Gracjan Szymczak

He was born in 1986 in Wrocław. He graduated from the Karol Lipiński Academy of Music in Wrocław in the classes of: prof. Grzegorz Kurzyński (piano), prof. Lidia Grzanka-Urbaniak (cello) and prof. Marek Pijarowski (conducting), receiving a diploma with distinction in all three specializations. In 2012, he obtained a doctorate in musical arts, in the artistic discipline of instrumental performance.

He is a laureate of over 40 national and international piano competitions. He has received, among others: Special Prize 'For a pianist distinguished by musicality' at the XV International Chopin Competition in Warsaw (2005); Grand Prix at the XIII International Piano Competition M. Magin (Paris, France 2009) and the Third Prize at the International Chopin Competition (Canberra, Australia 2011).

He is also a participant and laureate of dozens of national music festivals. He is a multiple scholarship holder of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage, the Mayor of Wrocław and the Piotr Kler Foundation. He has made recordings for Polish Radio and TVP, and in his artistic achievements he has 6 CD albums. He is actively involved in concert activities - performing in many cities in Poland and in Germany, Scotland, Norway, the Czech Republic, Austria, France, Italy, Turkey, Sweden, China and Australia.

In 2012, he started working at his alma mater, where since 2015 he has been employed as an assistant professor.