Education

The Feliks Nowowiejski Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz, Faculty of Instrumental Music, specialization: Piano Performance — 2015-2022
2020-2022 — Postgraduate-Degree course, teacher: Katarzyna Popowa-Zydroń
2018-2020 — Master Degree programme, teacher: Katarzyna Popowa-Zydroń (2018-2019: Katarzyna Popowa-Zydroń & Jerzy Sulikowski)
2015-2018 — Bachelor Degree programme, teacher: Katarzyna Popowa-Zydroń (2016-2018: Katarzyna Popowa-Zydroń & Jerzy Sulikowski)
The Feliks Nowowiejski School of Music in Gdańsk, Main Instrument: Piano — 2012-2015
2012-2015 — High School, teacher: Mariusz Trzebniak

Competitions

Prizes
1st Prize and 5 special prizes (i.a. Critics Prize and Audience Prize) 3rd International Piano Competition ‘Premio Amadeus’ in Lazise, Italy, March 2023
2nd Prize ex aequo 50th National Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw, Poland, February 2020
1st Prize 16th Polish Piano Festival ‘Chopin Interpretations of the Young’ in Konin-Żychlin, Poland, November 2019
1st Prize 2nd International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition for Young Pianists in Beijing, China, October 2019
Laureate ‘Stage of the Youth’ at the 53rd Festival of Polish Pianistics in Słupsk, Poland, September 2019
2nd Prize and a Special Prize for the best performance of music by Paderewski 49th National Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw, Poland, November 2018
Special Prize for the best performance of music by Chopin 11th International Piano Competition for Young Pianists „Arthur Rubinstein in memoriam” in Bydgoszcz, Poland, October 2017
2nd Prize 1. Achterkerke-Musikwettbewerb “Die Jungen Besten im Norden”, Usedomer Musikfestival in Heringsdorf, Germany, October 2014
1st Prize and 3 special prizes (i.a. for the best performance of music by Szymanowski) 22nd International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition for Children and Youth in Szafarnia, Poland, May 2014
3rd Prize 4th International Piano Competition in Augustów, Poland, April 2014
2nd Prize (no 1st Prize awarded) 18th National Piano Competition in Konin, Poland, April 2014
Distinction National Auditions for Piano Students of the Secondary Music Schools in Kraków, Poland, January 2014
1st Prize 1st Leopold Godowski International Piano Competition in Warszawa, Poland, November 2013
2nd Prize (piano trio) 10th International Michal Kleofas Oginski Chamber Music Competition Smarhon, Belarus, November 2013
Distinction 5th International Maurycy Moszkowski Piano Competition “Per aspera ad astra” in Kielce, Poland, May 2013
1st Prize (piano trio) 13th International Juliusz Zarębski Music Competition in Warszawa-Izabelin-Łomianki, Poland, March 2013
Grand Prix (piano trio) 11th Macroregional Chamber Music Encounters in Gdańsk, Poland, March 2013
Distinction 12th International Piano Competition “Chopin for the Youngest” in Antonin, Poland, February 2013
1st Prize (piano trio) National Auditions for Chamber Ensembles of the Secondary Music Schools in Warszawa, Poland, January 2013
3rd Prize 8th National Ignacy Jan Paderewski Piano Competition in Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland, November 2011
3rd Prize Slavic Music Festival in Tczew, Poland, November 2008
2nd Prize 7th National Piano Competition “Baroque music performed by the youngest” in Gdańsk, Poland, January 2008
Participant
I stage Concours Musical International de Montréal 2024 in Montreal, Canada, May 2024
Semi-finalist 10th I nternational Telekom Beethoven Competition Bonn in Bonn, Germany, December 2023

Admitted to the I stage – participation cancelled 5th International Baltic Piano Competition in Gdańsk, Poland, November 2023
Admitted to the II stage – participation cancelled 33rd Ettore Pozzoli International Piano Competition in Seregno, Italy, September 2023
Semi-finalist 25th Ricard Viñes International Piano Competiton in Lleida, Spain, June 2023
I stage 60th Arcangelo Speranza International Piano Competition in Taranto, Italy, May 2023
Admitted to the I stage – participation cancelled 64th International Piano Competition in Jaen, Spain, April 2023
Semi-finalist 51th National Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw, Poland, November-December 2022
II stage 12th International Paderewski Piano Competition in Bydgoszcz, Poland, November 2022
II stage 18th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw, Poland, October 2021
Semi-finalist Orbetello International Piano Competition 2020 in Orbetello, Italy, May 2019
Semi-fin alist ‘A. Scriabin 2019’ International Piano Competition in Grosseto, Italy, February 2019
Finalist 1st International Music Competition ‘Karol Szymanowski’ (cat. Piano solo) in Katowice, Poland, September 2018
I stage 8th International Johannes Brahms Chamber Music Competition in Gdańsk, Poland, April 2018
Semi-finalist 48th National Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in Gdańsk, Poland, November-December 2017
I stage 4th International Baltic Piano Competition in Gdańsk, Poland, October 2016
I stage 11th International Piano Competition and Festival “MozARTe” in Aachen, Germany, September 2015

