Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland
Since his German debut at the Kissinger Sommer Festival in 1987 he has performed in major European centres including the Salle Gaveau in Paris, the Tonhalle in Zurich, the Warsaw Philharmonic and the Tchaïkovsky Conservatory in Moscow. As a soloist he appeared with outstanding conductors: Jan Krenz, Eivind Gullberg Jensen, Tadeusz Wojciechowski, Marek Pijarowski, Tomasz Bugaj, Wilfried Boettcher and Karol Teutsch. Paweł Kamasa was the very first pianist ever to perform the complete cycle of Mazurkas by Karol Szymanowski in Paris and his recording of this Oeuvre for KOCH/Schwann in Munich was very much praised by Gramophone London, and received the "Critic's Choice Award". Since 2008 he has been performing a programme „Letters of music” devoted to Johannes Brahms' late works for piano accompanied by the correspondence of Clara Schumann to the composer in Kamasa's own translation into Polish. In 2012 he presented it with great acclaim in the language of origin to the public in Germany. 2015 a new 2CD-set dedicated to the complete late work for piano solo op. 116-119 by Johannes Brahms has been released by DUX Recording Producers. Pawel Kamasa is a passionate pedagogue too. From 1997 to 2000 he led a piano & chamber music class at the Conservatory of Schaffhausen/Switzerland, 2012/13 he was visiting professor at the Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz/Poland. Since 2012 he has been leading a class for piano chamber music at the Josef-Elsner-Conservatory of Music in Warsaw/Poland, and he continues his teaching activity by giving master classes and lectures. Since 2017 he has been serving as a jury member of the International Johannes Brahms Piano Competition in Pörtschach/Austria.
piano and chamber music classes, pupils enrolled in Young Talent's program
It's a great experience to serve as a member of the Jury at the International Johannes Brahms Competition in Pörtschach, Austria. The extremely transparent system of judging allows a vivid contact to the competitors, the place where Brahms composed his Opp. 73-79 is simply bewitching for any devoted Brahms-lover like me... After three editions in 2017, 2018 & 2019 followed by pandemic break I was grateful and happy to be back again in Pörtschach 2023!
piano chamber music classes, students enrolled in both Bachelor- and Master's degree programs
creating the idea of the festival programme, signing artist to perform it, supervising the PR actions prior and during the festival, introducing artists to the public