Year of birth: 1994
Place of birth: Gdynia
Educated in: Warsaw
Place of residence: Graz
(Plays in Vienna)

November 2024 Preselections

Watch Tomasz Zając performance.

Program

S. Kisielewski - Moto Perpetuo F. Chopin - Étude op. 25, no. 5 A. Skrjabin - Étude op. 65, no. 3 E. Granados - Goyescas, Book 2: no. 5 "El Amor y la Muerte"  


Biography

Tomasz Zając is one of the most outstanding Polish pianists of his generation. Apart from Poland he has performed in Iran, Japan and various European countries like Germany, Austria, France, Norway, Belarus, Czech Republic; and has given concerts in such prestigious concert venues as Vahdat Hall, Radiokulturhaus Wien, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra Concert Hall, Rudolfinum, Witebska Philharmonic Concert Hall, Polish Baltic F. Chopin Philharmonic, Kraków Philharmonic. Tomasz Zając is a laureate of many Polish and international piano competitions. He studied with Alicja Paleta-Bugaj at FCUM Warsaw and with Markus Schirmer at KUG Graz. For his artistic achievements he was awarded numerous scholarships from many organizations.

 

Due to health reasons the candidates Shotaro Nishimura and Zixi Chen could not participate in the GPP 2022. They received the possibility to participate in this edition.

 

Candidates who withdrew from the competition:

Bily Robert
Deng Yubo
Durliat Gabriel
Guo Yungyung
Han Wenfang
Lee Shinyoung
Martinelli Riccardo
Park Chaeyoung
Thomazinho Lucas
Wang Jiapeng