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Anna Kijanowska
Saturday, June 22, 2024Award winning CD with Roman Ryterband's Music available world-wide! Award winning CD (Global Music Award and Clouzine Music Award) with music by Roman Ryterband is available on spotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/7rPsH5HgiaNnzydBG9nTm9 and youtube : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5Fww8ttORbJ-LWV69YKVJg.
Thursday, June 20, 2024Grents Received!Anna has been awarded three grants this month, which will enable her to continue working on the Mazurkas21 project as well as pursue new international initiatives.

Friday, June 07, 2024Lecture about Roman Ryterband's music during the 9th PIASA World Congress in WarsawRoman Ryterband's Journey was the title and the subject of a lecture Anna has presented during the Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences 9th International World Congress in Warsaw, Poland.
Thursday, February 01, 2024Returning to ClazzInternational Music Festival this summer!Anna is returning to the ClazzInternational Music Festival this summer!
Wednesday, January 03, 2024Newly released recording CD DUX 1868- Polish Mazurkas is available on streaming services and in sthttps://www.empik.com/polish-mazurkas-kijanowska-anna,p1388914446,muzyka-p
Sunday, September 17, 2023World Premiers at the Klavierhaus International Piano Festival in Manhattan, Concert IIAnna has premiered five Mazurkas she has commissioned from the renown composers: Dawid Rakowski (USA) - Marukska; Milad Yousofi (Afganistan) and Piotr Mikołaj Górecki (Poland-USA) during the Klavierhaus International Piano Festival in Manhattan, New York.

Tuesday, September 12, 2023"Dancing Meditation" Solo Recital at the prestigious Lipscomb University in Nashville Solo Recital with World premier compositions by Thomas Bloch Bonhoff , Carolina Noguera Palau , Małgorzata Kaniowska, Anthony Ritchie
and Krzysztof Gawlas as well as Bach-Busoni, Piazzola and Avne Dorman.

Monday, September 11, 2023Solo Recital at the Blair School of Music/Delightful recital "Dancing Meditation"at the prestigious Blair School of Music/ Vanderbilt University with world premier by Kaniowska, Muniz, Woś, Fortmann as well as Bach, Piazziola i Dorman
Sunday, September 10, 2023World Premiers at the Klavierhaus International Piano Festival in Manhattan, Concert IAnna has premiered three Mazurkas she has commissioned from the renown composers: Avner Dorman (Israel-USA), Lyudmila German (Ukrain-USA) and Carolina Noguera Palau (Colombia), during the Klavierhaus International Piano Festival in Manhattan, New York.

Sunday, September 10, 2023US TOUR Coming UP!Anna will soon return to the United States to perform and teach in New York City and Nashville.

Saturday, April 15, 2023Lecture-Recital in Rio De Janeiro- VII International Meeting of Contemporary PianoWorld Premier during the VII International Meeting of Contemporary Piano: Mazurka for piano and Three Speakers by Wojtek Blecharz and performance of Three Mazurkas by Swiss composer, Thomas Fortmann.

Friday, February 18, 2022Return of the CLAZZ International Piano Festival in Italy!Anna will be performing and teaching in person at the CLAZZ International Piano Festival this summer along the concert master of the Berlin Philharmonic-Noah Bendix-Balgley and many others esteemed musicians. She will give a number of premiers this summer at the festival.
Friday, December 17, 2021Szymanowski's Mazurkas CD-(DUX417) wins SILVER MEDAL!Szymanowki's Mazurkas op. 50 and 62 released by DUX (417) wins the Silver Medal from the Music Stars AWARDS.
March 31, 2022New CD releases are coming up!Newly recorded CD with music of Roman Ryterband (1914-1979) will soon be released. Solo works, chamber music and a concerto for piano and chamber orchestra were recorded last year and will be published shortly by DUX in Poland.

