Meisterkurse und Konzerte
9. August - 19. August 2012
Ewa Kupiec (piano) - attention! August 15 - 19, 2012 only.
... „Pure substance“ Fono Forum
Ewa Kupiec regularly performs at the world’s leading festivals but also with major orchestras, which in recent seasons have included Munich Philharmonic, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Warsaw Philharmonic, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, and Orchestre de Paris. Conductors she worked include Neeme Järvi, Semyon Bychkov, Herbert Blomstedt, Krzysztof Penderecki, and Christoph Poppen. Renowned Polish maestro Stanislaw Skrowaczewski has initiated and supported an exceptionally fruitful musical collaboration between the two, and as such they have performed all over the world and, released in 2003, recorded Chopin’s piano concerti together.
Ewa Kupiec is closely connected to the music of Chopin and other Polish composers. For his 200th birthday she offered three different Chopin recital programs. For Sony, she has recorded Wladyslaw Szpilman’s music, known from the movie „The Pianist“.
During the season 2010-11, Ewa Kupiec performed with the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra and Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, followed by engangements with the Düsseldorf Symphony, Stuttgart Philharmonic, Budapest Festival and the Osaka Century Orchestras, and she will return to New Zealand (Auckland Symphony Orchestra) and Australia (Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra). Furthermore, she has given her Vienna debut with Chopin’s piano concerto no. 2. Ewa Kupiec will be a jury member at the "Sound and Explanation” piano competition, set by the Association of Arts and Culture of the German Economy, and also at the ARD Music Competition.
Ewa Kupiec is recognised as one of Europe’s most dedicated interpreters of contemporary music. Her Berlin Konzerthaus performance in 2005 of Schnittke’s First Piano Concerto with the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra was the first performance of this work since 1964 and was released by Phoenix in 2008, together with other Schnittke works for piano and orchestra. Her recital and chamber music programs often include contemporary works, and different composers have dedicated pieces to her.
Among Ewa Kupiec‘ numerous recordings are works by Grazyna Bacewicz, Lutoslawski, Szymanowsky (ECHO Klassik 1997) and Paderewski. 2007 Haenssler released her recording of Janacek‘s solo works, in 2008 Phoenix published Schnittke’s piano concerti with the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, and 2010 saw the release of Zal, with solo works by Chopin and Schubert (Solaris).
Ewa Kupiec studied in Katowice, at the Chopin Academy in Warsaw and at the Royal Academy of Music in London, and in 1992 she won the ARD Music Competition (category duo piano/cello).
Since 2011, she is Professor of Piano at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hanover, Germany.
www.ewakupiec.com
Ewa Kupiec regularly performs at the world’s leading festivals but also with major orchestras, which in recent seasons have included Munich Philharmonic, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Warsaw Philharmonic, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, and Orchestre de Paris. Conductors she worked include Neeme Järvi, Semyon Bychkov, Herbert Blomstedt, Krzysztof Penderecki, and Christoph Poppen. Renowned Polish maestro Stanislaw Skrowaczewski has initiated and supported an exceptionally fruitful musical collaboration between the two, and as such they have performed all over the world and, released in 2003, recorded Chopin’s piano concerti together.
Ewa Kupiec is closely connected to the music of Chopin and other Polish composers. For his 200th birthday she offered three different Chopin recital programs. For Sony, she has recorded Wladyslaw Szpilman’s music, known from the movie „The Pianist“.
During the season 2010-11, Ewa Kupiec performed with the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra and Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, followed by engangements with the Düsseldorf Symphony, Stuttgart Philharmonic, Budapest Festival and the Osaka Century Orchestras, and she will return to New Zealand (Auckland Symphony Orchestra) and Australia (Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra). Furthermore, she has given her Vienna debut with Chopin’s piano concerto no. 2. Ewa Kupiec will be a jury member at the "Sound and Explanation” piano competition, set by the Association of Arts and Culture of the German Economy, and also at the ARD Music Competition.
Ewa Kupiec is recognised as one of Europe’s most dedicated interpreters of contemporary music. Her Berlin Konzerthaus performance in 2005 of Schnittke’s First Piano Concerto with the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra was the first performance of this work since 1964 and was released by Phoenix in 2008, together with other Schnittke works for piano and orchestra. Her recital and chamber music programs often include contemporary works, and different composers have dedicated pieces to her.
Among Ewa Kupiec‘ numerous recordings are works by Grazyna Bacewicz, Lutoslawski, Szymanowsky (ECHO Klassik 1997) and Paderewski. 2007 Haenssler released her recording of Janacek‘s solo works, in 2008 Phoenix published Schnittke’s piano concerti with the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, and 2010 saw the release of Zal, with solo works by Chopin and Schubert (Solaris).
Ewa Kupiec studied in Katowice, at the Chopin Academy in Warsaw and at the Royal Academy of Music in London, and in 1992 she won the ARD Music Competition (category duo piano/cello).
Since 2011, she is Professor of Piano at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hanover, Germany.
www.ewakupiec.com