Hailed by The New York Times (2007) as “An excellent young Polish pianist,” Anna Kijanowska (key-en-OFF-ska) has distinguished herself internationally as a recitalist, chamber musician and concerto soloist. A devoted promoter of the music of Karol Szymanowski, her interpretation of his Mazurkas (DUX, 2005) has already gained substantial recognition and was recently named by Adrian Corleonis of Fanfare Magazine “as superior to any other interpretations that came before or after hers.” In addition, Mr. Muse of the Classik Reviews called Kijanowska's performance a “revelation,” while Mr. Leonard of All Music Guide noted: “Kijanowska's performances are amazingly virtuosic, astonishingly charismatic, astoundingly empathic and completely compelling.”

In addition to past engagements in the United States, Europe and the United Kingdom, other performances, both recent and in the near future, include solo recitals at the Carnegie and Merkin Hall in NYC, the National Gallery in Washington DC, the North-West University in South Africa,French Institute in Delhi, India, Polish Embassy in Tokio, an orchestral appearance in the Ukraine (Piano Concerto by Lutoslawski), and chamber music performances at the Hunter College in NYC, S.U.N.Y Fredonia and at the “Life-Music-Now” Center in Berlin. 

Ms. Kijanowska made her New York debut in 1998 with a live radio broadcast on WNYC. 

Since then she has performed at Carnegie Hall, the Manhattan School of Music, the Bronx Museum of the Arts in New York, the Kennedy Center, the Polish Embassy in Washington D.C., and the Kosciuszko Foundation. As a chamber musician, she has collaborated with such eminent performers as Charles Castleman, Diane Monroe, and James Van Demark. 

Ms. Kijanowska began her musical education in Poland at the age of seven, and gave her first recital at age eight. In 1992 she entered the Szymanowski Music Academy in Katowice, where she studied with Prof. Jozef Stompel. After receiving her Master of Music Degree in Piano Performance and Piano Pedagogy from the Music Academy in Wroclaw, she was awarded a scholarship to study with Dr. Madeleine Forte at Boise State University in the United States. 

She holds a Doctorate and a Master of Music in Piano Performance from the Manhattan School of Music in New York, where she studied with Byron Janis, Mykola Suk, Sara Davis Buechner and Marc Silverman.  Ms. Kijanowska is currently on the music faculty at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, VA, and she is a former faculty member of the Bronx Conservatory of Music, the Queens Music School in New York, Levine School of Music in Washington DC and the Las Vegas Music Festival in Nevada.