The programme of the recital includes works by Chopin and Spanish composers Federico Mompou and Issac Albeniz.
In addition to Martin Garcia Garcia, who won third prize at the 2021 International Chopin Competition in Warsaw, the festival will feature pianists such as Alexander Gadjiev, second prize winner at the Warsaw competition, and Eric Guo, winner of the 2022 Chopin Competition on Period Instruments in Warsaw.
Other outstanding performers include Yeol Eum Son, second prize winner at last year’s Van Cliburn Competition in the United States, and Sophia Liu, who at 15 claimed second prize at last year’s Arturo Benedetti-Michelangeli Competition in Italy.
The programme also includes recitals by Polish pianists Beata Bilińska, Szymon Nehring, Piotr Alexewicz, Mateusz Dubiel and Eryk Parchański.
The International Chopin Piano Festival in Duszniki is the oldest music festival in Poland. Launched in 1946, it is now in its 79th year.
The festival commemorates Chopin’s stay in the spa in 1826. The iconic Romantic composer was 16 years old when he came to Duszniki, then Bad Reinerz, for treatment and gave an impromptu charity concert.
The proceeds from the 1826 concert were donated to an orphaned family.
The 79th Duszniki International Chopin Piano Festival runs until August 10.
Acclaimed Polish pianist Piotr Paleczny has served as the event’s artistic director since 1993.
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