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Lowiczanie's Classical House Concert Benefit
Please join us at the SU Villa for an intimate and casual evening of live classical music and great people to benefit our Polish dance and cultural group, Lowiczanie (www.polishfolk.org).
Anyone and everyone is welcome to attend, so please tell friends! There is a $20 entrance fee to support the group and we will have some tea and wine available, but please BYOB as well to ensure there is enough :)
********NOTE: PLEASE PARK ON RUNNYMEDE AND NOT IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE OR YOU MAY BE TOWED! CARPOOLING IS HIGHLY ADVISED AS THERE IS LIMITED PARKING***********
The concert will be performed by the Polish classical pianist, Joanna Róewska. Her impressive bio is below and she will perform the following:
Bach
Beethoven
Chopin
Myaskovsky
Joanna Róewska's Biography:
Joanna Róewska is a Polish pianist, currently living in California. Her repertoire features Chopin alongside lesser known composers. Her great passion is discovering the folk music influences in the classical music.
Here is a great sample of Joanna at work:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtWaBMXBHn4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqSWzCzGvg4&feature=youtu.be
I would like to invite you to LIKE her FB page in order to be in the loop of her Bay Area concerts: facebook.com/rozewska
She has received awards in many international piano competitions, including:
1st prize ex aequo at the COOP Music Awards - Prize Antonio Bertolini in Milan (2014)
2nd prize at the International Chopin Piano Competition in Mariánské Lázn (2013)
Prizes at the International Piano Competition Münchner Klavierpodium der Jugend: Media-Prize, Audience-Prize, Award Virtuoso 2013, Award for the Fine piano tone, Prize for best rendition of a romantic piece, Vienna Young Pianists Prize, Prize for poetic interpretation (2013)
participation at the International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw (2010)
Grand Prix at the National Piano Festival Chopin of the Young (2009)
5th prize at the National Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw (2008)
1st prize at the Silesian Piano Competition in Zabrze (2005)
1st prize at the International Bach Piano Competition in Gorzów Wielkopolski (2004)
As a solo pianist she performed in USA, China, Switzerland, Sweden, France, Italy, Poland, Ukraine and Kazakhstan. She also gave special concerts in Chopins Museum in Warsaw for the President of Poland, the Queen of Norway, the Prince of Wales, and the Prime Minister of China.
Joanna Róewska has also worked with many outstanding professors such as: L. Fleisher, A. Gavrilov, O. Maisenberg, G. Ohlsson, M. Raekallio, J. Rouvier, J. Swann and M. Voskresensky.
She received scholarships from the Ministry of Culture and the National Children Fund. In 2012 she received the Young Poland scholarship for her CD recording.
Joanna Róewska holds an M.M from the F. Chopin University of Music in Warsaw and she is currently a postgraduate student at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.
If you have any questions please feel free to directly reach out to Basia Suroz via FB.
Looking forward to seeing you and your friends!
Best,
Basia and Gabriel
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333 Raymundo Drive
Woodside, CA 94602
United States
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