Wednesday, December 15, 2021MusicAlive is back! I International Music and Piano and Piano Pedagogy Symposium in Cieszyn, PolandAnna is a founder and an artistic director of the 1st International Piano and Piano Pedagogy Symposium at the Music Institute of the Uniwersuty of silesia in Cieszyn.
Friday, May 21, 2021New article published by the Cambridge Scholars Publishing in England."The music of contrasts and tradition: from barbarism to spirituality in Górecki’s Piano Sonata No. 1, Op. 6 (1956, rev. 1984, 1990) and Recitatives and Ariosos ‘Lerchenmusik’ Op. 53 (1984-85) for piano, cello and clarinet" is th title of the new article published ny the Cambridge Scholars Publishing in England.
June 12, 2020Ist MusicAlive International Piano Competition OnlineAnna Kijanowska has become the artistic director and the founder of the 1st MusicAlive International Piano Competition Online. Don't miss the deadline! (June 30, 2020)
April 15, 2020Kijanowska's CD LUSH wins another award in California! Global Music Award for Outstanding Achievement for Cd Lush-Three Sonatas
April 15, 2020Anna joins Australian-based teaching company Aeyons.comLessons on line with Anna Kijanowska can be booked directly at https://online.aeyons.com/anna_kijanowska.
February 27, 2020 CD LUSH wins the BEST CLASSICAL ALBUM AWARD in Los Angeles, California!Kijanowska's CD Lush-Three Sonatas released by Romeo Records was awarded the BEST CLASSICAL ALBUM AWARD by The Akademia Music Awards in Los Angeles, CA.
Monday, December 16, 2019Artist in Residence at the School of Education, Polytechnic of Porto, Portugal A week-long residency at the Porto Polytechnic: Lectures and performances dedicated to history and evolution of contemporary Polish music.

Saturday, December 14, 2019Lecture-Recital during the 4th Contemporary Piano International Meeting Conference at the School of Lecture-recital dedicated to music of H.M. Górecki.
Thursday, December 12, 2019Master Class for the Academia de Música de Almada, Lisbon, Portugal

Wednesday, December 11, 2019Piano Masterclass at the School of Music, University of Evora, Portugal

Tuesday, December 10, 2019Lecture-Recital at the International Conference at Evora University, PortugalLecture-Recital presentation on the subject of H.M. Górecki's music during the International Conference, Matter and Transcendence: Spirituality in Music and Fine Arts of the 20th and 21st Centuries .

Thursday, November 14, 2019Masterclass at the Blair School of Music, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tn, USA

Friday, November 08, 2019Masterclass at the Lipscomb University, Nashville, TN, USA

Thursday, November 07, 2019Masterclass at the Blair School of Music, Nashville, TN, USA

Thursday, November 07, 2019Solo Recital at the Faculty and Friends Seres at the Libscomb University, Music by Roman Ryterband, Aver Dorman, Łukasz Woś, Lyudmila German
Wednesday, November 06, 2019Solo Piano Recital @ Blair School of Music/Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN Music by Roman Ryterband, Aver Dorman, Łukasz Woś, Lyudmila German
Tuesday, November 05, 2019Solo and Chamber Music Recital in the heart of New York City/Kościuszko Foundation-"Searching for "Searching for light" recital celebrating the artistic legacy of Polish-Jewish composer Roman Ryterband. The recital features performances of guest artists: Bulgarian lyric soprano Adriana Velinova and music awards recipient Wanda Glowacka, cello. The program includes premier of music by Lyudmila German, as well as works by Maurice Ravel and Avner Dorman.
Friday, October 04, 2019Appearance at the 24th H.M. Górecki's Polish Composers Festival in Bielsko-Biała Anna has performed Piano Fantasy written for her in 2019 and based on Hunted Manor Opera by Moniuszko by Łukasz Woś and songs by Maniuszko with soprano, Joanna Korpiela-Jatkowska
Friday, July 26, 2019Mostly Polish Music Festival at the Mahidol UniversityThe program Mostly Polish Music Festival features works by lesser known polish composers: Roman Ryterband , Łukasz Woś and a female composer -Grażyna Bacewicz as well as piano sonata by a well-established contemporary Izraeli composer Avner Dorman.Majority of the music on this program has never been performed in Asia and the program includes also a world premier piece by Łukasz Woś titled April 2010. Anna Kijanowska will be joined by the Mahidol faculty: Marcin Szawelki on cello and Grzegorz Grzeszczyk on bass clarinet.
Wednesday, July 24, 2019Masterclass at the Mahidol University, College of Music, Salaya Campus

Sunday, July 21, 2019Masterclass for Chopin Bangkok Society, Bangkok, ThailandAnna shared her love for teaching and Chopin's music with enthusiastic students and audience of Chopin Bangkok Society.
Saturday, May 18, 2019Recital at the Sułkowski's Castle in Bielsko-Biała, PolandProgram: Łukasz Woś -Concert Fantasy for solo piano based on the opera The Haunted Manor by Moniuszko (world premiere) 2018

February 15, 2019Solo Recital at the prestigious St. Martin-in the-fields in London to celebrate Moniuszko and BacewProgram: Łukasz Woś -Concert Fantasy for solo piano based on the opera The Haunted Manor by Moniuszko (world premiere) 2018
Grażyna Bacewicz-Piano Sonata no. 2 (1953); Avner Dorman -Sonata no.3-Dance Suite (2005)

