Przemysław Lechowski
Przemysław/Slav Lechowski (born 10 April 1977 in Bielsko-Biała, Poland) is a Polish classical pianist,
Visiting Professor in Piano Performance of the Tomsk State University (Russia).
He graduated from the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice, then mastered his piano skills within the post-graduate piano studies of Fryderyk Chopin Music Academy in Warsaw.
Performed in prestigious venues in Poland, France, Russia, Germany, Romania, Czech Republic, Indonesia, China and Lebanon.
Has been a jury member of international piano competitions. Since 2010 has been vice-chairman of the Jury of Siberian International Frédéric Chopin Piano Competition in Russia, since 2012 has been vice-chairman of the Jury of Galaxy International Piano Competition in Indonesia.
He was an organiser and performer of The Longest Birthday concert (Najdłuższe Urodziny). This 171-hours performance of hundreds artists from Poland and abroad connected two official dates of Frédéric Chopin’s 200th birthday – February 22 and March 1 and was described in medias all over the world.[1] The Longest Birthday won two S3KTOR awards from President of Warsaw: Grand Prix and award for the best NGO’s cultural event in the capital city of Warsaw in 2010.
Has taken part in the film Meet the World about art of piano, made by French director and composer Fowzi Guerdjou.
He is active in piano pedagogy, gives regular piano Masterclass in Poland, Russia, China and Indonesia. Is member of Siberian Chopin Committee, New Art Association and European Piano Teachers Association (EPTA- Poland). Lives in Warsaw.
References
- ^ Gulliver Cragg, "Warsaw hosts 170-hour party for Chopin", The Independent, 2 March 2010.