In the musical setting of Ołowianka Island – outdoors, amidst the murmur of the Motława River and the summer light – the music of Fryderyk Chopin resounds. It is here, in the heart of Gdańsk, that masters and their students – professors and gifted students from the Stanisław Moniuszko Academy of Music – come together to co-create a space of music, emotion, and beauty.
The concerts also feature outstanding pianists who are not formally affiliated with the university but are permanently connected to Gdańsk – artists with an established artistic position, educators, competition laureates, and creators of Gdańsk's musical environment. It is a meeting of generations, sensitivities, and experiences – united by a common love for Chopin's music.
This year's edition of the series has been entirely dedicated to the works of Chopin, a composer who has inspired pianists worldwide for generations. The programme will feature diverse and timeless works – from delicate nocturnes and lyrical mazurkas, through dramatic ballades and brilliant études, to powerful sonatas and preludes.
Every Sunday, in a charming spot called Przystanek Port Gdańsk „Pod Żaglami” (The Port of Gdańsk Stop „Under Sails”), concerts take place that connect the audience with music in a direct, intimate and authentic way. It’s a suggestion for both seasoned music lovers and for those out for a stroll who want to stop, listen and let the music tell its story.
Chopin under the Gdańsk sky – it's not just concerts.
To encounters with art that soothes and moves.
Two nocturnes on the Motława that stay in your memory.
You're welcome – sit down, listen, feel.
Chopin is for everyone – and always sounds exceptional.
Dr hab. Elżbieta Pasierowska, Professor of AM
A pianist and educator, a professor at the Stanisław Moniuszko Music Academy in Gdańsk, where she heads the Department of Piano. She completed her piano studies in the class of Professor Katarzyna Popowa-Zydroń, and subsequently undertook postgraduate studies at the Music Academy in Warsaw under Professor Zbigniew Śliwiński. She honed her skills at the International Interpretation Courses in Weimar – with Jacob Lateiner (piano) and Norman Shetler (chamber music).
Winner of the Fryderyk Chopin Society Competitions (1989 and 1990) and third prize in the National Chamber Music Competition in Suwałki (1992). She is actively involved in artistic activity – she has performed in Germany, France, Italy and Estonia. She has appeared with soloists from the Warsaw Chamber Opera (Olga Pasiecznik, Ewa Mikulska) and with artists from Polish philharmonic stages. She participated in concerts within the „Lutosławski Forum” organised by the Warsaw National Philharmonic, as well as in festivals Artistic Season (Italy) and Metropolia is ok. She has made recordings of, among others, Chopin's songs (DUX), Britten's works (Polskie Radio) and concert performances broadcast by Radio Gdańsk.
She is the author of the book Witold Lutosławski. Chamber Works with Piano: Analytical and Interpretive Issues (published by Athenae Gedanenses, 2013). He conducts masterclasses in Poland and abroad, and serves on the juries of piano and chamber music competitions.
Her students have won over 380 awards and distinctions in national and international competitions, including in Vienna, Budapest, Milan, Nice, Bucharest, Kaliningrad, Riga, Ústí nad Labem, Szafarnia, Krakow, Żyrardów and Gdańsk.
For her pedagogical and artistic achievements, she was awarded, among others, the Bronze Cross of Merit, the Medal of the National Education Commission, the Gold and Bronze Medals for Long Service, the badge of Merited Activist of Culture, as well as numerous institutional awards.
Piotr Czerwiński
Born in 2004 in Gdańsk. One of the most promising pianists of the younger generation, he has won over 40 prizes at national and international piano competitions. In 2025, he completed his bachelor’s degree at the Stanisław Moniuszko Academy of Music in Gdańsk in the piano class of Dr Elżbieta Pasierowska and Dr Mikołaj Sikała. Prior to this, he studied at the Feliks Nowowiejski Primary and Secondary Music School in Gdańsk.
He has won top prizes at competitions in Szafarnia, Riga, Ustie nad Łabą, Żyrardów, Broumov, Kraków, Moscow, Verona and Łomianki. He has performed on stages across Poland and Europe, including in Riga (with the Riga String Quartet), the Rudolfinum in Prague, Budapest, Maglod, Mendigorria, Logroño, Pamplona, Vienna, Warsaw (the Royal Castle, Łazienki Park, the Chopin Museum), in Poznań, Słupsk, Łódź, Gdańsk, Stalowa Wola and Żelazowa Wola. He has taken part in numerous festivals, including „Poznań Music Spring”, the „Euro Chamber Music Festival”, „Pomeranian Musical Talents” and „Chopin on the Motława”.
For his achievements, he has received numerous scholarships, including from the Minister of Culture and National Heritage (on multiple occasions), the „Young Poland” Programme (2020), the Marshal of the Pomeranian Voivodeship, the Mayor of Gdańsk, the National Children’s Fund and the NSZZ „Solidarność” Scholarship Fund. He is regarded as a pianist of outstanding musical sensitivity, impressive technique and interpretative maturity.