Monday, February 04, 2019Residency at the College of Music/Mahidol University in Bangkok, Thailand is planned for July, 2019Kijanowska will be presented in solo and chamber music concerts as well as she will lead masterclasses and lectures.
Saturday, January 19, 2019Dr. Kijanowska to becomes the first President of the World Piano Teachers Association-POLAND.
Tuesday, January 15, 2019Dr. Kijanowska is in charge of organizing the 2nd International Conference- at the Institute of MusiCall for Papers: 2nd International Conference- NEW VOICES IN MUSIC AND FINE ARTS: In the Search of Mysticism-New Aspects of Spirituality in Music and Fine Arts of the 20th and 21st Century.
Tuesday, January 01, 2019NAWA Grant ReceivedDr. Anna Kijanowska has become the coordinator of the Polish team (with Dean, Prof. Małgorzata Łuszczak and Deputy Dean Dr. hab. Małgorzata Kaniowska from the Departments of Arts/Silesian University) and has received a grant from the NAWA (in cooperation with the Departments of the Arts at the Evora University in Portugal )
Monday, December 03, 2018Anna will perform a Solo Recital "Spiritual Journey" as a guest artist of the The III InternationalShe will premier two works: Bagatelle by Woś and Melting Crystals by Gawlas in addition to works by lei Liang, Avner Dorman and Wiesław Cienciała
Sunday, September 09, 2018Anna is performing @ Yale University , Sudler Hall, September 9th and 16th at 2 PMLooking forward to returning to Yale for the International Piano Festival In Memory of Allen Forte, September 9th and 16th at 2 PM. I will be giving a number of premiers by Octavio Vazquez, Łukasz Woś, John Muniz and Avner Dorman.
Monday, July 09, 2018Summer at the Clazz International Music Festival in Arcidosso, Italy from July 12-24!Busy summer with new music and a great number of new works- world premiers by Łukasz Woś, Octavio Vazquez, Lyudimila German, Louis Pelosi in the lecture-recital " New Music doesn't bite" as well as a number of solo and chamber music appearances at the Clazz International Music Festival.
March 1, 2018New CD Lush and New Book on Szymanowski Available worldwide!My new CD Lush: Three piano Sonatas by Liszt, Woś and Bacewicz on the prestigious Romeo Records label is now available worldwide. To download or purchase online:

On Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/album/0Mspv9dUb44raFYFhcIK9P

On Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/Lush-Liszt-Bacewicz-Anna-Kijanowska/dp/B07C9JGPY1

My book on Karol Szymanowski's Mazurkas was just published by the University of Silesia Press and is available for purchase at: http://wydawnictwo.us.edu.pl/node/17323?language=en

January 12, 2014China Tour 2014

Anna will tour China from March 3-17 where she will perform several solo recitals, give master classes and perform Rhapsody in Blue by Gershwin with the Hubei Orchestra under Xun Sun. The solo recitals will be presented by the Wu Promotion Management and sponsored by the Jiuzhaigou Natural Wine Industry Co., Ltd.

http://www.jiuzhaihong.cn/web/


September 20, 20122012-2013 Concert Season

During the 2012-2013 concert season Anna will celebrate a Szymanowski year (in honor of the 130th anniversary of his birth and the 75th anniversary of his death), as well as the centennial of Witold Lutosławski's birth with solo recitals, chamber music and concerti performances in Europe, Asia, North America and Australia. She is particularly looking forward to her debut performances in Mongolia and Vietnam, and excited about returning to Singapore, China, the Philippines, Indonesia and Australia. Highlights of her 2012-2013 performance calendar include appearances at St. Martin-in-the-Fields in London, recitals at Yale and Richmond Universities, the Kosciuszko Foundation, the Polish Consulate in New York, and performances at festivals in Poland, Germany and Australia. (PolArtFestival in Perth)

Anna's forthcoming concerti performances include Lutosławski's piano concerto, Bartok's Piano Concerto No. 3 and Stravinsky's Concerto for Piano and Winds. She will also appear with violinist Sharon Roffman for a number of engagements on the east coast of the USA, performing music by Szymanowski, Lutosławski, Górecki and Franck.

Once again residing on the east coast, Anna is a member of the piano faculty at the College of William and Mary, as well as the faculty of Richmond University during the Spring 2012 semester.

