Przemysław Witek

Przemysław Witek is a Polish pianist and academic faculty member at the I. J. Paderewski Academy of Music in Poznań, where he leads the piano class since 2015. He earned his doctoral degree in musical arts from the same institution in 2015 and has been employed there since 2009.

• Key Roles: Assistant Professor (adiunkt), piano educator, artistic director of the 'May Music Meetings' festival.
• Education: Master's degree from I. J. Paderewski Academy of Music in Poznań (2009), studies at Universität der Künste Berlin and Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Cologne.

Research Interests focus on:

• Historical and contemporary piano performance techniques
• Rediscovery of underperformed 20th-century compositions
• Collaborative chamber music interpretation
• Musicological analysis through archival recordings

Scientific Contributions include world premiere recordings of works by Andrzej Nikodemowicz and Mieczysław Weinberg.

Honors & Awards:

• Recipient of the 'Zasłużony dla Kultury Polskiej' honor badge (2017)
• Recipient of the Bronze Cross of Merit (2019)
• Multiple international competition laureate (2003-2008)

Performance Collaborations: Collaborated with conductors like Agnieszka Duczmal and Marek Pijarowski, performed with orchestras including Polish Radio Chamber Orchestra 'Amadeus' and Beethoven Academy Orchestra. Chamber music partnerships with Benedict Klöckner, Jiři Kabat, and Anna Maria Staśkiewicz.