MAŁGORZATA ANNA KURLETO

Małgorzata Kurleto began her piano studies in 2016 at the age of 7 at the Primary Music School in Gdów under the guidance of Mrs. Anna Huszczo. She completed her first-degree education with distinction in 2021, completing the six-year program in five years. She is currently continuing her education at the Fryderyk Chopin State Secondary School of Music in Kraków, in the piano class of Dr. Hab. Milena Kędra, Prof. AMPK.

She has honed her piano skills through masterclasses from 2017 to 2024, led by renowned professors such as Milena Kędra, Olga Łazarska, Laura Vilalty Cirera, Waldemar Wojtal, Beata Bilińska, and Joanna Ławrynowicz-Just.

She is a laureate of numerous regional, national, and international competitions, including:
– First Prize at the I International Piano Competition in Libiąż,
– First Prize at the X Festival of Polish Contemporary Music for Pianists named after Janina Garść in Lubliniec,
– First Prize at the II Piano Competition Piano E Forte,
– Golden Virtuoso Award and Special Prize for performing A. Rowley’s piece „Modal” at the XI International Piano Competition „Young Virtuoso” in Sanok,
– Second Prize at the XXIV National Piano Tournament named after Halina Czerny-Stefańska in Żagań,
– First Prize at the VI Young Talents Competition – an online competition organized by the „EGIDA Foundation for Artistic Education” and the EGIDA Non-public Music School I and II degree in Książenice,
– Second Prize at the II National Online Piano Competition in Leżajsk,
– Second Prize at the XV National Forum of Young Instrumentalists named after Karol and Antoni Szafranek in Rybnik,
– First Prize with distinction at the II National Music Competition organized as part of the Young Virtuoso Festival in Bydgoszcz,
– Second Prize at the X Stockholm International Music Competition,
– Second Prize at the XXVI National and International Piano Competition im. I.J. Paderewski in Tuchów,
– Bronze Prize at the Amadeus International Music Awards in Salzburg,
– Bronze Prize at the Euterpe Music Awards in Berlin,
– Second Prize at the XXVIII National and International Piano Competition im. I.J. Paderewski in Tuchów.