2011 was a busy year, featuring a three-month long tour across Asia, Australia and New Zealand. The opening recitals in Jakarta and Singapore were devoted to the music of Liszt, the 2011 Rome Prize Winner Lei Liang, Chopin and Bacewicz. "Liszt and Chopin on the Lake" at the Singaporian Botanical Gardens was especially memorable thanks to the sizeable audience of over 2000 people and the climate - Anna had to put her Bikram Yoga experience to work while playing Liszt's Sonata in B Minor in weather with 90% humidity! It was quite a memorable performance. After Singapore, she moved on to New Zealand, giving a number of concerts in Auckland, Wellington, Dunedin, Hamilton and Christchurch. While there, she collaborated with soprano Olga Gryniewicz and flutist Adriana Lis on the premiere of "Polish Dances" by New Zealander Anthony Richie. Continuing on to Australia, Anna presented a recital in Sydney and Melbourne entitled "Drive Blues," dedicated to contemporary music from around the world.

During 2011, Anna taught Master Classes at the Jakarta Conservatory, LaSalle College of the Arts, New Zealand School of Music, Victoria University of Wellington, University of Waikato, University of Otago in New Zealand and St. Thomas University in Manila. She was also invited to present a lecture-recital during the 5th Singapore Piano Pedagogy Symposium at the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music, National University of Singapore.


2010Highlights

Anna was featured in the "Chopin on the Rocks" concert with "one of the greatest revelations of polish jazz", Leszek Możdżer and Alizma.

October 2nd at the Springs Preserve, Las Vegas.

Anna was celebrating Fryderyk Chopin's 200th Birthday Year with musical appearances in many parts of the world. In June she was featured as soloist in two performances of Chopin’s Concerto No. 1 with the Sinfônica do Paraná in Curitiba, Brazil. She also taught a number of master classes in several venues: the Escola de Música e Belas Artes do Paraná, the Queensland Conservatorium in Brisbane, Australia, the Australian National University in Canberra and the Music Conservatory in Hobart, Tasmania, among others. She appeared in a number of live broadcasts on radio and television, not only in Brazil and Australia but in New Zealand as well. In addition, Anna gave over a dozen solo recitals in Curitiba, Brasilia,Chirstchurch, Te Anau, Brisbane, Canberra, Sydney and Hobart throughout June, July and August.

Anna opened the 2010 season with a joint recital featuring acclaimed violinist Ayano Ninomiya, at the Polish Consulate in New York City. The program celebrates Grazyna Bacewicz's music, in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of her birth in 2009. The same concert was presented at UNLV in Las Vegas on February 18th, in Doc Rando Hall.

On March 21, Anna collaborated with another esteemed musician, pianist Blair McMillen of Da Capo Players. This program included the famous Fantasty in f minor for Four Hands by Schubert, as well as a piece by contemporary composer Fredrick Kaufman titled, "Yin and Yang: A Dialogue for Two Grand Pianos." The concert will take place at UNLV. Later in the summer, Anna presented a solo recital of contemporary music (compositions by Lei Liang, Fredrick Kaufman, Virko Baley, and Jason Thorpe Buchanan) at the La Salle Music Academy in Singapore.

Anna celebrated the Chopin Year with solo recitals, lectures and master classes all over the world including the USA and Europe. She gave lectures and master classes at Bard College in NY and for the Music Teachers National Association in Las Vegas, Newport News and Maryland. She was also invited to serve as a juror for the Chopin Competition in Jakarta, Indonesia.


2008Highlights

Anna has been appointed a visiting professor at the UNLV in Las Vegas.

In October she celebrated the birthdays of two prominent living composers: Henryk Mikolaj Gorecki and Virko Baley. She performed Gorecki’s piano concerto at the Polish Composers Festival in Bielsko-Biala, Poland and Baley’s Klytemnestra at UNLV in Las Vegas.

Anna will returned to Harvard University on October 25, to present an evening of music by Karol Szymanowski. There were performances, talks and a documentary movie by Dagnara Drzazga. The same program was once again held in the Polish Consulate in NYC, on October 28.

On November 19th Anna celebrated 90 years of Polish Independence at the Corcoran Museum in Washington DC featuring the music of Chopin, Paderewski, Bacewicz and Szymanowski.

Anna also appeared on the Ewell Concert Series at the College of William and Mary with the esteemed violinist, Charles Castleman on November 15th.

News from Asia:

Anna spent most of the summer of 2008 in Thailand, where she taught, performed and scuba-dived. She appeared on Thai TV and gave master-classes for the Bangkok Chopin Society. She also visited Angkor Watt in Cambodia and was moved by the beauty of the Kingdom and the unspoiled land.

In January Anna presented master-classes and recitals in Hong-Kong (Baptist University) and Singapore (Nanwang Academy of Fine Arts).

