Piotr Maziarz is an organist who studied at the Krzysztof Penderecki Academy of Music in Krakow under Prof. Mirosław Semeniuk – Podraza (diploma with honors 2022). During his studies, he participated in numerous organ competitions taking first prizes in international organ competitions in Russia (“Vox Polonica Petropolitana” 2019) and in Italy (“Don Vincenzo Vitti” 2021).
In 2021 he began studying in Italy under Prof. Juan Paradell-Sole and Prof. Antonella Tigretti in Frosinone. During his time there he began researching the work of Marco Enrico Bossi, following in his footsteps by playing the instruments the composer performed on and analysing manuscripts. At the end of his master’s studies in Kraków, he wrote a thesis entitled “Marco Enrico Bossi – in search of romantic patterns”, touching in depth on the problems of registering and interpreting his works.
In 2022 he went on an Erasmus+ internship at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire to study the works of Byrd, Purcell, Elgar and Howells.
In 2023 he received a scholarship from The Royal Birmingham Conservatoire and The Nicolas Danby Trust and began his MMus studies at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire in the class of Daniel Moult and Nicholas Wearne.
Piotr has been invited to the most important organ festivals in Poland. He has given concerts in Slovakia, Hungary, Italy, Russia and the United Kingdom.
He took part in a masterclass led by:
Ines Maidre, Sven-Ingvart Mikkelsen, Francesco Scarcella, Thomas Lennartz,
Ignace Michiels, Jos van der Kooy, Monica Melcova, Markus Eichenlaub,
David Titterington, Eric Lebrun, Grazia Salvatori, Martin Schmeding, Erwan Le Prado, Nathan Laube and Matthias Havinga.
