Paderewski Festival of Raleigh - Gabriel Bortnowski

Gabriel Bortnowski

Gabriel Bortnowski was born in 2002 in Koszalin, Poland. He graduated from Gra?yna. Bacewicz School of Music in Koszalin, and he is currently a student at the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice. He began playing the piano at the age of four and his first teacher was his grandfather, Aleksander Bortnowski,, and his father, Pawe? Bortnowski, followed in due time. He continues his studies with Prof. Zbigniew Raubo in Katowice. This highly capable young pianist has already won many prizes in national and international competitions including the 2nd Prize in the 51" National Polish Chopin Competition in Warsaw (2022), the First Prize in the 4th Natan Perlman International Piano Competition in Saint Petersburg, Russia (2020), the Grand Prize ("Golden Parnas") in the 15th International Piano Forum "Bieszczady without Borders" (2020), and 2nd Prize in 1st International Competition for Young Pianists "C. Bechstein" in Lviv, Ukraine (2019). He has developed a great interest in chamber music since he was little. Together with his sister, Julia, they formed a piano duo which was awarded many prizes, including The Grand Prix in the 4th International Piano Competition "Gran Klavier" in Spain (2017). In 2016, together with his friends, Wiktor Dziedzic and Konstancja ?mieta?ska, he formed The Bacewicz Trio which was awarded, among others, the 2nd Prize in the International Radio Competition for Young Musicians "Concertino Prague" (2018). Gabriel Bortnowski has been awarded scholarships of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage of Poland three times and has also been awarded on several occasions by his hometown with the Mayor of Koszalin Scholarship.

He has performed in many prestigious concert halls across Poland, Germany, Ukraine, Czech Republic and France, including Lviv Theatre of Opera and Ballet, Warsaw Royal Castle, Marienkirche in Neubrandenburg, Jindrichuv Hradec Castle and Orangery at Parc de Bagatelle in Paris. He has also performed as a soloist with orchestra multiple times. He has played with Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra in Warsaw, Silesian Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, Koszalin Philharmonic Orchestra, and Lviv Philharmonic Orchestra in Ukraine.

Franz Schubert (1797-1828)

Sonata No. 21 in B flat Major D. 960

I. Molto moderato
II. Andante Sostenuto
III. Scherzo (Allegro vivace con delicatezza)
IV. Allegro ma non troppo

INTERMISSION

Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849)

Four Mazurkas, Op. 17
No. 1 in B flat Major
No. 2 in E minor
No. 3 in A flat Major
No. 4 in A minor

Scherzo in C sharp minor, Op. 39
Nocturne in E Major, Op. 62 No. 2
Waltz in A flat Major, Op. 42
Polonaise in A flat Major, Op. 53