Anna was invited to present a solo recital at the prestigious National Gallery series in Washington, D.C. on June 8.

The same program was presented at the College of William and Mary (April 27th), Forte’s Salon in New Haven (May 1) and the Polish Society at Harvard University (May 2.)

Press Coverage of the Events:

HamptonRoads.com

The DoG Street Journal

Anna was also invited to perform for the LIKHA'T DIWA Foundation in Las Vegas on May 17. The proceeds will benefit music students in the USA and Philippines.

Anna was named “one of the world’s greatest pianists” by the Indian PRWire, after an eclectic collaborative performance entitled “East meets West,” with Chakrapani Singh on the geet’ar and Vinod Pathak on the tabla. The performance and the master class took place at Alliance Francaise in New Delhi, India in January, and it was reviewed by the Times of India.

On the same trip Anna visited Nepal and the Himalayas, and she successfully reached the Mt. Everest Base Camp.


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The Polish-American pianist Anna Kijanowska (key-en-OFF-ska) has established herself as a multi faceted musician, smoothly transitioning among her roles as a performing and recording artist, pedagogue, coach, and advocate of contemporary classical music around the world. She has performed, taught and collaborated in North and South America, Asia, Europe, New Zealand, Africa and Australia.

Hailed by The New York Times (2007) as "an excellent young Polish pianist," and by Brazilian critics as “the Tina Turner of classical music” (2010), Kijanowska’s concert performances represent the stunning diversity of today’s globalized classical music scene; she is equally at home performing in Carnegie Hall as the steppes of Mongolia. Her New York debut took place in 1997 with a live broadcast over WQXR, and she has to date appeared in Carnegie Hall, Merkin Hall (NYC), and the Kennedy Center and National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C, as well as in underserved venues such as the Amazon basin in Brazil, the Himalayas in Nepal, and Mongolia.

Kijanowska’s recording of The Complete Mazurkas by Szymanowski (Dux 417) was recently praised by Adrian Corleonis of Fanfare Magazine "as superior to any other interpretations that came before or after her" and received favorable reviews on both sides of the Atlantic from the New York Times and BBC Magazine. Mr. Leonard of All Music Guide wrote, "Kijanowska's performances are amazingly virtuosic, astonishingly charismatic, astoundingly empathic and completely compelling," while Mr. Muse of the Classik Reviews called her performance a “revelation.”

As a concerto soloist, recitalist and chamber musician, she has appeared in major festivals in Europe, including the Kiev Festival and the Polish Composers Festival under the patronage of Henryk Mikolaj Górecki, as well as at the Quartet Program at Bucknell University and SUNY Fredonia in New York. She has collaborated on these projects with several other renowned musicians, including violinists Charles Castleman, Sharon Roffman, and Ayano Ninomiya of Ying Quartet, pianist Blair McMillen of the Da Capo Chamber Players, and jazz pianist Leszek Możdżer. She has also been heard on WQXR in NYC, WNYC in New York, Chicago Radio, Radio New Zealand, SBS National Public Broadcasting in Australia, and has performed for television audiences in Poland, Ukraine, Brazil, Australia, New Zealand and Thailand.

Kijanowska is particularly passionate about presenting Polish music to the world. She has been frequently invited as a visiting artist at Polish Embassies and Consulates around the world. She is also widely known as a promoter and elaborator of contemporary music. She has been involved in a number of international premiers and she works with living composers on a regular basis. Kijanowska’s repertoire spans from the 16th to the 21st century, and includes rarely-performed gems of Polish repertoire, such as the Piano Concerto by Lutosławski, as well as major works by Chopin and Górecki.

As an internationally recognized music educator, Kijanowska has been invited to present master classes, recitals and lectures at leading universities and conservatories around the world, including the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music at the National University of Singapore, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts and LaSalle College of Arts in Singapore, Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts in Germany, the Sydney Konservatorium, the Chinese Conservatory in Beijing and the Xinghai Conservatory of Music in Guangzhou, China, New Zealand School of Music at the Victoria University of Wellington, in New Zealand, Australian National University in Canberra, Yayasan Pendidikan Musik Conservatory in Jakarta, Indonesia, North-West University in South Africa, the Conservatory in Lima, Peru, St. Thomas University in the Philippines, the Universities of Arizona, Utah, Nevada, Virginia and California, Bard College in New York, and Harvard University in Cambridge, among others.

She has also been invited as an adjudicator for a number of competitions worldwide, including the Yamaha Piano Competition, in Guangzhou, China, the Chopin piano competitions in Indonesia and Singapore as well as the MTNA and the Washington International Competition in the USA.

