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06.04.2009 Steinway Hall UK Solo Piano Recital
04.15.2009 Radio Interview Dublin City FM at 3:00PM GMT
01.25.2009 Barbican An Evening of Strauss Lieder
11.01.2008 Solo Recital St. Martin in the Fields
09.15.2008 Argentina Successful Debut in Buenos Aires
06.21.2008 Charity Event Important Charity event in Windsor

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:: Letter from Daniel Wnukowski

Pianist Daniel WnukowskiWelcome to my website! As a pianist, music has always been the inner-core of my life. I am deeply gratified to have a virtual home in which I can share my music, thoughts and memories but the real praise must go to the composers who have left behind their great music. I am solely the medium which allows the composer's intentions to blossom and spring to life.

Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.

- Victor Hugo

In addition to performing, it has always been my most passionate desire to share personal experiences of making music with my audiences, with the hope that I may inspire them to new heights. I invite you to browse through my latest online diary entries where you can join me backstage in my journey into the glorious world of piano music. I also believe that the whole notion of performing live can be and should be a mutually rewarding experience where both the audience and the pianist can discover new truths about themselves while revealing their very own emotional truths to the foreground.

As much as I confess to spending long, arduous hours alone in dialectic reflection analyzing and re-analyzing a score, with all its harmonic changes, rhythmic complexities, tonal color, motivic relationships, methods of articulation, etc., I would never develop to my full potential if it wasn’t for the masterful teachers and highly-gifted colleagues/pianists who have gently and patiently guided me in the right direction.

By collaborating with many other great musicians, whether through concertos, chamber music or vocal accompaniment, I have been able to awaken my own internal voice while liberating the rhetorical dimensions found within a piece of music. It will always be my goal to try and grasp the structural physiognomy of a composition together with its aesthetic purpose and agenda and I believe much of this can be achieved through learning how to sing internally through a piece of music just as a great singer does externally.

Without getting too technical for this short introduction, above all, I would like to continue being an inspiration and support to all of my fellow colleagues, audiences, and sponsors whether it be through concerts, recitals, lectures, discussions or stimulating conversations.

-- Daniel Wnu-kow-ski

 

Great Quotes about Pianists

“I don’t think I handle the notes much differently from other pianists. But the pauses between the notes--ah, there is where the artistry lies!!”

-- Arthur Schnabel

Pianists call me a composer, composers call me a pianist. The classicists think me a futurist, and the futurists call me a reactionary.

-- Anton Rubinstein

“It is not a profession to be a pianist and musician. It is a philosophy, a conception of life that cannot be based on good intentions or natural talent. First and foremost there must be a spirit of sacrifice.”

-- Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli

:: Definitions of the word 'Pianist'
  1. A person who plays the piano, particularly with skill or as part of an orchestra.
  2. (WWII) A spy using radio or wireless telegraphy to keep in touch with headquarters during the Second World War*

*FYI: This website deals strictly with the first definition!

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