CONCERT BY CANDLELIGHT | HALINA KLYMKIV SZKODZIŃSKA

In the beautiful interior of the Fryderyk Concert Hall, lit only by candlelight, we will listen to Fryderyk Chopin's performed by extraordinary artists - outstanding musicians of our time.

In addition to Fryderyk Chopin's compositions, the concert program will also include works by other composers, those who inspired Fryderyk Chopin (including Jan Sebastian Bach, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven), composers from the circle of European romantic music (including Ferenc Liszt, Joseph Elsner, Stanisław Moniuszko), as well as later artists.

The concerts are two-part recitals lasting approximately 60 minutes, based on the idea of salon musical meetings popular in the 19th century.

During the concert break, we will offer you a glass of sparkling wine.

Please arrive 15 minutes before the concert.

Halina Klymkiv-Szkodzińska is Warsaw based concert pianist, chamber musician and accompanist. She was born in Lviv, Ukraine, where she graduated from the Music Academy named after M. Lysenko I’m class of Lidii Krykh. She is a laureate of international piano competition „Adilia Alieva Piano Competition” in Gaillard (France). She performs several times on the stage of the Lviv Philharmonic as a soloist, with the accompaniment of an orchestra, as well as in a chamber ensemble.She has made several international concerto appearances and has been invited to many prestigious venues and festivals, such as the European Music Festival in Neerpelt (Belgium), Festival of contemporary music (Kyiv, Ukraine), Intenational L. van Beethoven Piano Competition ( Czech Republic). In her work she combines performing musician activity with teaching activities. Her teaching career in Warsaw started in 2006 at music school as a piano teacher, alongside a role of an accompanist at ballet school.

She is particularly interested in F. Chopin and Ukrainian piano music which she explores and presents during her concerts. Her debut CD was issued 2013.