A winner of several national and international competitions herself, Kijanowska has received grants from the Kosciuszko Foundation, Jewish Foundation for Education of Women, the Madeleine Forte Foundation, the Manhattan School of Music in New York City and the Batory Foundation in Poland.

As a producer, Kijanowska focuses on promoting Polish and contemporary music with projects including a Szymanowski concert at Merkin Hall in New York City in 2007, which attracted the attention of esteemed pianist Krystian Zimerman. She has also presented innovative recital projects incorporating contemporary music with traditional repertoire (From Liszt to Liang, 2011) or fusion of musical styles (jazz with pianist Leszek Możdżer and Harris Simon) to audiences around the world. Kijanowska’s interest in the synthesis of arts and media has resulted in several projects combining music, visual arts, dance,poetry and photography.

Ms. Kijanowska began her musical education in Bielsko-Biała, Poland and she attended the Szymanowski Music Academy in Katowice, under the tutelage of Prof. Józef Stompel. After receiving her Master of Music Degree in Piano Performance and Pedagogy from the Music Academy in Wrocław, she was awarded a scholarship to study with Dr. Madeleine Forte (pupil of Alfred Cortot, Rosina Lhevinne and Wilhelm Kempff) 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 (pupil of Vladimir Horowitz and Rosina Lhevinne), Mykola Suk (pupil of Lev Vlasenko), Sara Davis Buechner (pupil of Rudolf Firkušný and Mieczysław Munz) and Marc Silverman.

Ms. Kijanowska is currently a faculty member at the Music Institute in the Fine Arts Department of the University of Silesia in Cieszyn, Poland. She is a former faculty member of the College of William and Mary and University of Richmond in Virginia, the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, the University of Nevada in Las Vegas, The Castleman Quartet Program, the Levine School of Music, and the Washington International Piano Festival in Washington D.C.


Kijanowska’ s diverse interests in music and the arts parallel her love for nature and adventure.She is equally comfortable hiking in the Himalayas at 5000 meters, or 25 meters below sea level diving with sharks. An avid hiker, she has reached the Everest Base Camp, completed the Annapurna , Kanchanjunga and Langtang treck in Nepal, and hiked the Huayhuash Circut in the Peruvian Andes. She also enjoys horseback riding, yoga, running, biking and kayaking.

Reviews

An excellent young Polish pianist
Bernard HollandThe New York Times
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Kijanowska's performances are a revelationPhil MuseClassik Reviews
Kijanowska is a pianist I look forward to hearing again—and again.
Adrian CorleonisFanfare Magazine
Kijanowska's performances are amazingly virtuosic, astonishingly charismatic, astoundingly empathic, and completely compelling.James LeonardAll Music Guide
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Kijanowska can play with notable vitality or with abundant subtlety and nuance, or anything between.Stereophile
...Astonishing capabilities and professionalism of a true artistCarolyn PhilpottMercury, Australia
Anna Kijanowska is a beautiful pianist, superb teacher, and a lovely human being.
I found her to possess a highly imaginative and intuitive musical mind.Byron Janis
Ms. Kijanowska is an exceptional artistCharles Castlemanviolinist
Anna is a superb pianist. She is a pianist of exceptional ability, virtuosic mastery and musical sophistication.
Sara Davis Buechnerpianist
One of the world’s greatest pianistsIndianPRwire, New Delhi, India
Anna Kijanowska at St Martin's-in-the-Fields , LondonKumi & Lionel Smith-GordonBreinton Recital Society, London
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Two Excellent Pianists - Hamelin & KijanowskaArthur LeaonartLeonard Link, New York
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More CD ReviewsVarious
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"From Mazurkas to Techno" (...) an extraordinary program, delivered from start to finish with brilliance, sensitivity, and a wonderful sense of elan.John MooreThe College of William and Mary
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Press

Piano recital to pay homage to composer Karol SzymanowskiYale University
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Pianist returns to W&M after world tourErin ZagurskyThe College of William and Mary
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KIJANOWSKA CELEBRATES SZYMANOWSKIPolish Music Center, University of California
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‘Tina Turner’ Of Classical Music In ChristchurchScoop Media, Christchurch, New Zealand
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Kijanowska prepares for New York debutErin ZagurskyThe College of William and Mary
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Ode To Joy Brings Christchurch Rebuild HopePR.CO.NZ, New Zealand
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Anna Kijanowska in Recital: Drive Blues. Avant Garde Music by Polish and International ComposersSydney, Puls Polonii
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Homage to Karol SzymanowskiRichard PorebskiPolish American Journal
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Contact Ms. Kijanowska

