Live recording Grzegorz Niemczuk - biography: “Mr. Niemczuk’s playing was notable for its fluidity, extremely wide dynamic range — from resounding fortissimos to whisper-soft pianissimos, variety of tone colors, and dazzling virtuosity”. Michael Sherwin, The Epoch Times, New York Grzegorz Niemczuk has already enjoyed a successful career as a concert pianist having performed internationally over the past 11 years. He has traveled the world and given more than 350 recitals and concerts in 22 different countries on 6 continents. His career has brought him to many important concert halls in the world: Carnegie Hall in New York, Steinway Hall in New York, Yamaha Artist Services in Paris, Teatro Puccini in Milano, Teatro Civico in Vercelli, Teatro Sergio Cardoso in Sao Paulo, Capela Santa Maria in Curitiba, Palau de la Musica Catalana in Barcelona, Lee Foundation Theater and Botanic Gardens in Singapore and many others in cities like Addis-Abeba, Daegu Geneve, Porto Alegre, Florianopolis, Oslo, Napoli, Shanghai, Trieste, Weimar, Sofia, Vilnius, Zanzibar, Warsaw and many others. Mr. Niemczuk's vast repertoire spans more than 150 solo pieces and 28 piano concerti ranging from the Baroque to the contemporary era. His particular specialty is the Romantic period. During the last few seasons Grzegorz Niemczuk made his debuts as a soloist with a few orchestras, including Cracow Philharmonic Orchestra (Ravel Piano concerto for the left hand and Wojciech Kilar 1st Piano Concerto), New York Concerti Sinfonietta (Chopin 2nd Piano Concerto), Polish Philharmonic Sinfonia Baltica (Tchaikovsky 1st Piano Concerto), The Silesian Philharmonics in Katowice (Liszt 2nd Piano Concerto), Tokyo Mozart Virtuoso Orchestra (Mozart Piano Concerto K. 537 “Coronation”), The Symphony Orchestra of Lower Silesia (Grieg Piano Concerto in A minor). He has performed as a soloist under the baton of such conductors as: Paul Hostetter, Mitsuyoshi Oikawa, Tadeusz Wojciechowski, Jerzy Salwarowski, Szymon Bywalec, Jan Wincenty Hawel, Maja Metelska, Dariusz Mikulski, Paweł Przytocki, Monika Wolińska, Bohdan Jarmolowicz. The 2014/2015 season brought quite a few debut performances to the artistic life of Mr. Niemczuk. Started from a debut tour in Brazil (November 2014), he made his debut in Malaysia (February 2015) and Tokio's famous Kioi Hall (March 2015). Another highlight of the past season included a tour in Norway in April 2015. The season 2015/2016 brings another exciting tours: Malaysia, Singapore, Tanzania (Zanzibar, Dar es Salaam), Curacao, Jamaica, Norway and Brazil. Grzegorz Niemczuk is the winner of many music competitions notably the 2013 International Carnegie Hall Concerto Debut Competition in New York City and 40th National Frederic Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw (2010). Born in Poland, Niemczuk graduated with the highest distinction from K. Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice in the class of renowned Professor Josef Stompel (Prizewinner of Enescu Competition in Bucuresti and International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw in 1960). He continued his piano studies in New York City, Mannes College (International Keyboard Institute and Festival 2008, 2009, 2011) where his teachers were such artists as Menahem Pressler (Indiana University), Philippe Entremont, Joaquin Achucarro (Meadows School of the Arts), David Dubal (The Juilliard School), Jerome Rose (Mannes College), Choong-Mo Kang (The Juilliard School), and Yuan Sheng (Central Conservatory of Music – Beijing). He has also attended many masterclasses where he has collaborated with many great artists such as: Krystian Zimerman (2005), Peter Donohoe (2006), Andrzej Jasiński (2006), Alexey Orlovetsky (2007,2008,2009,2010), Dang Thai Son (2009), Pietro de Maria (2010), Claudio Martinez Mehner (2010,2012), Emanuele Arciuli (2012), Hamish Milne (2012), Michel Beroff (2012), Arie Vardi (2012,2013), Klaus Hellwig (2010), Angela Hewitt (2012). Between 2009 and 2012 he stayed under the artistic care of teacher and mentor Jeffrey Swann (New York Steinhardt University). Grzegorz Niemczuk has received many honorable awards in his home country including from Prime Minister, the Ministry of Culture and the President of the city of Tychy and currently serves on the piano faculty of the Silesian University since October 2011. His students are winners of several international piano competitions in Poland, Italy, Slovakia, Croatia and France. He is already invited to present masterclasses in many music universities including the Norges Musikkhøgskole in Oslo, Federal University of Santa Catarina in Florianopolis, Brazil, Federal University in Porto Alegre, Brazil, The Nanyang Academy of Art in Singapore, The Edna Manley College of Performing Arts in Kingston, Jamaica.