BIOGRAPHY

 
Rozalia Kierc  

I met Rozalia in 2008 at the Wroclaw Academy of Music at a symposium dedicated to Tadeusz Natanson. A monographic concert was held, during which she - as the youngest performer - presented Natanson's "Lusatian Melodies". I was impressed by the phenomenal playing of a nine-year-old with very small hands. It was the first of my remarkable encounters with the music she creates and I have since followed her development. (...) Rozalia has reached an astounding level of maturity very early. She is an appreciated young artist who conquers the stage and knows what she wants from life - her purpose is to dedicate her talent to creating beautiful art.

Grażyna Pstrokońska-Nawratil

 

EDUCATION

Rozalia (born 1999 in Wroclaw, Poland) began her musical education in her hometown at the Bacewicz State Primary School of Music under the tutelage of Krystyna Dyzewska. Since the age of thirteen Rozalia has been studying with professor Stefan Wojtas, first at the Zelenski State Secondary School of Music in Cracow, from which she graduated in 2017, and now at the Nowowiejski Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz. Since 2019, she has also been studying symphonic conducting with Marzena Diakun at the Lipiński Academy of Music in Wrocław. She is an IB Diploma graduate of the International High School of Wroclaw. Since 2008 she has been a scholar of many institutions supporting young talents: the Polish Minister of Culture, the President of Wroclaw, the Marshal of Lower Silesia and FEM, the Polish Children’s Fund, Kiwanis Club, Podkarpacka Foundation for the Development of Culture, Pro Musica Bona foundation, among others. She has received the Rector's scholarship for students at the Nowowiejski Academy of Music. In 2015 she received the Penderecki Artistic Prize.

She participated in master classes with I. Rumianceva, V. Nosina, U. Bartkiewicz, Z. Niederdorfer, D. Yoffe, K. Jankowska-Borzykowska, K. Kenner, T. Yamamoto, A. Jasinski, M. Voskresensky, J. J. Orliński and M. Biel. She achieved considerable artistic success in international competitions winning over twenty first prizes, grand prix awards and special prizes, also for her efforts as a composer.

 

AWARDS

 

PERFORMANCES

Rozalia gave her first public performance at the age of 7 and debuted with orchestra two years later at the Young Pianist Festival of Rubinstein Philharmonic in Lodz. As an enthusiast of concerto repertoire, she worked with numerous orchestras, such as Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Sinfonietta Cracovia, Young Polish Philharmonic Orchestra, philharmonic orchestras from Szczecin, Olsztyn, Kielce and chamber orchestras from Wroclaw, Cracow, Bydgoszcz, Sopot and Lviv (performing concertos by Ravel, Shostakovich, Chopin, Mozart, Beethoven, Bach). She collaborated with conductors from all over the world, including Philippe Bender, Rune Bergmann, Yoshinao Kihara, Igor Pylatyuk, Jurek Dybal, Michal Klauza, Piotr Sulkowski, Wojciech Rajski and Adam Klocek.

She performed significant concerts under the auspices of the Polish Embassies in Bern, Berlin and the Polish Consulate in Munich. She participated in the New Year Music Festival in Gstaad and the Nymphenburger Sommer in Munich . She is regularly featured at music festivals in Poland: Mendelssohn Music Days , Barbican Festival, Musical Autumn in Cracow , Music Enchanted by Wood, Chopin-Gorecki. Sources and Inspirations in Warsaw, Christian Culture Festival in Lodz, Gdansk Music Festival , Wawer Music Festival in Warsaw, Pianos of Freedom in Lodz. She performed at Chateau de Gorgue (France), the National Theatre in Split, Ehrbar Saal in Vienna, Gasteig and Nymphenburg Palace in Munich, Czech Museum of Music in Prague, National Forum of Music in Wroclaw, NOSPR in Katowice, Lutoslawski and Szpilman Studios in Warsaw, philharmonics in Cracow, Kalisz, Czestochowa, the Penderecki Center Luslawice, the Manggha Museum in Cracow, the Polish Theatre, the Royal Lazienki and the Royal Castle in Warsaw, Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz, Cracow, Wroclaw, Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw. She enjoys playing chamber music and performing the premieres of young Polish composers' works.

 

QUOTES

I met Rozalia in 2008 at the Wroclaw Academy of Music at a symposium dedicated to Tadeusz Natanson. A monographic concert was held, during which she - as the youngest performer - presented Natanson's "Lusatian Melodies". I was impressed by the phenomenal playing of a nine-year-old with very small hands. It was the first of my remarkable encounters with the music she creates and I have since followed her development. (...) Rozalia has reached an astounding level of maturity very early. She is an appreciated young artist who conquers the stage and knows what she wants from life - her purpose is to dedicate her talent to creating beautiful art.

Grażyna Pstrokońska-Nawratil
Composer

Rozalia, to me, you are nothing but the music. Every single one of your gestures, of your movements, was incredibly connected to what your tiny fingers were producing. You are very sensitive and I am bewitched by your musicality.

Katarzyna Budnik-Gałązka
Young Musician of the Year 2016 judge

Rozalia is an outstanding pianist, who despite her young age distinguishes herself with her excellent connection with the audience, extraordinary musical sensitivity and excellent interpretative abilities. What deserves a special mention is her complete professionalism with which she works and lack of stage fright. She is an extremely promising artist, despite already being a very polished musician and performer.

Jurek Dybał
General Director and Chief Conductor of the Orchestra of the Royal Capital City of Cracow Sinfonietta Cracovia

[…] It was the adorable, petite and natural ten-year-old from Wroclaw, a student of the Bacewicz School Rozalia Kierc, who made the best impression. Rememeber this name well. After all, if someone after just three years of study can (with such agility, musicality and understanding of musical phrasing) perform Mozart's Rondo for Piano and Orchestra in A major that poses a challenge even for mature pianists, it is scary to think how this extraordinary talent will develop in the future. […] She is a real diamond!

Małgorzata Pęcińska
Polish Radio

 

INTERESTS

Rozalia has long held an interest in graphic design as well as modern and contemporary art. In her free time, she enjoys learning languages and studying about photography and music production. She is an avid watcher of competitive figure skating and archery.

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