Grzegorz Mania – piano
Karolina Radomska – piano

The Programme

Grzegorz Mania – piano
Karolina Radomska – piano

Bossafino

Hochzeitsmusik, Op 23
1. Hochzeitmarsch
2. Walzer
3. Abendmusik

Toccata jasé (première)

Drei Stücke, Op 11
1. Polonaise
2. Walzer
3. Ungarischer Tanz

from Pandemony for piano four hands
Pandemon 1
Pandemon 4

The Artists

Karolina Radomska graduated from Guildhall School of Music & Drama with a Bachelor of Music, a Master of Music and a Master of Performance degrees in solo piano and chamber music, where she studied with Professor Caroline Palmer as a scholarship recipient of the Leverhulme and City of London trusts and she is also a winner of the Craxton Memorial Fund Competition.
Karolina has taken part in many workshops and international masterclasses in her native Poland and abroad with great artists and performers such as Sir Colin Davis, Susan Tomes, Ralf Gothoni, Charles Owen, Paul Roberts, Jeremy Menuhin and Krzysztof Śmietana. She performs as a soloist and collaborative pianist in her duo with pianist Grzegorz Mania and the Sulima Piano Trio which she co-founded. Karolina is currently a member of the Music staff at Sussex House School and Eaton House Belgravia where she teaches piano.

Pianist Grzegorz Mania graduated with distinction from the Kraków Music Academy and Guildhall School of Music & Drama. He also read law at Jagiellonian University, and obtained a PhD for a dissertation about music and copyright law. In 2019 he became a full professor at the Kraków Music Academy. He works extensively as a recitalist, orchestral soloist and a chamber musician and is a member of the Extra Sounds Ensemble. Mr Mania is a versatile pianist, regularly duetting with Katarzyna Budnik – violist, Piotr Rozanski – pianist, and Karolina Radomska – pianist. He has appeared in international festivals throughout Poland, UK, France, Germany, Finland, Austria, Italy, Norway, Iceland, Vietnam, Israel, USA, Cyprus and Ukraine.
A co-founder and president of the Polish Chamber Musicians’ Association, Mania also co-authored an innovative sight-reading handbook for pianists. PWM Editions recently published Mania’s definitive volume on music and authors’ rights, as well as his selection of works for piano four hands for intermediate and advanced pianists. Currently, Grzegorz Mania divides his time between professorships at the Music Academy in Bydgoszcz, lecturing copyright law and rehearsing chamber music programs all over Poland. He is also an artistic director of four chamber festivals.