Sternstunde am Bösendorfer II Berlin Piano Trio

In the organizer's words:

BERLIN PIANO TRIO

with

Nikolaus Resa, piano - Krzysztof Polonek, violin and Katarzyna Polonek, violoncello

The Berlin Piano Trio not only plays in the top league of this genre: it is now coming to Schwerte for the third time as part of the "Sternstunden am Bösendorfer". The audience and the organizers are delighted about this connection. At the last two concerts in the Rohrmeisterei, the trio also impressed with its chamber music program and the special sound of a piano trio! We can expect music-making together at a very high level. Piano trios from the Viennese Classical and Romantic periods are well-known, and Ludwig van Beethoven also left behind several variation works for piano trio.

In 2007, the trio won first prize at Poland's most prestigious chamber music competition, whose founder is Krzysztof Penderecki. The ensemble received further recognition at this competition by being awarded the interdisciplinary "Grand Prix". In the same year, the trio was also awarded first prize and the audience prize at the European Chamber Music Competition in Karlsruhe. Further prestigious prizes followed.

The three musicians each have their own outstanding biography and regard playing in a trio as a special challenge. The pianist Nikolaus Resa, born in Berlin, studied piano at the "Hanns Eisler" Hochschule für Musik in Berlin and is now an internationally successful concert pianist and chamber musician. He performs regularly with renowned orchestras such as the Berlin Philharmonic and the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin.

Krzysztof Polonek, the violinist in the trio, was born in Kraków. He initially studied at the Julius Stern Institute at the University of the Arts in Berlin and completed his concert exam at the Lübeck University of Music. Krzysztof Polonek also performs as a soloist. He has been a member of the Berliner Philharmoniker in the 1st violin section since 2009 and has also been one of its concertmasters since March 2019.

Katarzyna Polonek on cello was born in Poznań and studied cello at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna. Her awards include Polish and German prizes such as 1st prize at the international cello competition in Liezen, Austria, as well as the prestigious scholarship from the Herbert von Karajan Center Vienna.

She has performed with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra and the Staatskapelle Berlin under the direction of Daniel Barenboim, Sir Simon Rattle and Iván Fischer, among others. She teaches cello at the Poznań Academy of Music and conducts master classes in Szamotuły and Opole, among other places.

Price information:

20 € advance booking, 23 € box office