Michał     Karol     Szymanowski 

is one of the most promising Polish pianists of the young generation. The winner of the Yamaha Music Foundation of Europe Piano Competition. The highest placed quarter-finalist in the 17. International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw 2015, 2nd Prize winner in the International Chopin Piano Competition in Korea and 3rd Prize winner in the Paderewski International Piano Competition in Bydgoszcz.  

Michał has given performances in USA, Japan, Brazil, Argentina and Venezuela. He has performed in the Palace of Nations in Geneva, the Paul VI Audience Hall in the Vatican (a concert for Pope Benedict XVI), at Warsaw’s Belvedere Palace for Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski, and 3 times at the “Chopin and His Europe” Festival in Warsaw, where he brilliantly performed piano concertos by Ignacy Jan Paderewski and Jozef Wieniawski. 

Michał has released two solo albums for CD Accord (Naxos), featuring compositions by Chopin, Paderewski, Szymanowski and Wieniawski. The recordings were critically acclaimed. One reviewer wrote: “Uncommon talent and a pianist of great promise.”