
Tomasz
Kamieniak was born in Dobrodzień. He studied piano at the Karol
Szymanowski Music Academy in Katowice and at the Hochschule für Musik Franz
Liszt in Weimar piano. Tomasz has a wide ranging repertoire extending from
classical to contemporary music, with a particular interest in virtuoso
music of the 19th century, including Liszt, Alkan, and many lesser-known
composers. In 2003 he was awarded a special prize at the 4th International
Franz Liszt Piano Competition in Weimar, as the most talented participant
from Eastern Europe. In 2007 Tomasz won the Grand Prix of the 4th "Acte
Préalable" Competition in Warsaw for his project of recording the complete
piano works of Józef Wieniawski. He has performed throughout Poland, and
also in Germany (where his recitals in Bayreuth of Liszt’s Wagner
transcriptions gained exceptional reviews), Italy, Ukraine, Switzerland,
Slovakia and the Netherlands. His first London recitals are to be given in
April 2010. Tomasz Kamieniak also has a special interest in film music and
worked with students at the Faculty of Radio and Television at the
University of Silesia, Katowice. He also composed the music for several
short films. In 2006 he was artistic adviser to the summer music festivals
of Rybna / Poland. In 2008 he received a scholarship from the Marshal's
Office in Katowice for recording a new CD with his own compositions for
piano. Tomasz is a recipient of awards from the Wagner Foundation.
Tomasz is making his third appearance this year
at Levoča, where he has previously enthralled audiences with his accounts of
music by Liszt, Alkan, Thalberg, Wieniawski and others. In 2010 he gives a
solo recital linking the music of Chopin with Liszt and Godowsky, and a
Polish virtuoso of the generation following Chopin, Zarębski, but also
accompanies the talented young baritone Dionysios
Tsaousidis in a lieder recital which will include the premiere of
Tomasz’s own ‘Nostalgic Songs’,op. 43.
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