Chopin / Ksiazek Krzysztof Ksiazek Plays Chopin Piano Works CD

Krzysztof Ksiazek, born in 1992 in Krakow, was a semi-finalist and recipient of two special prizes at the 17th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw. He began his musical education at the age of nine in the piano class of Grazyna Hesko-Kolodzinska at the Stanislaw Wiechowicz State Primary School of Music in Krakow. From 2005 to 2016 he studied with Professor Stefan Wojtas, first as a student of the Fryderyk Chopin State Secondary School of Music in Krakow, subsequently at the Academy of Music in Krakow and finally at the Feliks Nowowiejski Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz, from which he graduated in 2016. He has won numerous international awards, frequently doing so performing works by Chopin, as he presents on this release. Here, he presents Chopin's playful Mazurkas alongside a Scherzo, Prelude, Waltz, Fantasy, Nocturne, and Polonaise, giving a broad overview of the brilliant composer's oeuvre.

1. Mazurka in B-Flat Major, Op. 7, No. 1 2. Mazurka in a Minor, Op. 7, No. 2 3. Mazurka in F minor, Op. 7, No. 3 4. Mazurka in A-Flat Major, Op. 7, No. 4 5. Mazurka in G Major, Op. 50, No. 1 6. Mazurka in A-Flat Major, Op. 50, No. 2 7. Mazurka in C-Sharp minor, Op. 50, No. 3 8. Scherzo in B minor, Op. 20 9. Prelude in C-Sharp minor, Op. 45 10. Waltz in A-Flat Major, Op. 42 11. Fantasy in F minor, Op. 49 12. Nocturne in F-Sharp minor, Op. 48, No. 2 13. Polonaise in F-Sharp minor, Op. 44