{"id":12641,"date":"2026-03-25T16:00:54","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T15:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/london\/?p=12641"},"modified":"2026-03-27T16:39:39","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T15:39:39","slug":"magdalena-filipczak-violin-recital-with-the-pianist-sam-armstrong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/london\/2026\/03\/25\/magdalena-filipczak-violin-recital-with-the-pianist-sam-armstrong\/","title":{"rendered":"MAGDALENA FILIPCZAK violin recital with pianist Sam Armstrong"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>WHEN: <mark>April 26t<\/mark><mark>h<\/mark><mark> &#8211; 4:30 pm<\/mark><br>WHERE: Westminster Cathedral Hall, Ambrosden Avenue, London, SW1P 1QW<br>TICKETS: <a href=\"https:\/\/wegottickets.com\/event\/696414\/\">https:\/\/wegottickets.com\/event\/696414\/<\/a> [limited space]<\/strong><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Magdalena Filipczak\u2019s Carnegie Hall recital debut was heralded by the New York Concert Review as <em>\u201ca concert not to be forgotten\u2026Ms. Filipczak exploited it as the vehicle of violin wizardry it was meant to be \u2026surpassed expectations.\u201d<\/em><br><br><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/03\/MagdaFilipczakviolin1168-1-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12661\" style=\"width:456px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/03\/MagdaFilipczakviolin1168-1-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/03\/MagdaFilipczakviolin1168-1-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/03\/MagdaFilipczakviolin1168-1-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/03\/MagdaFilipczakviolin1168-1-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/03\/MagdaFilipczakviolin1168-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">Photo by Krystian Data<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-medium-font-size\"><br><br>Violinist Magdalena Filipczak has been praised by&nbsp;<em>The Arts Desk<\/em>&nbsp;as&nbsp;\u201c<em>a musical chameleon.<\/em>\u201d Performing throughout Europe, North and South America, and Canada, she has appeared as a soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician on many of the world\u2019s most prestigious stages, including Wigmore Hall, Barbican Hall, St John\u2019s Smith Square in London, Het Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Tallinn Philharmonic in Estonia, Cracow Philharmonic, the Baltic Philharmonic in Poland, and Curitiba Philharmonic in Brazil. Since 2022, she has been collaborating as a soloist with the International Conducting Academy (ICA) in London. In Autumn 2025 Magdalena was awarded the Doctor of Musical Arts in Music Performance degree from the Graduate Center (CUNY) in New York, where she was a recipient of the prestigious Graduate Center Fellowship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><br>Magdalena is accompanied by pianist Sam Armstrong. Hailed as \u2018a major new talent\u2019 by International Piano and a \u2018pianist of splendid individuality\u2019 by The Arts Desk British pianist Sam Armstrong gave solo debut recitals at the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Carnegie Hall\u2019s Weill Recital Hall in New York as well as at the Wigmore Hall in London. Strongly drawn to chamber music, Sam has performed with musicians including Elina Buksha, Valeriy Sokolov, Krzysztof Chorleski, Fenella Humphreys, Viviane Hagner, Hannah Roberts, Ralph Kirshbaum, Alban Gerhardt and Pablo Barragan. He has appeared at festivals including Aldeburgh, Cheltenham, Krzyzowa Music, Mecklenburg-Vorpommen, Prussia Cove Open Chamber Music, Ravinia and in venues such as Seoul Arts Centre, Esplanade Singapore, Kumho Art Hall Seoul, and Manchester\u2019s Bridgewater Hall. <br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Magdalena and Sam Armstrong will play:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Chopin Nocturne E flat major, Op. 9 nr 2, Andante, arr. Pablo de Sarasate<br>Chopin Mazurka Op. 33 nr 2, arr. Fritz Kreisler<br>Chopin \u017byczenie (The Wish), Op. 74 nr 1, lyr. Stefan Witwicki<br>Britten Lullaby and Waltz from Suite Op. 6<br>Chopin Ballade in G minor, Op. 23, arr. Eug\u00e8ne Ysa\u00ffe<br>Schubert Sie mir gegr\u00fc\u00dft (Let me greet you), Op. 20 nr 1, ded. Justina von Bruchmann<br>Schubert Fantasia in C major for violin and piano, D. 934 , Op. posth. 159<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Our piano, a fine 2015 Hamburg Steinway Model B Grand, is maintained by Steinways and tuned by them immediately before each recital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">After the concert, we offer a traditional English buffet tea with freshly-made sandwiches, savouries, cakes and chocolate biscuits, accompanied by a glass of wine or unlimited tea, coffee or juice. Tea tickets are sold on the door for cash only: \u00a310 (standard), \u00a35 (students &amp; children)<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Learn more about the artists:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/magdalenafilipczak.com\">https:\/\/magdalenafilipczak.com<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.samarmstrongpianist.com\n\">https:\/\/www.samarmstrongpianist.com<br><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Check out the Chopin Society UK page for more information: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chopin-society.org.uk\/recital\/magdalena-filipczak\/ \">https:\/\/www.chopin-society.org.uk\/recital\/magdalena-filipczak\/ <\/a><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WHEN: April 26th &#8211; 4:30 pmWHERE: Westminster Cathedral Hall, Ambrosden Avenue, London, SW1P 1QWTICKETS: https:\/\/wegottickets.com\/event\/696414\/ [limited space] Magdalena Filipczak\u2019s Carnegie Hall recital debut was heralded by the New York Concert Review as \u201ca concert not to be forgotten\u2026Ms. Filipczak exploited it as the vehicle of violin wizardry it was meant to be \u2026surpassed expectations.\u201d Photo [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":180,"featured_media":12653,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","category-music"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>MAGDALENA FILIPCZAK violin recital with pianist Sam Armstrong - Instytut Polski w Londynie<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/london\/2026\/03\/25\/magdalena-filipczak-violin-recital-with-the-pianist-sam-armstrong\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"pl_PL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"MAGDALENA FILIPCZAK violin recital with pianist Sam Armstrong - Instytut Polski w Londynie\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"WHEN: April 26th &#8211; 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He has appeared at festivals including Aldeburgh, Cheltenham, Krzyzowa Music, Mecklenburg-Vorpommen, Prussia Cove Open Chamber Music, Ravinia and in venues such as Seoul Arts Centre, Esplanade Singapore, Kumho Art Hall Seoul, and Manchester\u2019s Bridgewater Hall. \nMagdalena and Sam Armstrong will play:\nChopin Nocturne E flat major, Op. 9 nr 2, Andante, arr. Pablo de SarasateChopin Mazurka Op. 33 nr 2, arr. Fritz KreislerChopin \u017byczenie (The Wish), Op. 74 nr 1, lyr. Stefan WitwickiBritten Lullaby and Waltz from Suite Op. 6Chopin Ballade in G minor, Op. 23, arr. Eug\u00e8ne Ysa\u00ffeSchubert Sie mir gegr\u00fc\u00dft (Let me greet you), Op. 20 nr 1, ded. 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