Krakow: Chopin & Friends Concert with Candlelight

Enjoy a delightful piano concert with music by one of the most outstanding Polish composers, Fryderyk Chopin. Listen to beautiful pieces in a unique 17th-century hall at the foot of the Wawel Castle.
Enjoy a delightful piano concert with music by one of the most outstanding Polish composers, Fryderyk Chopin. Listen to the most beautiful pieces in a unique 17th-century hall at the foot of the most important residence in Poland, the Wawel Castle.

Let yourself be enchanted by beautiful music for solo piano in an extraordinary interior with phenomenal acoustics. The extraordinary evening will be filled with a magical setting of candlelight, reflected in gilding and marble.

Listen to the sounds of the piano played by Alisa Kisielewska, a laureate of International Piano Competitions. In June 2024 she made her debut in the United States during the International Piano Festival ‘Art of the Piano’ at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.

She is currently studying at the Krzysztof Penderecki Academy of Music in Kraków in the piano class of Professor Mariusz Sielski.

Or listen to the sounds of the piano played by Katarzyna Rzeszutek, a chamber music pianist and vocal tutor. She is a laureate of the XXII National Piano Competition for F. Chopin Artistic Scholarships in Warsaw.

She is actively involved in concert activity, performing above all with many distinguished artists, receiving numerous awards and distinctions.

Programme:
F. Chopin: Mazurka Op.17 No. 4
Beethoven: Sonata in E flat major Op.31 No.3 (1st movement)
F. Chopin: Etude Op.10 No. 8
M. Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimantales (1,2)
F. Chopin: Prelude Op. 28 No. 6
S. Rachmaninov: Etude-Tableaux op.39 No. 8
F. Chopin: Nocturne, op. 9 no. 2
Claude Debussy: Etude N°1 ‘Pour les 5 : doigts d'après Mr Czerny’
F. Chopin: Prelude, op. 28 no. 4,
G. Bacewicz: Piano Sonata No. 2
F. Chopin: Waltz op. 64 no. 2
F. Chopin: Ballade No. 1, Op. 23

The organiser reserves the right to change the repertoire and artists.

To guarantee availability book as soon as possible. Early booking is worth consideration especially if you planning the trip during high season like public holidays or weekends.

This excursion you can cancel with no cost up to 24 hours before the start of the trip. If you cancel it after 24 hours or not show up on the excursion you will still be charged the full price of the activity. Being late on pick-up or departure will be considered as not showing up.