Biography

‘’Joanna Kacperek’s pianism is of the first order. What struck me was not only the natural flow of her interpretations, or the beauty of her sound, but above all the ability to move me, and the sheer joyfulness that transpired from every note she played’’ – Antonio Pompa- Baldi

Joanna Kacperek is highly celebrated for being a multi-faceted pianist with a wide ranging repertoire, both as a soloist and a collaborative pianist. She has performed in major concert halls in her native Poland as well as in the United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Italy, Spain, Germany, Norway, the Ukraine, Canada and Japan. Concerto appearances include performances with such orchestras as the Symphony Orchestra of the National Philharmonic in Warsaw and the Lviv Virtuosos Chamber Orchestra. Joanna’s debut solo album was released in September this year with Rubicon Classics label. The CD is already receiving first enthusiastic reviews (‘The Pianist’ magazine) and has been featured on the Polish National Radio (Program Drugi Polskiego Radia).

In September 2024 Joanna debuted at Wigmore Hall, where she won the ‘Jean Meikle Prize’ for best duo with Clara Barbier Serrano at the Wigmore Hall/Bollinger International Song Competition. Their Liedduo (former ‘Oxford Song Young Artists’ (2022-2024) has also been awarded the second prize at the International Hugo Wolf Competition in Stuttgart and the Lied Innovation prize of the Rhonefestival fűr Liedkunst in Switzerland. Their recent performances include recitals in Oxford and Barcelona (LIFE Victoria Festival) as well as in France and United Kingdom.

Joanna was a finalist at the Royal Over-Seas League Competition in London (2022). Other awards and scholarships  include the Titanic Memoriam Pianist Prize at the Lies Askonas Vocal Competition (2021), a special prize at the International Grieg Piano Competition in Bergen (2016), the first prize at the Second International Beethoven Chamber Music Competition, Poland (2017), The Zetland Foundation scholarship in London (2021), the C.Bechstein Foundation Scholarship (Royal College of Music – 2021) the Erasmus scholarship (Berlin University of Arts’ with Prof. Markus Groh) the ‘F.Chopin’ Szafarnia, the ‘B.Smetana’ in Pilsen and the ‘M.Magin’ Paris. 

In 2021, Joanna graduated from the Royal College of Music in London, where she studied with Prof. Norma Fisher. She also graduated from the Chopin University of Music in Warsaw in 2017, where she studied with Prof. Ewa Pobłocka. 

The pianist has played in masterclasses with such artists as: Dina Yoffe, Arie Vardi, Anna Malikova, Boris Berman, Nikolai Demidenko, Bernd Goetzke, Hinrich Alpers, Fumiko Eguchi, Philippe Giusano, Katarzyna Popowa – Zydroń, Andrzej Jasiński, Krzysztof Jabłoński, Wojciech Świtała.

Upcoming performances in 2025 include recitals in England, Ireland, France, Germany and the Netherlands.