REVERIE PIANO DUO
ROZALIA KIERC & MARIA MOLISZEWSKA
fot. Filip Błażejowski/NIMIT
fot. Adam Kujawski
ROZALIA KIERC
2022-?
pianist at Opera Academy
Teatr Wielki - Polish National Opera in Warsaw
2022-24
MA in chamber music, Nowowiejski Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz,
taught by Bartłomiej Wezner
2017-22
MA in piano performance, Nowowiejski Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz,
taught by Stefan Wojtas
2017
graduated
International High School of Wrocław
and Żeleński State Secondary Music School in Cracow taught by Stefan Wojtas
fot. Wojciech Grzędziński/NIMIT
REVERIE PIANO
DUO
Rozalia Kierc and Maria Moliszewska created Reverie Piano Duo in 2020. The ensemble initially studied under Stefan Wojtas and is now mentored by Bartłomiej Wezner at the Feliks Nowowiejski Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz.
The two pianists are dedicated to presenting their unique artistic vision through exploration of both canon and forgotten compositions. Their versatility is showcased in their out-of-the-box repertoire, which includes a wide range of styles, beginning from classical sonatas, through grand romantic and impressionist masterpieces, musical theater suites and concerti, all the way to Polish contemporary music.
Their partnership has resulted in numerous prizes at international competitions, such as the 1st Prize at the International Piano Duo Competition Duettissimo in 2022 and the 2nd Prize at the International Competition of Polish Music in 2023, an honorary prize at the 21st Kiejstut Bacewicz Chamber Music Competition, as well as many other special prizes.
Both young artists complete and inspire each other. They are vivacious performers who are noted for their artistic sensitivity, charisma and unique interpretations. Their debut album, MODERNA, showcases the many facets of Polish contemporary music of the 20th and 21st centuries, presenting the pianists’ intriguing takes on their carefully selected repertoire.
Rozalia Kierc is a Polish pianist and chamber musician born in 1999 in Wrocław. Having studied under the tutelage of Stefan Wojtars for ten years, she earned her Master of Arts degree in 2022 at the Feliks Nowowiejski Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz, where she continued to study with Bartłomiej Wezner, this time focusing on chamber music. Since 2022, she has been a participant of the Opera Academy Young Talents Training Programme in Teatr Wielki - Polish National Opera in Warsaw, where she is mentored by Izabela Kłosińska, Olga Pasiecznik, Sophia Muñoz, Katelan Trần Terrell and Michał Biel. She also studied conducting with Marzena Diakun at the Karol Lipinski Academy of Music in Wroclaw.
She has received numerous scholarships from persons and institutions supporting young talents as well as dozens of prizes at national and international music competitions for her efforts as a solo pianist and chamber musician. She was a laureate of the Elżbieta and Krzysztof Penderecki Artistic Prize, the Steinway Advancement Award, and was also a finalist of the Polish Young Musician of the Year contest in 2016.
Starting from the age of eight, she has regularly performed in Poland and abroad in venues such as the National Philharmonic in Warsaw. National Forum of Music in Wrocław, the hall of the National Symphonic Orchestra of the Polish Radio in Katowice, the Witold Lutosławski and Władysław Szpilman concert studios of the Polish Radio, Teatr Wielki - Polish National Opera in Warsaw, the Wrocław Opera, the Cracow, Szczecin, Koszalin, Kalisz, Częstochowa, Olsztyn, Świętokrzyska Philharmonic halls, as well as the Krzysztof Penderecki European Centre for Music in Lusławice.
She debuted as a concerto soloist at the age of ten and has since performed with many renowned orchestras and conductors in Europe, including Łukasz Borowicz, George Tchitchinadze, Rune Bergmann, Bassem Akiki, Phillipe Bender, Michał Klauza, Marek Wroniszewski, Jurek Dybał, Adam Klocek, Piotr Sułkowski and Paweł Kotla. She is frequently invited to perform at music festivals, diplomatic events, symposia, vernissages, and charity concerts.
Since early childhood Kierc has been an enthusiast of chamber music. She is one half of Reverie Piano Duo, which she established with Maria Moliszewska, and frequently collaborates with soprano Justyna Khil. She is particularly fond of contemporary music and often participates in premiere performances. Her artistic interests include composition, arrangement, painting, graphic design and poetry.
fot. Przemysław Wachowiak
MARIA MOLISZEWSKA
2023-?
