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Swigut Aleksandra

Aleksandra Swigut born in Nowy Sacz, began her musical education at the age of six under the guidance of Teresa Orchel. From 2006 she entrusted her musical development to Mariola Cieniawa-Puchala.


Currently she is a graduate in the piano class of professor Piotr Paleczny at the Karol Szymanowski Complex of State Music Schools in Warsaw. Aleksandra is a winner of numerous awards in international and national piano festivals and competitions. Among the most important are: 1st Prize and two special awards in the 5th National Piano Competition EPTA (Krakow, 2006), 1st prize in the International Piano Course “Morningside Music Bridge” in the category “Best Concert with Orchestra” and 3rd prize in the category “Chamber Music” (Calgary, 2007), 3rd prize in the National Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition, 2nd prize and two special prizes (EMCY Prize, Bärenreiter Urtext Prize) in the International Competition for Young Pianists in Ettlingen (Germany, 2010), 2nd prize and a special prize in the International Piano Competition in Enshede (Netherlands, 2010).
In the years 2006-2009 she actively participated in Piano Master Courses at the International Chopin Festivals in Duszniki Zdrój. Alexandra has given concerts in many Polish towns, in Germany, Ukraine and Canada. She performed at numerous international festivals like the 64th International Chopin Festival in Duszniki Zdrój, 11th Ludwig van Beethoven Easter Festival in the Auditorium Maximum of Jagiellonian University in Krakow, at the PREMIA Festival in Lódz Philharmonic and at the inauguration of Chopin’s Year at the Musical Academy in Katowice.
Since 2003 she is covered by a program of assistance for exceptionally gifted youth run by the National Fund for Children. She received scholarships of the Ministry of Culture and of the Malopolska Scholarship Foundation “Sapere Auso”. In 2010 she also received the Franciszek Wybranczyk Artistic Scholarship with an invitation to play as soloist with the Sinfonia Varsovia Orchestra.
She performed as soloist with the Lódz Philharmonic, The Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic Orchestra, Fryderyk Chopin Musical University Symphonic Orchestra, AUKSO Chamber Orchestra, Beethoven Academy Orchestra, under the baton of such excellent conductors as L. Borowicz, M. Dworzynski, M. Mos, M. Niesiolowski, W. Rodek, T. Wojciechowski, M. Wolinska. She also gives concerts in a chamber duo with her sister, violinist.
Aleksandra Swigut is represented by Ludwig van Beethoven Association.

 


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    Aleksandra Swigut