info@annakijanowska.com
Karol Szymanowski
Mazurka Op. 50 No. 16
Allegramente. Vigoroso
from DUX, Szymanowski: Mazurkas, Opp. 50 & 62
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Karol Szymanowski
Mazurka Op. 50 No. 5
Moderato
Anna Kijanowska
from Szymanowski: Mazurkas, Opp. 50 & 62
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Grazyna Bacewicz
Partita for Violin & Piano
from Live Recording
Ayano Ninomiya (Ying Quartet), violin
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Witold Lutoslawski
Partita for Piano and Violin
Anna Kijanowska, piano
from Live Recording
April 1, 2012
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Karol Szymanowski
Mazurka Op. 50 No. 10
Allegramente. Vivace. Con brio
Anna Kijanowska
from DUX, Szymanowski: Mazurkas, Opp. 50 & 62
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Karol Szymanowski
Mazurka Op. 62 No. 1
Allegretto grazioso
Anna Kijanowska
from DUX ,Szymanowski: Mazurkas, Opp. 50 & 62
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Karol Szymanowski
Mazurka Op. 50 No. 15
Allegretto dolce
Anna Kijanowska
from DUX, Szymanowski: Mazurkas, Opp. 50 & 62
AMAZONLISTEN

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NEWS:
Anna Kijanowska has become the artistic director and the founder of the 1st MusicAlive International Piano Competition Online. Don't miss the deadline! INFO: http://www.wpta.info/poland/ipc/

Anna joins Australian-based teaching company Aeyons.com. To book a session please visit: https://online.aeyons.com/anna_kijanowska

Dr. Kijanowska named the first President of the World Piano Teachers Association -Poland. (http://www.wpta.info)January, 2019. The WPTA-Poland presidency has been extended to January 2021.

International Masterclasses at the University of Silesia, Cieszyn June 4-8, 2019!
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Dr. Kijanowska become an artistic and executive director of the II International Conference-New Voices in Music, June 6-7, 2019 at the University of Silesia in Cieszyn. (https://wordpress.com/post/newvoicesinmusicconference.wordpress.com/27)

Dr. Kijanowska has been invited as a jury member to the 2nd Nashvile International Piano Competition and the 64th Kosciuszko Foundation CHOPIN Competition in New York.

A student of Dr. Kijanowska, William Hume, has been named a prize winner of the 2013 American Protege International Piano Competition in New York City as well as several other competitions . He has apeared as a soloist with orchestras and have performed at Carnegie Hall twice this year and has apeared on From The Top. He was also chosen to perform for master classes by John O'Conor and Paul Badura-Skoda in March 2013.

Dr. Kijanowska has been awarded a Diploma of Recognition by American Protege International Piano Competition for her educational achievements.


Teaching Biography.
Dr. Anna Kijanowska is a passionate pedagogue and educator. She is sought after as a teacher, adjudicator, lecturer and performer. She has presented master classes, recitals and lectures at leading universities and conservatories around the world, including the Central Conservatory and Chinese Conservatory in Beijing, China; Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music at the National University of Singapore; Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts and LaSalle College of Arts in Singapore; Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts in Germany; the Sydney Konservatorium; the Xinghai Conservatory of Music in Guangzhou, China; the New Zealand School of Music at Victoria University of Wellington; Australian National University in Canberra; Yayasan Pendidikan Musik Conservatory in Jakarta, Indonesia; North-West University in South Africa; the Conservatory in Lima, Peru; St. Thomas University in the Philippines; the Universities of Arizona, Utah, Nevada, Virginia and California; Bard College in New York; Yale University and Harvard University, among others.
She has been invited to present papers at international conferences, including the 5th and 6th Contemporary Piano Meetings in Portugal and Brazil (2021,2023) , 4th World Piano Conference in Novi Sad in 2012, and the 5th Singapore International Pedagogy Symposium in 2011. As an adjudicator, she was invited to join a number of national and international competitions, including the Washington International Competition and the Catholic University Concerto Competition in Washington, DC; the MTNA Competitions; the International Chopin Competition in Singapore; and the Yamaha Piano Competition in Guangzhou, China.
Dr. Kijanowska’s students have won numerous competitions, appeared on radio and TV, and performed with orchestras worldwide.
She earned a Master of Arts in Pedagogy from the Music Academy in Wroclaw (Poland), as well as a Doctorate and a Master of Music in Piano Performance from the Manhattan School of Music in New York, where she studied with the legendary pianist Byron Janis (pupil of Vladimir Horowitz and Rosina Lhevinne), Sara Davis Buechner (pupil of Rudolf Firkušný and Mieczysław Munz), and Mykola Suk (pupil of Lev Vlasenko). She has also studied with Dr. Madeleine Forte (pupil of Alfred Cortot, Rosina Lhevinne and Wilhelm Kempff) at Boise State University in Idaho.
Dr. Kijanowska is currently assistant professor at the University of Silesia in Poland and is a former faculty member of the College of William and Mary, Interharmony Festival in Italy and Germany, International Academy of Music (Italy), University of Richmond in Virginia, the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, the University of Nevada in Las Vegas, The Castleman Quartet Program, the Levine School of Music, and the Washington International Piano Festival in Washington D.C.

