From Poland: Anna Pietrzak in Concert

Anna Pietrzak is a versatile guitarist, recording artist, pedagogue, adjudicator, as well as founder of the Vancouver Guitar Orchestra.

Anna is a laureate of over a dozen guitar competitions in Europe. She has performed in solo recitals and as soloist with chamber music ensembles and orchestras throughout Poland, Austria, China, the Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Spain, Canada, Germany, Switzerland, Hungary, and Slovakia. In 2017 she made her Canadian debut with the Toronto Concert Orchestra under the baton of Kerry Stratton.

She received her PhD from the Academy of Music in Wroclaw in Poland, where she studied with Professor Piotr Zaleski and Marek Zieliński. Her first teacher was her Mom, Danuta. Anna’s musical education also includes a graduate degree from the Conservatory of Music in Piraeus, Greece, in the guitar program of Costas Cotsiolis.

She has released three albums, all of which received positive reviews from the press. 

Anna Pietrzak teaches students…