Piano recital by Patrick Zygmanowski

His sensitive, virtuoso playing lends his interpretations a perfect emotional mastery. Born in the great French tradition of the piano school, Patrick Zygmanowski holds two first prizes (piano and chamber music) from the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris, as well as being a laureate of the highly selective 3rd cycle programme for the best French soloists. He has also won several international music prizes at the Paris (1994), F.N.A.P.E.C. (1995) and Henri Sauguet (1995) International Competitions. He has benefited from the advice of masters such as Pascal Devoyon, Gerhard Oppitz, György Sebök and Lev Naoumov. With a scholarship from the German government, he completed his training at the Hochshule für Musik in Munich before embarking on an international musical career in the company of top soloists (Gérard Poulet, Frédéric Moreau, Florent Héau, Gérard Caussé, Michel Michalakakos, Jérôme Pernoo, Jean Ferrandis, Roland Pidoux, Jean Deroyer, Renaud Capuçon). As a composer and arranger, Patrick Zygmanowski works with the Comédie-Française theatre (Paris) and a variety of ensembles, for which he was awarded the Prix Delmas by the Académie des Beaux-Arts. Patrick Zygmanowski holds a Certificate of Aptitude as a piano teacher and teaches at the École normale de musique in Paris and at the Conservatoire à rayonnement régional in Aix-en-Provence. He is also a permanent guest professor at the Osaka College of Music (Japan). From 2010 to 2012, Patrick Zygmanowski was director of the prestigious Villa Kujoyama artists' residency (an establishment of the French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs) in Kyoto, Japan. He is artistic director of the Festival Musiques Festiv' in Entre-deux-Mers (Gironde).

His discography includes recordings devoted to French music for clarinet and piano (Duo Héau Zygmanowski, Lyrinx 1995 - 1999) as well as a complete set of sonatas by Brahms and Reger (with Florent Héau, Zigzag Territoire - 2003), which were unanimously acclaimed by the press. More recently, he has recorded several CDs: Schubert à quatre mains (WPCS 12323 - 2009), ‘Le piano danse’ again à quatre mains (Harmonia Mundi 2014) and a recording of works by Astor Piazzolla with the Trio Innova (IndéSens 2018). The critics hail him as ‘a sensitive and attentive performer, who carries his partner like one carries a ballet dancer, with elegance and authority’, ‘a sensitive pianist who shows intelligence and humour’, and ‘a sensitive artist with a delicate and expressive touch’.

Programme: Beethoven - Chopin - Schumann...

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