10 Facts About Piotr Anderszewski

Piotr Anderszewski studied piano at the Chopin Academy in Warsaw and conservatories in Strasbourg and Lyon.

Piotr Anderszewski made his London debut six months later at the Wigmore Hall.

Piotr Anderszewski has given recitals at the Royal Festival Hall, Carnegie Hall, Suntory Hall, the Herkulessaal in Munich, the Konzerthaus, Vienna, the Concertgebouw, the Auditorio Nacional de Musica in Madrid, the Mariinsky Concert Hall in St Petersburg and the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles.

Orchestras with whom Piotr Anderszewski has performed include the London Symphony Orchestra, the Berlin Philharmonic, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Philharmonia Orchestra, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

Piotr Anderszewski made a number of recordings for Harmonia Mundi, Accord and Philips before signing exclusively to Virgin Classics in 2000.

Piotr Anderszewski's discography includes a Grammy-nominated CD of Bach's Partitas 1,3 and 6 and a disc of works by Chopin.

Piotr Anderszewski has collaborated on a number of occasions with the filmmaker Bruno Monsaingeon.

The first of these collaborations, Piotr Anderszewski plays the Diabelli Variations explores Anderszewski's particular relationship with Beethoven's opus 120, whilst the second, Piotr Anderszewski, Unquiet Traveller is an unconventional artist portrait, capturing Anderszewski's reflections on music, performance and his Polish-Hungarian roots.

Piotr Anderszewski has received a number of awards throughout his career, including the Gilmore Artist Award, given every four years to a pianist of exceptional talent.

Piotr Anderszewski has been a recipient of the Szymanowski Prize the Royal Philharmonic Society's Best Instrumentalist award, and the Gramophone Classical Music Award.