Biography

Mateusz Krzyżowski, a Polish pianist who won the 12th International Paderewski Piano Competition (2022), was born in Tychy, Poland, in 1999.

His numerous awards include:

• 1st Prize at the 49th National Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition (2018)
• 2nd Prize at the 1st Karol Szymanowski Music Competition (Katowice)
• 3rd Prize at the 1st Stanisław Moniuszko International Competition of Polish Music (Rzeszów)

He has performed at the Chopin Festivals in Nohant (France) and Duszniki-Zdrój (Poland), and the Słupsk Polish Piano Festival. He has also collaborated with orchestras in Poland, including the Lublin Philharmonic Orchestra, Sinfonia Iuventus Orchestra, Aukso Tychy Chamber Orchestra, and the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra in Katowice.

He gained recognition as a semi-finalist at the 18th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition (2021) and held concerts in Japan in June 2022.

In the semi-final of the Paderewski International Piano Competition, he performed works such as Brahms' Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Prokofiev's Piano Sonata No. 4, and Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 19. He also drew attention in the final for choosing a less frequently performed repertoire, Szymanowski's Symphonie Concertante No. 4.

As of December 2022