MasterWorks 2
Featured Artist
Lukasz Szyner
With a resume of musical accomplishments
beyond his years, Lukasz Szyrner has been with the Maryland
Symphony Orchestra since 2002, serving as principal cellist
since 2004. He
is also acting principal at Lancaster Symphony Orchestra.
Born in Poznan, the musical
capital of Poland, he began his studies at the age of seven.
A recognized child prodigy, Szyrner was performing in the
Poznan Philharmonic when he was ten and made his solo debut
with the orchestra at fourteen, performing the Saint-Saens
Cello Concerto.
He was the youngest master’s graduate of the Jan Paderewski
Music Conservatory in Poznan, where he studied under Professor
Stanislav Pokorski. He continued his studies with Karne
Georgian at the prestigious Hochschule Fur Musik in Detmold,
Germany,
Since coming to this country Szyrner has studied at the Peabody
Conservatory with celebrated cellist Stephen Kates and with
renowned cellist Laurence Lesser at the New England Conservatory
of Music.
By age twenty, Szyrner started
winning competitions worldwide. These
included the International Nicanor Zabaleta Competition for
Strings in San Sebastian, Spain; the Irving M. Klein String
Competition in San Francisco; the Mary Graham Lesley International
Music Competition; The Yale Gordon Competition; the International
UNESCO Competition for Young Musicians; and, the D’Angelo
Young Artist Competition. He was a semi-finalist in the
Leonard Rose Competition and in the Tchaikovsky Competition
in Moscow. In 1993, he was the recipient of the Glos
Wielkopolski “Medal of Young Art” Award for his
artistic achievements in Poland and abroad.
In past seasons, he has
performed solo and chamber works throughout Europe and in
major cities across the United States including New York,
Washington, Philadelphia, Boston, Atlanta, Chicago, Richmond
and San Francisco. In addition to an active recital
and chamber music career, Szyrner has soloed with many orchestras. He
spends summers performing at numerous festivals such as the prestigious
Rvinia Festival, the Piatigorsky Seminar in Los Angeles and the
Heifetz International Music Institute, where he also taught a
master class series to aspiring young performers. He
made his debut on compact disc with the Swedish Recording Company,
Chamber Sound and has performed for radio and television in
Poland, Sweden and Germany.
