Aleksandra Mikulska

Aleksandra Mikulska, 2014

Aleksandra Mikulska (born November 17, 1981 in Warsaw ) is a Polish pianist living in Germany .

Life

Aleksandra Mikulska grew up in her hometown of Warsaw, where she received her first piano lessons at the age of 6. She later attended the gifted class at the Polish National Music Lycée Karol Szymanowski . Before she graduated from high school, she became aware of Peter Eicher from the Karlsruhe University of Music , who taught her from 1997. After graduating from high school, she studied with Peter Eicher at the Karlsruhe University of Music from 2000. She completed her double degree in 2004 - each with distinction - as a qualified music teacher and as a qualified musician with a major in piano.

Aleksandra Mikulska then switched to a pianistic master's degree at the Accademia Pianistica Internazionale “Incontri col Maestro” in Imola, Italy . Lasar Berman , Boris Petrushansky as well as Michel Dalberto became their most important initiators there. After graduating with honors, Mikulska was appointed to Arie Vardi's master class at the Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media , where she completed her pianistic training and passed her concert exam in 2010.

Mikulska attended numerous master classes , including a. with Lev Natochenny , Andrzej Jasiński , Kevin Kenner and Diane Andersen. She has received grants from the Polish Prime Minister and the Alfred Toepfer Foundation FVS

Aleksandra Mikulska was invited to concerts at the Wiener Musikverein , the Brucknerhaus Linz, the Tonhalle Zürich , the Philharmonie Essen , the Nikolaisaal Potsdam, the Kurhaus Wiesbaden , the Münchner Künstlerhaus and the National Philharmonic Warsaw .

She has performed at international festivals such as the MDR Music Summer , the Liszt Festival Raiding , the Styriarte , the Bodensee Festival , the Usedom Music Festival , the Brandenburg Summer Concerts , the Hohenlohe Cultural Summer, the festival Murten Classics, the pianist Festival Böblingen , the Bayreuth Easter Festival , the Chopin Festival in Gaming and the Maulbronn Monastery Concerts .

Mikuslka is particularly dedicated to the compositions of Frédéric Chopin . As President of the Chopin Society in the Federal Republic of Germany, she is committed to preserving and promoting the music of Frédéric Chopin. Aleksandra Mikulska is a Bösendorfer artist.

Awards

1998: First prize at the Concorso Internazionale di esecuzione pianistica in Agropoli , Italy .
2000: Second prize at the Concorso Internazionale di Pianoforte “E. Porrino ”in Cagliari , Italy.
2002: Third prize at the Concorso Internazionale di Musica “ Città di Pinerolo ”, Italy.
2003: First prize at the Concorso Europeo “ Città del Vasto ”, Italy.
2004: First prize at the Jeunesses Musicales International Competition “Musicians of the new Millennium” in Skopje , Macedonia .
2005: Special award for the best Polish pianist at the XV. International Frédéric Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw , Poland .
2007: Second Prize and Audience Prize at the Musica Aeterna International Piano Competition in Wavre , Belgium .

Discography

2010: Frédéric Chopin : Sonata in B minor
2011: Expressions: Works by Joseph Haydn , Karol Szymanowski and Frédéric Chopin
2012: Chopin & Szymanowski (live): Works by Frédéric Chopin and Karol Szymanowski , K&K publishing house
2013: Frédéric Chopin: Ballads
2015: Frédéric Chopin & Franz Liszt : European Melodies
2018: Franz Liszt: Souvenirs
2020: Reflections: Piano Sonatas by Frédéric Chopin and Franz Liszt

Web links

Commons : Aleksandra Mikulska - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

personal data
SURNAME	Mikulska, Aleksandra
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Polish pianist
DATE OF BIRTH	17th November 1981
PLACE OF BIRTH	Warsaw

[VdpM-1] Association of Polish Musicologists ( Memento from January 5, 2012 in the Internet Archive )

[2] Concert, Aleksandra Mikulska - Music Association

[3] Aleksandra Mikulska "Dreams of Love". Concert in the Brucknerhaus Linz

[4] Guest performance - Chamber Philharmonic Graubünden

[5] Piano recital in honor of the 150th birthday of Maria Skłodowska Curie

[6] Festival concert on the occasion of the 100th Independence Day of the Republic of Poland

[7] Chopin evening with Aleksandra Mikulska at the MDR music summer

[8] "Virtuoso and poetic" Aleksandra Mikulska, piano

[9] Mikulska - Styriarte

[10] Chopin in exile - Styriarte

[11] Unity of creative power and virtuosity

[12] Emotional piano music enchants audiences

[13] Usedom Music Festival: Press release announcing the entire program of the 25th Usedom Music Festival

[14] Lenzen - President of the Chopin Society as a guest

[15] Overwhelming resounding delicacy - Aleksandra Mikulska will be a guest on August 13 at 5 p.m. as part of the Brandenburg Summer Concerts

[16] Pianist Festival Böblingen

[17] Aleksandra Mikulska - Matinèe II, Saturday, April 22, 2017, 11 a.m.

[18] Aleksandra Mikulska - Matinèe II, Saturday, April 7, 2018, 11 a.m.

[19] Chopin Festival in Gaming - Aleksandra Mikulska impressed on the piano

[20] Maulbronn Monastery Concerts - Artists from 1968 to today

[21] PIANONews 2011, No. 1, p. 102; 2011, No. 6, p. 105.

[22] Chopin Society - About Us

[23] Aleksandra Mikulska - Artists & Friends - Bösendorfer

[24] Alink-Argerich Foundation

[25] Alink-Argerich Foundation

[26] Alink-Argerich Foundation