Teaching Dates : August 10 - 14, 2026
Teaching Languages : English, German, French, Spanish, Polish
Andrzej
Pikul graduated from the piano class of Prof. Tadeusz Żmudziński at the Academy of Music in Kraków (1980). He continued his
studies I the master class of Prof. Paul Badura-Skoda at the Hochschule für
Musik in Vienna
(1981–1983). He also participated in many other master courses taught by
eminent pianists (including A. Jenner, V. Perlemuter, G. Agosti, T. Vasary).
He is a
laureate of the Polish Piano Festival in Słupsk (1981), the International Competition
Foundation Cziffrra in Senlis (1983), the European Broadcasting Competition in
Bratislava (1985).
He began his
international artistic career with a successful performance at the festival
Szene der Jugend in Salzburg
(1982). Since that time, he gave many performances in prestigious concert-halls
(such as the Brahms-Saal and the Beethoven-Saal in Vienna, the Wigmore Hall in
London, the Norsk Opera in Oslo, the Izumi Hall in Osaka, the National Theater
in Brasilia and African Forum Theater in Pretoria). He has already appeared in
almost all European countries, Australia, Brazil, China, Chile, Columbia, Israel,
Japan, USA, the New Zealand and Republic of South Africa.
He has participated
in numerous festivals, including the Polish Piano Festival, Vratislavia
Cantans, Bydgoszcz Music Festival, Music in Old Kraków, International Days of
Kraków Composers, Encuentro de Musica International de La Serena (Chile) Festival of
Music in Bucamaranga (Columbia), Leipziger Chopin Tage, Kosicka Hudobna Jar
(Slovakia), Sofia Music Weeks (Bulgaria), Sollertinski Festival in Vitebsk
(Belarus) and the International Music Festival in Kiev.
He has made
numerous recordings for Polish Radio and Television, Osterreichische Rundfunk
und Fernsehen, Radio Suisse Romande, and several CD albums (including Dux 0320:
K. Szymanowski: Symphonie concertante op. 60, A. Tansman: Suite for 2 pianos and orchestra
and Dux 0552/3 A. Ginastera The complete music for piano; Dux 0929 F. Liszt
Italy, Dux 0927/0928 F. Chopin Polonaises, Dux 2183: Schubertiade, Dux 2216 Alberto
Ginastera Piano Chamber Music. This recording got the excellent reviews in
Crescendo Magazine and Supersonic Pizzicato award (2025/2026). He has also performed premieres
of 20th and 21st century pieces. He has been the dedicatee of music
by many contemporary composers (including Krystyna Muszumańska-Nazar’s Apigram).
He has taught master courses for pianists in Australia, Chile, Israel, Japan,
Brazil, Germany, New Zealand, Portugal, Republic of South Africa and Spain, and
sat on juries of Polish and international music competitions (among others in
Andorra, Barcelona, Fushan, Hongkong, Jaen, Orbetello and Osaka).
He was a
visiting professor in Kobe College Japan (2002/2003) and at Johannes
Gutenberg University
in Mainz
(2011/2012).
He is
Professor of Piano at the Krzysztof Penderecki Academy of Music Kraków.
In
recognition of his artistic and teaching achievements, he has been honored with
the Gold Cross of Merit by the President of the Republic of Poland (2016), the
Bronze (2008) and Silver (2024) Gloria Artis Medals by the Minister of Culture
and National Heritage, the Excellence in Teaching Award (2007), and the Ars
Quaerendi Award of the Marshal of the Małopolska Voivodeship (2008). In 2022,
he received the Award of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage for
lifetime artistic achievements.
More details
can be found at his website: www.andrzejpikul.art.pl
