JÓZEF WESOŁOWSKI

Józef Wesołowski is an eighth-grade student at the Feliks Nowowiejski Secondary Music School in Gdańsk, where he studies under Dr. Adrianna Wolf. He is a laureate of numerous awards at national and international competitions and performs at concerts both in Poland and abroad.

In the fall of 2024, he was invited to participate in the Cultural Exchange Programme in California. During his stay in the USA, he performed at the International I. J. Paderewski Festival in Paso Robles and at a concert celebrating Independence Day at the Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in Los Angeles.

He has also performed at the Klaviergalerie in Vienna, the Sudeten Philharmonic, the Baltic Philharmonic, in Żelazowa Wola as part of the Kwadrans Muzycznych series, and at many other cultural institutions.

He has participated in masterclasses with prominent pianists and pedagogues, including:
– Prof. Katarzyna Popowa-Zydroń,
– Prof. Mariusz Drzewicki,
– Martin Garcia Garcia,
– Prof. Paweł Zawadzki,
– Prof. Zbigniew Raubo,
– Prof. Piotr Banasik,
– Dr. Łukasz Byrdy,
– Prof. Janina Fiałkowska,
– Prof. Peter Klimo.

Selected Awards:
– Grand Prix and 3 special prizes at the 2nd International Piano Competition for Children and Youth „Fortepian Paderewskiego” (Otwock Wielki, 2024),
– Grand Prix, 1st place, and special prize at the 26th Kłodzko Piano Competition – 1st International Kłodzko Piano Competition (2024),
– 3rd place at the 32nd International Chopin Festival in Mazovia (Sochaczew, 2024),
– 3rd prize and special prize at the 15th National Piano Competition im. I. Rolanowska (Kraków, 2024),
– 1st place at the 17th National Forum of Young Instrumentalists im. Karol and Antoni Szafranków (Rybnik, 2024),
– 3rd place at the 26th National Piano Tournament im. Halina Czerny-Stefańska (Żagań, 2024),
– Grand Prix at the 5th National Online Piano Competition (Leżajsk, 2023),
– 1st place at the 4th Elbląg Piano Competition (Elbląg, 2023),
– 1st place at the 2nd National Piano Competition „Chopin in the Leading Role” (Miastko, 2023),
– 3rd place at the 3rd Warmian Chopin Piano Competition for Children and Youth „Young Romantics” (Lidzbark Warmiński, 2023),
– 1st place at the 1st International Henryk Melcer Piano Competition (Kalisz, 2023),
– 2nd place at the 6th International Podkarpackie Chopin Piano Competition (Rzeszów, 2022),
– 2nd place at the 22nd International Music Competition im. Juliusz Zarębski (Łomianki, 2022).