Katarzyna Marzec-Salwinski, was born in Czestochowa (Poland), and made her debut as a soloist with the Czestochowa Philharmonic Orchestra in Rachmaninov’s Second Piano Concerto in 1992. She continued her piano studies at the Academy of Music in Cracow, while simultaneously studying Musicology at the Jagiellonian University. Upon receiving Master of the Arts in Piano Performance, she moved to the United States, where she worked intensively with Pawel Checinski at the Chicago College of Performing Arts. Katarzyna has performed as a soloist with orchestras and various chamber ensembles in Europe, throughout the United States, in the Middle East and in Japan; performances include a devilishly difficult Second Piano Concerto by Prokofiev, with Maestro Luis Biava and TUSO. Katarzyna has been particularly active as a performer
of contemporary music, with several premieres in her career. Following her interest in literature and its connections to music, she was involved in a field of the Polish modern art song, both in making arrangements and performing. This earned her several awards (for the best accompaniment in 1994, for the best collaborative artist in 1995). Katarzyna has appeared in several concert series, among others “Mostly Music at NEIU” in Chicago and “Concerts at One” in New York, and performed live for radio and television.
Currently Katarzyna serves as an Artist-In-Residence at the Ethical Society of Philadelphia, and at the International Institute for Culture. Her students won competitions and performed at Carnegie Hall and Kimmel Center. She completed her Doctor of Musical Arts Degree under the guidance of Harvey Wedeen at Temple University.