{"id":1171,"date":"2019-07-16T11:38:00","date_gmt":"2019-07-16T09:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/?p=1171"},"modified":"2019-12-23T11:49:08","modified_gmt":"2019-12-23T10:49:08","slug":"aleksandra-swigut-at-the-zomer-van-sint-pieter-and-midis-minimes-festivals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/en\/2019\/07\/16\/aleksandra-swigut-at-the-zomer-van-sint-pieter-and-midis-minimes-festivals\/","title":{"rendered":"Aleksandra \u015awigut at the Zomer van Sint-Pieter and Midis-Minimes festivals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As part of the summer festivals,\u00a0Zomer van Sint-Pieter<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Midis-Minimes<\/a>, this musical proposal from the Polish Institute offers us a great opportunity to appreciate the singular touch of a young and talented Polish pianist.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Programme<\/strong>
Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Chopin (1810-1849)
Barcarolle in F sharp major, Op. 60
Second Ballad in F major, Op. 38
Nocturne in D flat major, Op. 27 No. 2
Grande Valse brillante in E flat major, Op. 18
Scherzo in E major, Op. 54<\/p>\n

About Aleksandra \u015awigut
<\/strong>Aleksandra \u015awigut studied at the\u00a0Fryderyk Chopin University of Music<\/a>\u00a0in Warsaw with Piotr Paleczny and at the\u00a0Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music<\/a>\u00a0in Katowice with Wojciech \u015awita\u0142a and Maria Szwajger-Ku\u0142akowska. During the same time, she studied historical piano performance and harpsichord. At the\u00a0Guildhall School of Music and Drama<\/a>\u00a0in London, she worked with David Dolan. Since 2016 she has been a doctoral student at the\u00a0Academy of Music Stanislaw Moniuszko<\/a>\u00a0in Gdansk.<\/p>\n

\u015awigut has won prizes in international competitions such as 2nd prize at the International Competition for Young Pianists in Ettlingen, 2nd Prize at the New Orleans International Piano Competition, as well as 2nd prize and a special prize at the International Piano Competition for Young Musicians in Enschede. She has also received 2nd prize at the\u00a047th Fryderyk Chopin National Piano Competition<\/a>\u00a0and the most recent at the\u00a01st International Chopin Competition on Period Instruments<\/a>\u00a0(Warsaw, 2018).<\/p>\n

The artist\u2019s interests encompass both historical performance and 20th-century and contemporary music. In addition to Baroque, Classicist and Romantic works, her repertoire includes compositions by O. Messiaen, B. Bart\u00f3k, G. Crumb, G. Ligeti, A. Sch\u00f6nberg, H. M. G\u00f3recki, and K. Stockhausen.<\/p>\n

She is also active as a chamber musician, working with cellist Marcin Zdunik, with whom she recorded a Robert Schumann album released by the Fryderyk Chopin Institute and in duo with violinist, her sister Agnieszka.<\/p>\n

\u015awigut has cooperated with most orchestras in Poland as well as with Netherlands Symphony, Liep\u0101ja Symphonys and the Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century.<\/p>\n

PRACTICAL INFORMATION<\/strong><\/p>\n