CONCERT BY CANDLELIGHT | VALENTINE'S DAY AT FRYDERYK'S | DUET - KOKI SUETSUGU I 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 the compositions of the masters of classical music, performed by extraordinary artists - outstanding musicians of our time, who will touch the tender strings in the hearts of the Lovers!

In addition to the compositions of the greatest Romanticist of all time, Fryderyk Chopin, there will also be music by other composers who were inspired by Fryderyk Chopin (including Jan Sebastian Bach, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven), composers from the circle of European Romantic music (including Ferenc Liszt, Józef Elsner, Stanisław Moniuszko), as well as later creators.

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 was born and raised in Osaka, Japan, in 1995. She began her musical education at the age of four, learning to play the piano. Haruka successfully graduated from two prestigious institutions: the Toho College of Music in Tokyo and the renowned Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw. She studied under several esteemed professors, including Koji Shimoda, Yoshito Numasawa, Hitomi Kamba, Hiroe Arai, Ayami Iida, and Anna Jastrzębska-Quinn.

She has participated in masterclasses conducted by renowned pianists and educators such as Eliso Virsaladze, Pascal Devoyon, Mikhail Voskresensky, Kálmán Dráfi, and Takako Takahashi.

Haruka is a laureate of numerous national and international piano competitions. She won first prize at the Japan Piano Competition in 2020, first prize and the Grand Prix at the Danubia Talents International Competition in Hungary in 2024, first prize and the Grand Prix award at the K Competition in Tokyo, the Silver Prize at the International Chopin Piano Competition in Asia in 2017, and second prize at the International Piano Competition Paderewski in Memoriam in Poland.

She has performed in various venues across Poland and Japan, including Sumida Triphony Hall in Tokyo, Poland’s Pałac Radziwiłłów, the Embassy of Japan in Poland, and KAWAI concert halls in Osaka, Hiroshima, and Warsaw.

Additionally, she shares her knowledge with the younger generation of pianists in Poland. Haruka has a deep understanding of Fryderyk Chopin’s works and Polish piano music, which she continues to explore and bring to life in her performances.

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.