Łukasz Kuropaczewski (born 21 August 1981 in

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) is a Polish musical artist.

Career

Lukasz Kuropaczewski started playing the

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at the age of 10. Since 1992, his musical education was conducted by Professor Piotr Zaleski from

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and he later continued his education at the Peabody Conservatory of

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in Baltimore, MD, USA, where he studied with

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and received an Artist Diploma. Kuropaczewski has toured in Europe, the United States, Canada, South America and Japan. He has appeared in music centres in Czechia, Belarus, Germany, France, Spain, Belgium, Hungary, Poland, Canary Islands, Iceland, Greece, the UK, and Panama. He has performed solo recitals in London's

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, the

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in Amsterdam, Warsaw's National Philharmonic Hall
Tchaikovsky Hall
in Moscow, Caramoor Music Festival,

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and New York's

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. As a chamber music collaborator, he works with musicians such as the

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The Verona Quartet
and musicians from the

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, the Los Angeles Symphony Orchestra, and the

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. He regularly premieres new works for guitar: “Acequias,” by Marc Neikrug and his “Three Pieces for Guitar” at the

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in Baltimore, MD. He has premiered concertos by

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, Mikolaj Gorecki, and

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(Polish premiere) and he made the guitar version of

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’s Viola Concerto and premiered it with

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, Puerto Rico Symphony and the Chile Symphony Orchestra and conductor Maximiano Valdes. Kuropaczewski served as guitar faculty at the

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in Philadelphia, USA from 2008-2010. He is currently on the faculty of the Academy of Music in Poznan, Poland, and the Kunst University Graz, Austria. He holds a doctorate degree in performance.

Discography

*"Adela" with Aleksander Dębicz, Łukasz Kuropaczewski, Jakub Józef Orliński on

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*"Łukasz" on Tonar Music *"Modern Soul" with Maciej Frackiewicz, Grzegorz Skrobinski, Marek Bracha, Agata Szymczewska, Lukasz Kuropaczewski on CD Accord *"Nocturnal" Fryderyk Award Nomination “Best Solo Album” Polish Radio, 2012 *"Concierto de Aranjuez" *"Aqua e Vinho" Fryderyk Award Nomination “Best Chamber Music Album” Polish Radio, 2010 *"Łukasz Kuropaczewski: Portrait" Fryderyk Award Nomination ”Best Polish Music Album” Polish Radio 2008 *"Spanish Music" *"Łukasz Kuropaczewski - Recital"

Publications

* E. Schrimer - "Three Pieces for Guitar" by M. Neikrug *Hans Sikorski Verlag - "Triptych Sonata" by K.

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* Schott- "Aria and Cadenza" by K.

Penderecki Krzysztof Eugeniusz Penderecki (; 23 November 1933 – 29 March 2020) was a Polish composer and conductor. His best-known works include '' Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima'', Symphony No. 3, his '' St Luke Passion'', '' Polish Requiem'', '' ...

* Schott- "Viola Concerto for Guitar" by K.

Awards and Nominations

*Fryderyk Award Nomination as “Best Solo Album” for "Nocturnal" (2012) *Fryderyk Award Nomination as “Best Chamber Music Album” for "Aqua e Vinho" (2010) *Fryderyk Award Nomination as “Best Polish Music Album” for "Polish Music" (2008) *Kuropaczewski received the "Meritorius for Polish Culture" medal in recognition of his distinguished cultural contribution, awarded by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage in Poland.

References

External links

Official homepage

Lukasz Kuropaczewski video interview
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