BIO

Marek Ruszczynski a Polish born pianist, has given recitals across Europe in concert halls including the Wigmore Hall, Barbican, Berlin Philharmonie and Teatro alla Scala. He has worked and performed under the tutelage of Marilyn Horne in the programme The Song Continues both in Carnegie Hall in New York and at the Opéra de Bastille in Paris. His future engagements include a tournée with Roberto Alagna and recitals with Aleksandra Kurzak in various venues around Europe. 

As a student he was awarded twice the Guildhall School of Music and Drama Gold Medal Accompanist Prize in London and also won the Prix de Piano in the Nadia and Lili Boulanger International Voice-Piano Competition in Paris and III Price in the Andorra Piano Competition. Marek is an alumnus of Academie Musicale de Villecroze where then worked as an assistant for Teresa Berganza and for past five years he has collaborated with the Mediterranean Opera Studio and Festival in Sicily. 

While he lived in London Marek was a member of the music staff at the Jette Parker Young Artists Programme of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. He has also worked as a vocal coach at the Royal Academy of Music and for the Kiri Te Kanawa Foundation and a Lecturer at the Opera McGill in Montreal. Currently he is a resident in Austria where he runs his private coaching studio as well as he enjoys the life of a recitalist.