Prize and the Orchestra Prize.
The pianist has several recordings to his name, including a debut album released in 2019 by the Fryderyk Chopin Institute, featuring works by Ludwig van Beethoven, Fryderyk Chopin, Franz Liszt, and Maurice Ravel. As part of his continued collaboration with the Institute, he recorded all of Fryderyk Chopin's works for piano and orchestra, excluding the concertos, with the Sinfonia Varsovia orchestra conducted by Howard Shelley. He also recorded the complete 26 preludes by Chopin and Sonata in B-flat Minor, Op. 35, which is set for release in 2025.
He has performed at many prestigious international festivals, including "Chopin and His Europe" in Warsaw, the International Chopin Festival in Duszniki-Zdrój, Festival Chopin do Brasil, the Chopin Festival in Nohant, Piano Texas, the Arthur Rubinstein Festival in Łódź, the Chopin Festival in Connecticut, the Gdańsk Music Festival, and Recitals in Żelazowa Wola. He has graced renowned concert halls such as the Berlin Philharmonic, Salle Cortot, the National Forum of Music in Wrocław, the National Philharmonic in Warsaw, Adam Mickiewicz University Hall in Poznań, Teatro Nacional in Brasília, Sala São Paulo, Van Cliburn Concert Hall, Ed Landreth Auditorium in Fort Worth, Sapporo Concert Hall Kitara, ACROS Fukuoka Concert Hall, The Symphony Hall in Osaka, and Musashino Bunka Kaikan in Tokyo.
He has collaborated with numerous distinguished conductors, including Marek Pijarowski, Andrey Boreyko, Ariel Zuckermann, Benjamin Shwartz, Przemysław Neumann, Hansjörg Schellenberger, Marc Kissoczy, Daniel Stabrawa, Thomas Koncz, Rune Bergmann, Adam Banaszak, Nicolae Moldoveanu, Howard Shelley, Ruben Silva, Jakub Chrenowicz, Norton Morozowicz, and Tatsuya Shimono.
In recognition of his artistic achievements, he was awarded a scholarship in 2021 from the prestigious German foundation "Hans und Eugenia Jutting - Stiftung Stendal" and received the first-ever "Young Promoter of Poland" award from the First Lady of Poland, Agata Kornhauser-Duda, for his outstanding contributions to promoting Polish culture. In December of the same year, he was honored with the Wrocław Artistic Award.
The pianist maintains an active concert career worldwide, performing in Poland, Switzerland, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Romania, Denmark, the United Kingdom, the United States, Brazil, Japan, and many other countries.