Teaching Philosophy:

“I strive to make each student a better musician and performer, and a more sensitive pianist. I share with students my love for music.”

“I do not produce copies of myself, and I do not force my students to repeat my interpretation, but rather I encourage them to work on developing their own interpretation and musical personality.”

“I never give up on a student, and always strive for reaching their highest, individual potential.”

“Each of my students is an individual with a unique personality that requires attention and focus specific to their needs. Accordingly, I tailor my teaching style to compliment the student’s learning style. I strongly believe that every student is capable of learning and meeting their goals, and my motto for all of them is one that I learned from my own teacher, Byron Janis: ‘Everything is possible!’.”
ANNA KIJANOWSKA


“Dr. Kijanowska is great because she guides us, but doesn’t hold our hands. She also has very high expectations”

“ Prof. Kijanowska is an amazing teacher and performer. She definitely knows how to bring out the strengths of her students and strengthen their weaknesses in order to make them more confident in their playing. I really enjoy her great style of teaching. She is a great professor!”

“This professor always pushes me to the limits of my learning and performing abilities”

“Dr. Kijanowska is demanding and exacting and expects every student to perform to the best
of their abilities.”

“Anna Kijanowska is simply a fantastic piano teacher. Kijanowska possesses a deep knowledge of the finesses of both earlier and newer music. She has a rare familiarity and comfort with new music. Her abilities as a pianist and teacher are first-rate and I would recommend her for any serious piano student.”

Students

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Roman Ryterband-Three Preludes: I. Andante, con grande espressio
DUX 1721 The Journey - Roman Ryterband -Three Preludes: I. Andante, con grande espressione
Szymanowski Mazurkas Ops. 50 & 62

Twenty Mazurkas, Op. 50

Two Mazurkas, Op. 62

Chopin Mazurka in A Minor op. 17 no. 4

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Lei Liang, My Windows, 4 " Pausing, awaiting the wind to rise"

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Concerto

Lutoslawski Piano Concerto, mvt. 4 (excerpt)

Anna Kijanowska, Piano

Chernigov Orchestra, Ukraine

International Festival in Chernigov, Ukraine

April 2007

Lutoslawski Piano Concerto, mvt. 3 (excerpt)

Anna Kijanowska, Piano

Chernigov Orchestra, Ukraine

International Festival in Chernigov, Ukraine

April 2007

Bartok Piano Concerto no. 3 (exerpts)

William and Mary Symphony Orchestra

Chamber Music

Roman-Ryteband -Triptyque contemporain: I. Adagio appassionato
Triptyque contemporain: I. Adagio appassionato · Anna Kijanowska · Ari Evan
Roman Ryterband-Trois ballades hébraïques: I. La Reveur
Trois ballades hébraïques: I. La Reveur · Anna Kijanowska · Ania Filochowska Roman Ryterband-Trois ballades hébraïques: I. La Reveur

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Roman Ryterband-Three Preludes: I. Andante, con grande espressio
DUX 1721 The Journey - Roman Ryterband -Three Preludes: I. Andante, con grande espressione
Szymanowski Mazurkas Ops. 50 & 62

Twenty Mazurkas, Op. 50

Two Mazurkas, Op. 62

Chopin Mazurka in A Minor op. 17 no. 4

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Lei Liang, My Windows, 4 " Pausing, awaiting the wind to rise"

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Other Videos

Piano Sonata - Łukasz Woś
Provided to YouTube by The Orchard Enterprises Piano Sonata · Anna Kijanowska · Lukasz Wos LUSH - Liszt, Bacewicz, Wos ℗ 2018 Romeo Records Released on: 2018...
Piano Sonata No. 2 - Largo - Grażyna Bacewicz
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Piano Sonata in B minor, S. 178 - Franc Liszt
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Esti Rofe and Krzysztof Kaczka, Flutes with Anna Kijaniowska pla
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Piano Sonata No. 2 - I. Maestoso -Grażyna Bacewicz
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