Mariusz Klimsiak

Mariusz Klimsiak is the laureate of the Third 20th Century Music Competition in Warsaw, the Festival for Young Musicians in Gdansk, the Third all-Polish F. Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw, and the International Piano Festival in Sanok. He graduated with distinction from the Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz under Professor Jerzy Sulikowski, and he further completed his training in masterclasses taught by Ewa Pobłocka, Katarzyna Popowa-Zydro´n, Naum Starkmann, Aleksjej Orłowiecki and Viera Nossina. In 2009, Mariusz Klimsiak was awarded the title of Doctor of Musical Arts.

The artist gave his public debut at the age of fifteen; he has performed with the National Philharmonic, the Wroclaw Philharmonic, the Lower Silesian Philharmonic and the Lublin Philharmonic. The pianist participated in Ła´ncuch IV (the Chain Festival) in Warsaw, the Forum Musicum Festival in Wroclaw, the Lutosławski Forum Festival in Warsaw, the Festival of Polish Pianism in Słupsk, and the International Bach Festival in ´Swidnica, as well as in artistic events in Italy (Florence), Spain (Alicante) and the US (Seattle, San Francisco). With the Lower Silesian Philharmonic under Jerzy Swoboda he went on tour in Germany. He has performed with Mariusz Patyra, with the Silesian String Quartet and with Capella Cracoviensis. Klimsiak’s repertoire spans a wide variety of periods and styles, ranging from the Baroque age to contemporary music.