Shriver Hall Concert Series: Piotr Anderszewski, piano

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Pianist Piotr Anderszewski is the featured performer of the Sidney & Charlton Friedberg Concert as part of the 2022-2023 Shriver Hall Concert Series.

Piotr Anderszewski is regarded as one of the most prominent pianists of his generation and appears regularly in all of the world's major concert halls. His collaborations with orchestra have included appearances with the Berlin Philharmonic, the London and Chicago Symphony Orchestras, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, which he also conducted from the piano. Recitals have taken him to the Barbican Center in London and the Royal Festival Hall, the Konzerthaus in Vienna, Carnegie Hall, and the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg.

In 2021, his interpretation of J. S. Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier Book 2 was awarded the Gramophone Classical Music Award. Recognized for the intensity and originality of his interpretations, Piotr Anderszewski has been a recipient of several high-profile awards over the course of his career, including the prestigious Gilmore Award, which is presented every four years to a pianist of exceptional talent.

The director Bruno Monsaingeon shot two award-winning documentaries about him for ARTE. A third documentary by Monsaingeon, "Anderszewski plays Schumann" was shot for Polish television in 2010.

In autumn 2021, Piotr Anderszewski focused on twelve Preludes and Fugues from J.S. Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier, Volume II. Warner released a recording of these works in early 2021, and Anderszewski performed them in recital in Berlin, Munich, Milano, Tokyo, and Seoul. He also performed play-direct programs with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, the Kioi Chamber Orchestra Tokyo and the Svetlanov Symphony Orchestra in Moscow.