prof. dr hab. Paweł Zawadzki

Pianist and educator, laureate and juror of piano competitions. He graduated with distinctions from the Karol Lipiński Music Academy in Wrocław under the supervision of professor Grzegorz Kurzyński. The artist has appeared on the stages of music halls around the world, performing piano concerts under the baton of renowned conductors such as Tadeusz Strugała, Marek Pijarowski, Jacek Kaspszyk, Tadeusz Wojciechowski, Szymon Makowski, Wojciech Rodek, Eugene Tzigane, Giancarlo de Lorenzo, Kai Baumann, Lee Hong-Jin, Alexiei Vasiliev, Massimiliano Caldi, Juan Cantarell. He gave concerts in Germany, France, Austria, the Netherlands, Turkey, Finland, Denmark, Scotland, Bulgaria, Russia, Belarus, South Korea and Australia. He has made multiple recordings for both the radio and the television and, in the phonographic field, he recorded albums of Frederic Chopin's and Ferenc Liszt's musical composition for the Selene recoding studio. As a consultant of the Artistic Education Centre, he teaches numerous piano classes. Additionally, he is a lecturer of the piano master courses in Krynica-Zdrój, Opole and Łańcut.

He is very active in the educational field and his students and pupils have received various awards in prominent competitions worldwide. They are winners of competitions aimed at strengthening the positive image of Poland in the world, including the Young Promoter of Poland. They are scholars of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, Młoda Polska scholarship programme, Prime Minister Mayor of Wrocław and the National Children's Fund. In 2011, the pianist initiated the Lower Silesian Frederic Chopin Association and he was its chairman until 2020. His artistic and educational accomplishments were acknowledged by the President of the Artistic Education Centre in Warsaw as he was presented with an award for his significant contribution to the development of the artistic education in Poland. In 2022, for his outstanding achievements in the pedagogical and artistic fields, he received the prestigious Annual Award of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage in the field of Artistic Education. By the order of the President of Poland, he was decorated with the Silver Cross of Merit (2016) and Gold Cross of Merit (2024). At present, he is the Head of the Piano Department of the Karol Lipiński Music Academy in Wrocław.