Aleksandra Mikulska

Aleksandra Mikulska (born 17 November 1981 in Warsaw) is a Polish classical pianist living in Germany.
Aleksandra Mikulska was born and grew up in Warsaw, where she started piano lessons at six years of age. She was later admitted to the class for highly gifted children at Poland’s national Karol Szymanowski music school. Prior to taking her school-leaving exams, Mikulska came to the attention of Peter Eicher of the Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe, Germany. Eicher became her teacher in 1997, and from 2000 she studied with him at the Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe. In 2004, Mikulska graduated with distinction in both streams of her double degree programme: music teaching and practical musicianship (principal study piano).
She then pursued her training at the Accademia Pianistica Internazionale “Incontri col Maestro” in Imola, Italy, where the most important influences on her development were Lazar Berman, Boris Petrushansky and Michel Dalberto. After completing the course with distinction, Mikulska joined Arie Vardi’s postgraduate solo performance class at the Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover, where she concluded her piano studies with the Performer's Diploma in 2010.
Aleksandra Mikulska attended numerous master classes, including those of Lev Natochenny, Andrzej Jasiński, Kevin Kenner and Diane Andersen, and was awarded a Prime Minister of Polish prime ministerial bursary and a scholarship by the Alfred Toepfer Stiftung F.V.S.
Concert invitations have taken Mikulska to the Musikverein,Konzert, Aleksandra Mikulska - Musikverein to the Brucknerhaus,Aleksandra Mikulska "Liebesträume". Konzert im Brucknerhaus Linz to the Tonhalle Zürich,Gastspiel - Kammerphilharmonie Graubünden to the Philharmonie Essen, to the Nikolaisaal in Potsdam,Klavierabend zu Ehren des 150. Geburtstages von Maria Skłodowska CurieFestkonzert aus Anlass des 100. Unabhängigkeitstages der Republik Polen to the Kurhaus Wiesbaden, to the Künstlerhaus in Munich and to the National Philharmonic Hall in Warsaw.
She has also guested at international festivals such as MDR Musiksommer,Chopin-Abend mit Aleksandra Mikulska beim MDR Musiksommer the Liszt Festival Raiding,„Virtuos und poetisch“ Aleksandra Mikulska, Klavier the Styriarte,Mikulska - StyriarteChopin im Exil - Styriarte the Bodenseefestival,Einheit von Gestaltungskraft und VirtuositätGefühlvolle Klaviermusik verzaubert Publikum the Usedomer Musikfestival,Usedomer Musikfestival: Pressemitteilung zur Bekanntgabe des Gesamtprogramms des 25. Usedomer Musikfestivals the Brandenburgische Sommerkonzerte,Lenzen - Präsidentin der Chopin-Gesellschaft zu GastÜberwältigend erklingende Zartheit - Aleksandra Mikulska gastiert am 13. August um 17 Uhr im Rahmen der Brandenburgischen Sommerkonzerte the Hohenloher Kultursommer, the Murten Classics Festival, the Böblingen International Piano Festival,Pianistenfestival Böblingen the Bayreuther Osterfestival,Aleksandra Mikulska - Matinèe II, Samstag, 22. April 2017, 11 UhrAleksandra Mikulska - Matinèe II, Samstag, 7. April 2018, 11 Uhr the Chopin Festival in GamingChopin-Festival in Gaming - Aleksandra Mikulska überzeugte am Piano and the Klosterkonzerte Maulbronn.Klosterkonzerte Maulbronn - Künstler von 1968 bis heute
Mikulska is particularly devoted to the works of Frédéric Chopin.PIANONews 2011, Nr. 1, S. 102; 2011, Nr. 6, S. 105. As president of the Chopin Society in the Federal Republic of Germany, she is committed to promoting and keeping alive Chopin’s music.Chopin-Gesellschaft - Über uns Aleksandra Mikulska is a Bösendorfer Artist.Aleksandra Mikulska - Artists & Friends - Bösendorfer
* 1998: First prize in the Concorso Internazionale di esecuzione pianistica in Agropoli, Italy.
* 2000: Second prize in the Concorso Internazionale di Pianoforte “E. Porrino” in Cagliari, Italy.
* 2002: Third prize in the Concorso Internazionale di Musica "Città di Pinerolo“, Italy.Alink-Argerich Foundation
* 2003: First prize in the Concorso Europeo "Città del Vasto“, Italy.
* 2004: First prize in the Jeunesses Musicales international “Musicians of the New Millenium” competition n Skopje, North Macedonia.Alink-Argerich Foundation
* 2005: Special prize for best Polish pianist in the XV International Frédéric Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw, Poland.
* 2007: Second prize and audience prize in the Musica Aeterna International Piano Competition in Wavre, Belgium.Alink-Argerich Foundation
* 2010: Frédéric Chopin: Sonata in B Minor
* 2011: Expressions: Piano Works by Joseph Haydn, Karol Szymanowski and Frédéric Chopin
* 2013: Frédéric Chopin: Ballades
* 2015: European Melodies: Aleksandra Mikulska plays Chopin & Franz Liszt
* 2018: Souvenirs: Piano Works by Franz Liszt
* 2020: Reflections: Piano Sonatas by Frédéric Chopin and Franz Liszt
* Website of Aleksandra Mikulska
* YouTube Channel of Aleksandra Mikulska
* Aleksandra Mikulska on SoundCloud
==In the media==
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Category:1981 births
Category:Polish pianists
Category:Polish musicians by instrument