Janina Fialkowska Piano Ikon Arts Management Ltd 2-6 Baches Street London N1 6DN t: +44 (0)20 7354 9199 [email protected] Website www.janinafialkowska.com www.ikonarts.com Contact Nicola Semple Email [email protected] Beloved the world over for her exquisite pianism, Janina Fialkowska has enchanted audiences for almost forty years with her glorious lyrical sound, her sterling musicianship and her profound sense of musical integrity. Celebrated for her interpretations of the classical and romantic repertoire, she is particularly distinguished as one of the great interpreters of the piano works of Chopin and Mozart. She has also won acclaim as a champion of the music of Franz Liszt, as well as of twentieth-century Polish composers, both in concert and on disc. During recent seasons Ms Fialkowska was heard in concert in London at the Barbican and the Wigmore Hall, as well as in performances in New York City, Houston, Montreal, Toronto, Berlin, Bremen and Dusseldorf amongst others. She also regularly tours Canada, USA and Europe. Orchestral highlights include concertos with Regina Symphony, Berner Symphonieirchester, London Sinfonia, Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Tenerife Symphony Orchestra, and the Vancouver Symphony. Ms Fialkowska will be celebrating her 70th birthday in 2021 with the release of her final Chopin recital disc. In her most recent disc ‘Les sons et les parfums…’, “Fialkowska brings to bear an extraordinary variety of touch, producing sounds that seem tailored to their respective pieces…There’s simply no one quite like her" (Gramophone), and her ‘Chopin Recital 3’ was awarded the 2018 Juno Award for Best Classical Album of the Year, Solo or Chamber. Throughout her career, Janaina Fialkowska has been nominated for this award seven times. Further discography includes CDs with several solo albums featuring music by Chopin, Liszt, Schubert and Szymanowski. Ms Fialkowska and her husband, cultural manager Harry Oesterle, reside in Bavaria, Germany. March 2020 Please do not use this biography if it is more than three months old. [email protected] www.ikonarts.com t: +44 (0)20 7354 9199 .