Szymon Kowalski started playing the piano at the age of five. He has won numerous musical awards dedicated to Fryderyk Chopin, Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Karol Szymanowski, Artur Rubinstein.

Alumnus from the Karol Szymanowski Music Academy in Katowice, Poland.

He took part at the numerous master piano courses given by such eminent pedagogues as Ryszard Bakst, Paweł Checinski, Andrzej Jasinski, Wiktor Mierzanow, Jozef Stompel, Tatiana Szebanowa.

He has developed his piano and musical talent actively by cooperating with outstanding artists. He has given a numerous concerts in the whole Europe and performed at the many international music festivals.

For years he is actively involved in propagating and popularising classical piano music among children and youth. He has given a series of piano workshops and educational concerts. Initiator and editor of the radio programme called “ABC of Piano Music”.

Large concerto repertoire includes pieces from Baroque and Classicism through Romanticism and Impressionism to Contemporaneity.

“Perfect piano technique, sense of music and excellent ability to build the climate
of a concerto (...)”.

Lidia Gałęziowska

“One of the most promising performing pianists of the young generation”.

Magazine “Topowy ALTUS”

“The pianist Szymon Kowalski is a young, talented artist with a rich personality,
broad interests and exceptional sensitivity to sound quality (...)”.

Adam Radosz

“All the pianist’s concertos were very popular with the listeners (...)”.

Marcin Jałowiecki

“The pianist’s performance was very much appreciated by the large audience”.

Monika Leraczyk