Weronika Chodakowska
Weronika Chodakowska commenced her piano education at the Fryderyk Chopin State Primary School of Music in Warsaw with Tatiana Ste?pniak, after which she went on to study at the Fryderyk Chopin State Combined Schools of Music in Warsaw. She has won a plethora of prizes at national and international piano competitions in Poland and abroad: e.g. in Zabrze (2009), Szczecin (2009), Kielce (2009), Warsaw (2012), Moritzburg (2013) and Ragusa (2018), most notable amongst her recent laurels being the third prize at the International Gloria Artis Online Piano Competition in Vienna in 2020 and an honourable mention at the First International Online Instrumental Performance Competition in Toronto in 2021.
She has appeared with recitals throughout Europe, and in 2008 she made her debut on the American continent performing a programme featuring compositions by Domenico Scarlatti, Fryderyk Chopin and Alexander Scriabin. She has appeared as a soloist with the accompaniment of the orchestra at the Oskar Kolberg Świętokrzyska Philharmonic in Kielce and at the Mieczysław Karłowicz Philharmonic in Szczecin. Apart from her concert schedule, she is actively involved in a variety of educational projects, including ?Chopinoteka. Listening Workshops?, ?Fryderyk?s Radio Courier or Musical Puzzles for Toddlers? and ?Music from Chopin?s Homeland?. In 2020, she made world premiere recordings of piano compositions by Stanisław Moniuszko for Polskie Radio Chopin.
PROGRAMME
First stage
? Karol Mikuli
Polonaise in A flat major, Op. 8 No. 2
? Fryderyk Chopin
Etude in A flat major, Op. 10 No. 10
? Karol Szymanowski
Twelve Etudes Op. 33
IV. Presto (delicamente)
V. Andante espressivo
VI. Vivace (agitato e marcato, vigoroso)
? Karol Mikuli
Mazurka in B minor, Op. 11
? Moritz Moszkowski
En automne, Op. 36 No. 4 from Huit morceaux caractéristiques
Second Stage
? Stanisław Moniuszko
Zamek na Czorsztynie. Souvenirs from the opera by Karol Kurpiński
? Ignacy Friedman
Huit préludes, Op. 80
I. Grave, marcato
II. Volante, con eleganza
III. Con sentimento, meno mosso
IV. Molto agitato, ma sempre con dolcezza
V. Molto tranquillo
VI. Allegro assai, fantastico
VII. Vivo, ma sempre con delicatezza
VIII. Passionato ed agitato
? Ignacy Jan Paderewski
Légende in A flat major, Op. 16 No. 1 from Miscellanea. Série de morceaux
? Ignacy Jan Paderewski
Cracovienne Fantastique in B major, Op. 14 No. 6 from Humoresques de concert
? Ignacy Jan Paderewski
Nocturne in B flat major, Op. 16 No. 4 from Miscellanea. Série de morceaux
Final
? Władysław Żeleński
Piano Concerto in E flat major, Op. 60
I. Allegro maestoso
II. Th?me varié (Andantino quasi allegretto)
III. Finale-rondo (Allegro ma non troppo con brio)