Hubert Rutkowski

Hubert Rutkowski was born in 1981. He graduated from the Fryderyk Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw in the class of Prof. Anna Jastrzêbska-Quinn (a diploma with flying colours in 2005). He studied chamber music under Prof. Krystyna Boruciñska and at the same time studied at the Warsaw University of Technology. Since 2005, he has been upgrading his piano-playing skills in the master class of Prof. Evgeni Koroliov at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Hamburg. Presently he is also gathering material for his a doctoral thesis with under direction of Prof. Alicja Paleta-Bugaj at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw.

He is a winner of some international and domestic piano competitions, including: the Main Prize – the Chopin Competition in Hanover (2007); Second Prize – 15th Elise Meyer Competition in Hamburg (2006); Distinction “Medalla per Unanimitat” – 52nd International Maria Canals Piano Competition in Barcelona (2006); First Prize – All-Poland Piano Festival in Warsaw (2000); and Third Prize – International Fryderyk Chopin Competition in Vilnius (1999).

The pianist has taken part in many prestigious master courses led by distinguished artists, e.g. Halina Czerny-Stefañska, Andrzej Jasiñski, Vera Gornostajewa, Victor Makarov, Jan Micheils, Valerij Kozlow, Tatiana Szebanowa, Epifanio Comis, Inge-Susann Römhild, and the Artemis Quartett. In 2005, he participated in the workshops of the 10th International Hamamatsu Piano Academy in Japan, where he worked Piotr Paleczny, Hiroko Nakamura, Piero Rattalino, Michel Beroff, and Arie Vardi.

The artist has performed as a soloist and with an orchestra accompaniment, giving concerts in Poland, Germany, Lithuania, Italy, Spain, Japan, Cuba and Cyprus. In the summer of 2004, he performed with the Orchestra Sinfonica Giovanile Internazionale under the baton of Tomasz Bugaj, as part of the Catania Summer Music Festival in Italy (Sicily). The pianist has made archival recordings for the German broadcasting stations, SüdWest- Rundfunk and NDR Rundfunk.

The artist’s interests concentrate around the unknown works of pupils of Fryderyk Chopin. He made CD – World Premiere Recording, with piano works by Julian Fontana for Acte Préalable Recording Company.

Hubert Rutkowski is a founder and President of the Theodor Leschetizky Music Society in Warsaw. He recorded piano works by Theodor Leschetizky for Acte Préalable (Polish Premiere Recording).

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	Hubert Rutkowski was born in 1981. He graduated from the Fryderyk Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw in the class of Prof. Anna Jastrzêbska-Quinn (a diploma with flying colours in 2005). He studied chamber music under Prof. Krystyna Boruciñska and at the same time studied at the Warsaw University of Technology. Since 2005, he has been upgrading his piano-playing skills in the master class of Prof. Evgeni Koroliov at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Hamburg. Presently he is also gathering material for his a doctoral thesis with under direction of Prof. Alicja Paleta-Bugaj at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw. He is a winner of some international and domestic piano competitions, including: the Main Prize – the Chopin Competition in Hanover (2007); Second Prize – 15th Elise Meyer Competition in Hamburg (2006); Distinction “Medalla per Unanimitat” – 52nd International Maria Canals Piano Competition in Barcelona (2006); First Prize – All-Poland Piano Festival in Warsaw (2000); and Third Prize – International Fryderyk Chopin Competition in Vilnius (1999). The pianist has taken part in many prestigious master courses led by distinguished artists, e.g. Halina Czerny-Stefañska, Andrzej Jasiñski, Vera Gornostajewa, Victor Makarov, Jan Micheils, Valerij Kozlow, Tatiana Szebanowa, Epifanio Comis, Inge-Susann Römhild, and the Artemis Quartett. In 2005, he participated in the workshops of the 10th International Hamamatsu Piano Academy in Japan, where he worked Piotr Paleczny, Hiroko Nakamura, Piero Rattalino, Michel Beroff, and Arie Vardi. The artist has performed as a soloist and with an orchestra accompaniment, giving concerts in Poland, Germany, Lithuania, Italy, Spain, Japan, Cuba and Cyprus. In the summer of 2004, he performed with the Orchestra Sinfonica Giovanile Internazionale under the baton of Tomasz Bugaj, as part of the Catania Summer Music Festival in Italy (Sicily). The pianist has made archival recordings for the German broadcasting stations, SüdWest- Rundfunk and NDR Rundfunk. The artist’s interests concentrate around the unknown works of pupils of Fryderyk Chopin. He made CD – World Premiere Recording, with piano works by Julian Fontana for Acte Préalable Recording Company. Hubert Rutkowski is a founder and President of the Theodor Leschetizky Music Society in Warsaw. He recorded piano works by Theodor Leschetizky for Acte Préalable (Polish Premiere Recording). © by Hubert Rutkowski, 2007