WOMEN'S DAY WITH CHOPIN | LA BELLE NUIT | MARIA PERADZYŃSKA, OLA SALAMON, MARIANNA WASZKIEWICZ

La Belle Nuit - a beautiful night where music speaks of love.

This is a candlelight concert series devoted to the art of classical singing – from Baroque exaltation to contemporary musical storytelling. The evening’s program features the most beautiful arias and songs, often inspired by the theme of love, performed by outstanding artists in an atmosphere of intimacy and candlelight glow.

In the Fryderyk Concert Hall in Warsaw, much like in the 19th-century musical salons of Poland and Europe, we gather to celebrate the voice – the most perfect of instruments. During the intermission, a glass of sparkling wine awaits, recalling times when music brought people together in elegance, emotion, and silence.

La Belle Nuit is more than a concert.
It is an encounter with beauty that stays with you long after the evening ends.

Please arrive 15 minutes before the concert.


As guests of Jagoda Sokołowska-O'Donovan (creator of Fryderyk and this project), the following artists will perform:

Maria Peradzyńska – flute

A graduate of the Fryderyk Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw (class of Prof. Elżbieta Dastych-Szwarc), prizewinner of national and international competitions and finalist of the Tunbridge Wells International Young Artist Concert Competition (2000). She was awarded scholarships from Boston University and the Apple Hill Chamber Players and studied with distinguished flutists including Sir James Galway and Jean-Pierre Rampal.

She has made numerous recordings for Dux, Polskie Nagrania, Acte Prealable, and Chopin University Press, including albums nominated for the Fryderyk Award (2011, 2022). In 2021, she released a solo album featuring world-premiere works by Johann Wilhelm Gabrielski. She has performed as a soloist and chamber musician in Poland, Europe, and the United States.

Since 2005, she has served as principal flutist of the Mazovian Musical Theatre named after Jan Kiepura in Warsaw. She teaches flute at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music and at the Karol Szymanowski State Music School Complex No. 4 in Warsaw. Her students have won over 200 prizes at prestigious international competitions.

She is the recipient of numerous honors, including awards from the Polish Minister of Culture and National Heritage and the Bronze Medal for Merit to Culture “Gloria Artis.”

Ola Salamon – flute

A young artist of the renowned flute maker Wm. S. Haynes Co., she began playing the flute at the age of seven and is currently completing her Master’s degree at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw in the class of Dr. Maria Peradzyńska.

She is a laureate of nearly 40 competitions in Poland and abroad, including Second Prize at Pro Bohemia in Ostrava, a Silver Medal at the BFS Competition in London, and First Prizes at international competitions in Łódź and Katowice. She has refined her artistry under the guidance of distinguished flutists and chamber musicians in Poland and abroad.

A scholarship recipient of the National Children’s Fund and the Polish Minister of Culture and National Heritage, she was appointed Principal Flute of the European Union Youth Orchestra (EUYO) in 2024, touring Europe and the United States under conductors such as Gustavo Dudamel and Ivan Fischer.

She performs as a soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral player on leading stages in Poland and internationally.

Marianna Waszkiewicz – piano

A pianist born in Lviv, she graduated from the Fryderyk Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw, studying with Prof. Kazimierz Gierżod and Prof. Maria Stojek, and chamber music with Prof. Barbara Halska. She was a scholarship recipient of the Polish Government and attended the International Music Course in Zurich in the class of Prof. Rudolf Buchbinder.

Since 1996, she has been a member of the Brahms Trio, an ensemble awarded at international competitions and festivals, including those in Kłodzko and Kraków. After completing postgraduate studies in chamber music, she joined the faculty of the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw.

She regularly participates in international master courses and is a highly regarded accompanist, receiving numerous awards and distinctions.