CONCERT BY CANDLELIGHT | DUET - YANG ZHANG | NAZARI STASYSHYN

In the beautiful interior of the Fryderyk Concert Hall, lit only by candlelight, the music of Chopin will resound alongside works by the composers who inspired him – from Bach and Mozart to Liszt and Moniuszko. It is an extraordinary journey through the masterpieces of Romantic music, performed by extraordinary artists - outstanding musicians of our time.

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.

Yang Zhang

A Chinese pianist and chamber musician from Sichuan Province. He is currently pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the Chopin University of Music in Warsaw, while concurrently completing a postgraduate diploma at the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music under pianists Agnieszka Przemyk-Bryła, Janusz Olejniczak, and Szczepan Kończal. His doctoral supervisor is Prof.Bartłomiej Kominek.

Zhang obtained his Bachelor's and Master's degrees at the Lviv National Music Academy in Ukraine (2016-2022) under Honored Artist of Ukraine Prof. Мирослав Драган Тарасович. He graduated summa cum laude in Piano Performance and Chamber Music, receiving an honors diploma in 2022.

Zhang has been awarded prizes in over ten international piano competitions, including Second Prize at the Lviv Piano Competition (2018), the Concerto Prize at the Poland Without Borders International Piano Forum (2023), First Prize at the Clara Schumann International Competition (2024), Third Prize at the Vienna Classic Music Competition (2025), and First Prize at the Fanny Mendelssohn International Competition (2025). In 2024, he completed a recording of Schumann’s Fantasiestücke Op. 12 and collaborated with pianist YinJia Mao on a recording of Rachmaninoff’s Suite No. 2 for Two Pianos at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music Concert Hall in Warsaw. He is an artist of the Chopin festival “Chopin en Vacances.

He has performed at prominent venues across China, Italy, Finland, Estonia, Poland, and Ukraine, including Helsinki Senate Square Church, T allinn History Museum, Lviv National Philharmonic Grand Concert Hall, Lviv Organ Hall, Krzysztof Penderecki European Centre for Music, Chopin Salon in Warsaw , Calisia One, Mielec Local Government Cultural Center (collaborating with the Warsaw National Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra), and Ludomir Różycki Concert Hall in Kielce (collaborating with the Lviv Chamber Orchestra).

He has also participated in numerous music festivals, including International Piano Forum "Bieszczady Without Borders", Chopin-Górecki Music Festival, Bisma Piano Festival, Katowice International Piano Masterclasses, Classical Embrace, and Baltic Music Festival.

He has received guidance from internationally renowned musicians, including Dmitri Alexeev , Andrzej Jasiński, Akiko Ebi, Andrzej T atarski, Grigory Gruzman, Michael Bulychev-Okser , Carlo Palese, Elena Margolina-Hait, Wojciech Kocyan, and Aleksandra Zvirblyte.

Nazarii Stasyshyn

Born in Lviv into a family of musicians. Almost four years ago he moved to Poland – first to Wrocław, and later to Warsaw. In Lviv he studied at the S. Ludkevych Lviv Vocational Music School in the class of Prof. Myroslav Dragan, graduating with distinction. He continued his studies in Wrocław under Dr. Michał Rot at the R. Bukowski State Secondary Music School, from which he graduated with honors.

In 2024, he began undergraduate piano studies at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw in the class of Prof. Joanna Ławrynowicz-Just and Mateusz Krzyżowski.

In the same year, he was awarded a Scholarship of the Polish Minister of Culture and National Heritage for outstanding artistic achievements. He also became a scholar of the National Children’s Fund and participated in the 30th Chamber Music Workshop of the Fund at the Krzysztof Penderecki European Centre for Music in Lusławice.

Selected achievements:

National Chamber Music Competition “Around Haydn,” Kraków, 2023 — 3rd Prize and Special Prize

2nd International Music Competition “Małopolska” (online), 2022 — 3rd Prize

National Young Instrumentalists Competition, Jasło, 2023 — 2nd Prize

13th Silesian Piano Competition, Zabrze, 2023 — 3rd Prize

3rd National Chamber Music Competition named after the Wiłkomirski Family, Łódź, 2023 — 2nd Prize

National Piano Competition named after Władysław Kędra, Łódź, 2023 — 3rd Prize

“Warsaw Chopin” Competition, Warsaw, 2023 — Honorable Mention

Chamber Ensemble Confrontations, Ruda Śląska, 2023 — Grand Prix

2nd National Chamber Music Competition “Duetomania Młodych,” Poznań, 2023 — 1st Prize and Grand Prix

2nd International Piano and Chamber Music Competition named after Maria Szymanowska and Karol Kurpiński, 2023 — 1st Prize

16th National Piano Chamber Music Competition, Toruń — 1st Prize and Special Prize

3rd National Piano Competition, Sosnowiec — 2nd Prize

8th International Béla Bartók Piano Competition, Graz, Austria — Finalist

4th International Gloria Artis Music Competition, Vienna, 2024 — 1st Prize

Quattromania Piano Duo Competition, Croatia, 2024 — 1st Prize

4th National Piano and Chamber Music Competition named after Janina Romańska-Werner, Kraków, 2024 — 1st Prize

Earlier achievements include:

Ortebello Piano Competition, Italy, 2021 — 2nd Prize

Medici International Piano Competition, Spain, 2021 — Special Prize

“Carles i Sofia” Competition, Belgium, 2021 — 3rd Prize

Grand Prix at the “Young Talents of Lviv” Competition in 2018 and 2019

As a soloist and chamber musician (in the piano duo “Lviv Piano Duo” and the clarinet trio “Trio di Luce”), he has performed at the Łazienki Królewskie Museum and the Royal Castle in Warsaw, Oratorium Marianum in Wrocław, the main and chamber halls of the National Forum of Music in Wrocław, the Krzysztof Penderecki European Centre for Music in Lusławice, the Chopin Manor in Duszniki-Zdrój, as well as at concert halls of music academies in Wrocław, Łódź, Kraków, and at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw.

He has participated in masterclasses in Sanok led by distinguished professors such as Andrzej Jasiński, Lidia Grychtołówna, Akiko Ebi, Andrzej Tatarski, Piotr Paleczny, and Joanna Ławrynowicz-Just. He also attended courses with Ludmila Angelov and Dina Yoffe. He collaborates with the “Pro Musica” artistic agency and has performed in prestigious concert halls in Germany.