Dr. Sławomir Dobrzański2019

Sławomir Dobrzański frequently performs as a soloist and chamber musician in Europe, South America, China, and throughout the United States. As a soloist, he has performed with such orchestras as the National Philharmonic in Warsaw, Poland, the “Leopoldinum” Chamber Orchestra, “Connecticut Virtuosi” Chamber Orchestra, “Amadeus” Orchestra, Lincoln (NE) Symphony Orchestra, and the Frederic Chopin Academy of Music Symphony Orchestra.

He has participated in the "Mozart Festival" in Poznań, Poland, "Chopin Festival" in Antonin, Poland, "Warsaw Autumn” Contemporary Music Festival, Festival of Polish Pianists in Słupsk, Poland, “Chopiniana” Festival in Buenos Aires, Argentina, “Music Gettysburg!” Festival in Gettysburg, American Liszt Society National Festival in Lincoln, NE, Chopin Festival in Miami, FL, Karol Szymanowski Festival in Beijing, China, and The World Piano Teachers Conference in Novi Sad, Serbia.

He is a graduate of the Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw, Poland and the University of Connecticut, where he received the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in 2001. In 2013, 2016 and 2018, the London-based label Acte Prealable released Dr. Dobrzański’s world-premiere CD recordings of piano music by Maria Szymanowska (1789-1831) and Anton de Kontski (1817-1899).

Dr. Dobrzański is also very active nationally and internationally as a pedagogue, lecturer, clinician and adjudicator. He was a member of music faculties at Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota and the University of Rhode Island. Currently, he serves as Professor of Music at the School of Music, Theatre and Dance at Kansas State University, where he teaches piano performance, chamber music and piano literature. In 2017, Dr. Dobrzański was honored with the title of “Meritorious for National Culture” by the Government of Poland.