RADOSŁAW KUREK

Since he won the Bridget Doolan Prize for the best performance of a W. A. ​​Mozart piece at the International Piano Competition in Dublin in 2012 and victory in the XV J. Brahms Competition in Austrian Pörtschach in 2008 (together with cellist Georgy Lomakov), Radosław Kurek has been intensively working on expanding his repertoire. He constantly improves his high skills in the field of chamber music interpretation and shares his sensitivity with the audience by performing music from classicism to contemporary music at carefully planned solo recitals.

His strength as an artist lies in his extraordinary flexibility in cooperation with other musicians, which is why he is especially valued as a partner in chamber music.

The result of many musical meetings of the pianist are recordings for such record companies as the German GENUINE Classics, Bayerischer Rundfunk, ANAGRAM, the National Fryderyk Chopin Institute, Sarton, Dux, Soliton or BeArTon.

Radosław Kurek has participated in many prestigious musical events, performing both as a soloist and chamber musician in Austria, Germany, France, Switzerland, Norway, Sweden, Belgium, Spain, Italy, Japan, Egypt, the USA and numerous Polish cities. He has played, among others, at Malmö Live Konsethus, Gamle Logen Concert Hall in Oslo, Auditorium Augustianum in the Vatican, Festsaal in Vienna, Auditorium al Duomo in Florence, as well as in the concert halls of the National, Gorzów, Koszalin, Pomeranian, Krakow, Bałtycka, Wrocław and Łódź Philharmonics, the W. Lutosławski Concert Studio of the Polish Radio in Warsaw, with the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra in Katowice and in the Grand Theater - National Opera. As a soloist, he has performed with orchestras of the Polish Baltic Philharmonic, Wrocław Philharmonic, Pomeranian Philharmonic, Gorzów Philharmonic, Koszalin Philharmonic and the Orchestra of the Royal Capital City of Cracow "Sinfonietta Cracovia" and Capella Bydgostiensis led by a number of renowned conductors such as Jacek Kaspszyk, Jose Maria Florencio, Michał Nesterowicz, Kai Bumann and Jakub Chrenowicz. He has also partnered with such outstanding artists as Jadwiga Rappe, Konstanty Andrzej Kulka, Roman Jabłoński and Jadwiga Kotnowska, and has cooperated with Robert Kabara, Wiesław Kwaśny, Agata Zubel, Bartosz Koziak, Magdalena Bojanowicz-Koziak, Mariusz Godlewski, Marcin Zdunik, Mariusz Patyra. He has been Invited many times to festivals, including Chopin and His Europe, Witold Lutosławski's Chain Festival, Trzy-Cztery-Ry Festival, Chopin in Colors of Autumn, Music at the Summits, Karol Szymanowski Music Days, Gdańsk Piano Autumn, Gdańsk Music Festival.

Radosław Kurek was the official pianist of the W. Lutosławski International Cello Competition in Warsaw (2018), where he received the award for the best pianist, as well as the International Competition K. Szymanowski in Katowice (2018) where he also won the prize for the best pianist - chamber musician. In addition, as a soloist or pianist - chamber musician, he has participated and won prizes and awards at competitions in Indianapolis, Geneva, Munich, Terni, Shumen, Narva, Florence, Warsaw, Łódź, Wrocław and Katowice.