Grand
Piano Festival Performers
GRACIELLA KOWALCZYK
Wednesday,
April 27 at 7:30 p.m.
Graham Tyler Memorial Chapel, Parkville Campus
French-born, Polish-raised pianist, Graciella Kowalczyk previously studied at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow, Chopin School of Music in Warsaw and Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas.
Kowalczyk has appeared in concerts and recitals as a soloist in over 15 countries and three continents, including the National Philharmonic in Warsau, Poland; Sergei Rachmaninov Concert Hall in Moscow, Russia; Mozarteum Salzburg, Austria; Bellini Conservatory in Palermo, Italy; Ed Landreth Auditorium in Fort Worth, Texas, and Kölner Philharmonic in Köln, Germany.
In most recent years, Kowalczyk has received various awards including: first prize, International Seiler Piano Competition, Italy 2000; International Young Artist Competition, Germany 1997 (the prize included a scholarship to study at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow), and first prize, All-Poland Piano Competition 1996, when she received a special award from the Polish Ministry of Culture. She has also been awarded several scholarships from different international foundations, including the Louis-Spohr Forderverein, Germany and the Internationale Stiftung für Musik, Switzerland.
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