Instytut Fryderyka Chopina

Adam Harasiewicz is the winner of the first prize at the International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in 1955. He has been the juror in many international piano competitions in Poland [The International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition - 1995, 2000, 2005, 2010]. The set "57 Mazurkas" is the fruit of Adam Harasiewicz's long-term cooperation with the Polish Radio and the Fryderyk Chopin Institute. The presented inspiring album was shaped during the seventeen years of concept forming of each of the mazurkas' final interpretation. Spontaneity, full concentration and capturing the nature of the whole recording in one moment were of the utter importance for the pianist.

This grande dame of the piano world, possessed of an extraordinarily modest, charming personality – focused on the music, devoted to deeply understanding it – has performed three times during the Chopin and His Europe Festival at the invitation of The Fryderyk Chopin Institute. The recordings on this album come from her concerts in 2010 (when she performed the Piano Concerto in F minor op. 21 with the Sinfonia Varsovia orchestra under the baton of Christopher Warren-Green) and 2014 (when she performed a recital including, among other items, the Nocturnes presented here). A presentation of – by nature – completely different interpretations, which nonetheless form an extraordinarily coherent artistic whole. Superb creations displaying the most beautiful side of pianistic art.