MA in piano performance, Nowowiejski Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz, taught by Paweł Wakarecy
2023-24
ERASMUS+
Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Hamburg
taught by Hubert Rutkowski
2020-23
BA in piano performance, Nowowiejski Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz, taught by Stefan Wojtas
2020
graduated Karłowicz State Music School Complex in Cracow, taught by Dorota Moliszewska
Maria Moliszewska is a Polish pianist and chamber musician born in Kraków in 2001. She graduated from the Mieczysław Karłowicz State Music School Complex in Krakow mentored by Dorota Moliszewska. In 2023, she earned her bachelor’s degree at the Feliks Nowowiejski Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz where she studied under Stefan Wojtas. She participated in the ERASMUS+ programme studying at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Hamburg under the guidance of Hubert Rutkowski. Currently, she is studying at the Feliks Nowowiejski Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz under the tutelage of Paweł Wakarecy.
She achieved considerable artistic success in national and international competitions, winning numerous prizes and distinctions. Among her most significant achievements are: the title of finalist at the 51st Fryderyk Chopin National Piano Competition in Warsaw, the title of laureate of the Young Performers’ Stage at the 55th Polish Piano Festival in Słupsk along with two special awards, Grand Prix for the best performance of Chopin’s music awarded by the National Fryderyk Chopin Institute at the International Piano Festival Chopin and French Composers, 1st prize at the 19th National Piano Competition in Konin, 1st Prize and three special prizes at the 25th International Chopin Piano Competition in Szafarnia.
Since 2016 she has been a scholar of many foundations and institutions supporting young artists, including the Polish Minister of Culture, the President of Krakow, the Pro Musica Bona Foundation, Lion’s Club Foundation and the Rector’s Scholarship for students at the Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz. Since 2022 she has been under the patronage of the National Fryderyk Chopin Institute. Invited to numerous concerts, she performed at prestigious concert venues worldwide including the Kioi Hall, Okayama Performing Arts Theatre, Okinawa Convention Center, Musée du Louvre-Lens, Megaron Athens Concert Hall and the Krzysztof Penderecki European Centre for Music in Lusławice. In Poland, she could be admired at the National Philharmonic, Krakow Philharmonic, Kielce Philharmonic, and Gorzów Philharmonic, as well as at the seat of the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra in Katowice. She also performed at the Academies of Music in Bydgoszcz, Krakow, Wroclaw, Gdańsk and Katowice, as well as the Chopin University of Music, the Birthplace of Fryderyk Chopin in Żelazowa Wola, Witold Lutosławski Concert Studio of Polish Radio, Fryderyk Chopin Museum in Warsaw, the Paderewski Centre in Kąśna Dolna.
She has worked with various orchestras, including the Mozart Virtuoso Festival Orchestra, the Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Kielce and Krakow philharmonic orchestras, the Západočeský symfonický orchestr Mariánské Lázně and the Academy Chamber Orchestra from Lviv. She collaborated with conductors such as Mitsuyoshi Oikawa, Marek Klauza, Łukasz Borowicz, Nikol Kraft and Igor Pylatiuk. In 2023, at the invitation of the Marshal of the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship Marshal, the Feliks Nowowiejski Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz and Maestro Mitsuyoshi Oikawa, she went on a recital tour in Japan, where she performed in Yokohama, Okinawa and Okayama.
What does our name mean?
The word reverie can be translated into Polish as rozmarzenie.
Roz-ma-rzenie. As in Rozalia and Maria. By the way, our duo changed the name twice, but thankfully Rozalia's Dad came up with the final one.
How did we become a duo?
Stefan Wojtas - who happened to teach both of us - had the idea to bring us together to help Rozalia fulfill a required college credit. And the rest, as they say, is history. We hadn't even met before our first rehearsal!
What repertoire do we like to perform the most?
We both have very distinct repertoire preferences - but this just means we have a very broad and varied repertoire. We agree on one thing - we love playing orchestral transcriptions!
(To be completely honest, Maria prefers music from the Romantic era, while Rozalia loves contemporary).
What is our biggest dream?
Not stressing about finding a room to practice in - so a huge house with two pianos. Preferably in the woods.
Also - premiering a work for two pianos and orchestra.