Piano, Piano Literature
McCain
Auditorium 126
(785) 532-3811
slawomir@ksu.edu
Slawomir
Dobrzanski joined the music faculty at Kansas State University in the fall
of 2005. As a pianist, Dr. Dobrzanski performed a soloist in several European
countries, South America, and throughout the United States. As a soloist,
he performed with such orchestras as the National Philharmonic in Warsaw,
Poland, the “Leopoldinum” Chamber Orchestra. “Connecticut
Virtuosi” Chamber Orchestra, “Amadeus” Orchestra, Lincoln
Symphony Orchestra, and the Frederic Chopin Academy of Music Symphony Orchestra.
He participated in the “Potomac River Piano Festival”, Mozart
Festival in Poznan, Poland, Chopin Festival in Antonin, Poland, ‘Warsaw
Autumn” Contemporary Music Festival, Festival of Polish Pianists in
Slupsk, Poland, Chopin Festival of Hawaii, Chopin & Friends Festival
in New York City, Darmstadt Festival of New Music in Darmstadt, Germany,
“Music Gettysburg!” Festival in Gettysburg, El Paso Chopin Music
Festival, and Chopin Festival in Miami, FL.
Dr. Dobrzanski is a founding member of the “Atma” Piano Trio, with cellist Cheung Chau and violinist Blanka Bednarz.
In addition to his
performing career, Dr. Dobrzanski is an active member of the Music Teachers
Association and has served as the president-elect of the Rhode Island
MTA in the years 2004-2005. He was the founder and artistic director of
the Frederic Chopin Society of Connecticut. He is also an author of a
book “Maria Szymanowska”, published in 2006 by the Polish
Music Center at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.
At the Kansas State University, Dr. Dobrzanski teaches individual piano
lessons and courses in piano literature.
His hobbies include studying environmental, minority and other social issues, travel, history of religion, history of pianism, literature, poetry, and languages.
Critic’s Voices:
“The Master of the singing phrase” – Neuss-Grevenbroicher Zeitung, Neuss, Germany
“Unerring execution and eloquent phrasing.” – New Britain Herald
“A perfect interpreter of both Chopin and Liszt’s music.” – The Polonaise, Miami, FL
“He kept the audience alive and on their toes” – Uconn Daily Campus
“ The Pole showed maturity and sensitivity.” – Luzerner Tageblatt, Lucerne, Switzerland
“
His playing has a rarely heard breadth of expression between intimacy
and virtuosity” – West-Deutsche Zeitung, Dusseldorf,
Germany