CONCERT BY CANDLELIGHT | VALENTINE'S DAY | DUO - KOKI SUETSUGU | HARUKA MATSUMOTO

We invite you to the Valentine's Concert by Candlelight performed by an exceptional duo.

Haruka Matsumoto and Koki Suetsugu form a duo both on stage and in private life.

Both are from Japan, but fascinated by Fryderyk Chopin’s music they decided to spend part of their lives in Poland. They divide their time between Poland and Japan.

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.

Haruka Matsumoto- pianist, was born and raised in Osaka, Japan.

She began musical education and learn the piano in age of four.

[EDUCATION]

2014- 2018 - TOHO GAKUEN SCHOOL OF MUSIC, TOKYO, JAPAN

She had studied with Prof. KOJI SHIMODA, Prof. AYAMI IIDA and Prof. YOSHITO NUMASAWA.

2018 - FRYDERYK CHOPIN UNIVERSITY OF MUSIC -ARTISTIC TRAINING COURSE IN THE CLASS OF. PROF. ANNA JASTRZĘBSKA QUINN

[RELEVANT EXPERIENCE/AWARDS]

2014 -2nd Prize of adult category and 3rd Prize of Grand Prix category , Kobe International Piano Competition

2016 -participation in Kirishima Internationasl Music Festival in Kagoshima

2016- Haruko Matsumoto Piano Recital in Osaka, Japan

2017- Silver Prize of Concerto B Category, International Piano Competition in ASIA

2020 -1st Prize of F- Category , E- Competition in Japan

2021- 2nd Prize , International Piano Competition „ Paderewski in Memorial” 

Koki Suetsugu is a pianist from Saitama, Japan.

Born on June 11, 1998, he began his musical journey by starting to learn the piano at age 14. Graduating from music high school in Saitama, Japan, Koki then travelled to Poland, the home of Chopin, to attend and graduate from the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music under Professor Jerzy Sterczynski.

Koki has competed in; and is a laureate of a number of international piano competitions. He has also participated in the masterclasses of Professor Yukio Yokoyama and Professor Anna Jastrzebska Quinn.

Today Koki performs at many concerts and cultural events in Poland and abroad. He is also the inspiration and creator of an online piano school in Japan.