3rd concert of the cycle "Pianists at the Paderewski Academy of Music" will feature the performance of Jacek Kortus on March 23, 2016 at the Aula Nova of the Academy of Music in Poznań.

The programme includes Sonata in B flat minor, Op. 35, Scherzo in B minor, Op. 20, Polonaise in A flat major, Op. 53 by Fryderyk Chopin, Preludes Nos. 5 and 12, Op. 32 by Sergei Rachmaninoff and Three Fragments from the ballet "Petrushka" by Igor Stravinsky.

Jacek Kortus won prizes in national piano competitions, including the Chopin competitions in Antonin (2000, 2005 – First Prize) and Szafarnia (1999). He received a special prize at the "Artur Rubinstein in Memoriam" Competition for Young Pianists in Bydgoszcz (2004) and a distinction at the 15th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition. He has been awarded a scholarship by the Minister of Culture (2002, 2005), as well as the Young Art Medal for outstanding artistic achievements and the Hipolit Cegielski Young Positivist’s Medal (2006). In 2008 Polskie Nagrania released his first solo disc with Sonata in B flat minor by Fryderyk Chopin and Sonata in B minor by Franz Liszt.

The cycle, which started in January and will continue until May, includes recitals of the Academy’s young piano teachers - Joanna Marcinkowska (April 2), Piotr Żukowski (April 29) and Piotr Szychowski (May 11).

Admission free.