Masterclasses

Active participation in masterclasses organized by the Feliks Nowowiejski Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz (2015-2022): Dang Thai Son, Dina Yoffe (2x), Kevin Kenner, Uta Weyand, Norma Fisher, Hubert Rutkowski, Rafał Blechacz
(Names of the masterclass professors in brackets – active participation)
31-04.10.2023 – Piano Academy Eppan in Appiano/Eppan, Italy ( Michel B é roff , Andrea Bonatta , Janina Fialkowska ), org. Kultur Kontakt Eppan
13-25.08.2023 – 47th Musical Artistry in Goslar, Germany ( Arie Vardi ), org. Kulturinitiative Goslar e.V. & HMTM Hannover
03-08.04.2023 – International Master Classes “ClaviCologne zu Gast bei Mozarteum” in Salzburg, Austria ( Pavel Gililov , Piotr Paleczny , Giuliano Mazzocante , Arie Vardi ), org. CMDI Events
15-22.08.2022 – IX International Masterclass Course for Young Pianists in Radziejowice, Poland ( Kevin Kenner , Nikolai Demidenko , Janusz Olejniczak ), org. Narodowy Instytut Fryderyka Chopina
16-25.08.2021 – VIII International Masterclass Course for Young Pianists in Radziejowice, Poland ( Dang Thai Son , Ludmil Angelov , Nikolai Demidenko ), org. Narodowy Instytut Fryderyka Chopina
07-15.08.2020 – XIX Ogólnopolski Mistrzowski Kurs Pianistyczny in Duszniki-Zdrój, Poland ( Dmitri Alexeev , Jan Jiracek von Arnim ), org. Fundacja Międzynarodowych Festiwali Chopinowskich w Dusznikach-Zdroju
15-23.08.2019 – VII International Masterclass Course for Young Pianists in Radziejowice, Poland ( Akiko Ebi , Kevin Kenner , Nikolai Demidenko ), org. Narodowy Instytut Fryderyka Chopina
02-10.08.2019 – XVIII Ogólnopolski Mistrzowski Kurs Pianistyczny in Duszniki-Zdrój, Poland ( Stanislav Ioudenitch , Francisco Cruz Plaza ), org. Fundacja Międzynarodowych Festiwali Chopinowskich w Dusznikach-Zdroju
15-26.07.2019 – Edward Auer Summer Piano Workshop 2019 in Bloomington, Indiana, USA ( Edward Auer ), org. Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University
23.06-02.07.2019 – Frost Chopin Festival Academy in Miami, Floryda, USA ( Dang Thai Son , Kevin Kenner , Ewa Pobłocka , Margarita Shevchenko ), org. Frost School of Music, University of Miami
15-22.08.2018 – VI International Masterclass Course for Young Pianists in Radziejowice, Poland ( Nikolai Demidenko ), org. Narodowy Instytut Fryderyka Chopina
06-12.08.2018 – Paderewski Piano Academy in Bydgoszcz, Poland ( Tamas Ungar , Andrei Shibko , Toruń Symphony Orchestra, cond. Przemysław Fiugajski), org. Towarzystwo Muzyczne im. I. J. Paderewskiego w Bydgoszczy
16-27.07.2018 – Edward Auer Summer Piano Workshop 2018 w Bloomington, Indiana, USA ( Edward Auer , Junghwa Moon Auer , Peter Bithell , Min Jung Lee , Winston Choi , Arnaldo Cohen ), org. Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University
14-23.08.2017 – V International Masterclass Course for Young Pianists in Radziejowice, Poland ( Nikolai Demidenko , Tobias Koch , Alexei Lubimov , Andreas Staier ), org. Narodowy Instytut Fryderyka Chopina
29.06-06.07.2017 – VIII International Piano Masterclasses in Katowice, Poland ( Andrzej Jasiński , Tamas Ungar ), org. Akademia Muzyczna im. Karola Szymanowskiego w Katowicach
22-30.08.2016 – IV International Masterclass Course for Young Pianists in Radziejowice, Poland ( Nikolai Demidenko , Tobias Koch , Paolo Giacometti ), org. Narodowy Instytut Fryderyka Chopina
30.06-06.07.2016 – VII International Piano Masterclasses in Katowice, Poland ( Wojciech Kocyan , Tamas Ungar ), org. Akademia Muzyczna im. Karola Szymanowskiego w Katowicach
18-26.08.2015 – IX Warszawskie Kursy Mistrzowskie im. Macieja Paderewskiego in Warsaw, Poland ( Dina Yoffe ), org. Fundacja Edukacji Kulturalnej

Concerts (selection)

2024/09/19 — a solo recital “Chopin był z UW!” Auditorium Maximum of the University of Warsaw, Poland
2024/08/25 — a solo recital Ośrodek Chopinowski in Szafarnia, Poland
2024/08/18 — a solo recital “Chopin en Vacances 2024” Pałac Komierowskich in Komierowo, Poland
2024/07/14 — a solo recital Bazylika św. Jana Chrzciciela in Brochów, Poland
2024/06/30 — a solo recital “Chopin au Jardin” Parc Montsouris in Paris, France
2024/06/20 — a solo recital Dom ze Sztuką in Warsaw, Poland
2024/03/26 — a solo recital Paderewski Association in Bydgoszcz, Poland
2024/02/27 — a solo recital Pałac Bronikowskich in Konin-Żychlin, Poland
2023/10/25 — a solo and chamber music recital Polnisches Institut in Leipzig, Germany
2023/10/08 — a solo recital Pałac Nowy in Ostromecko, Poland
2023/09/17 — a solo recital Łazienki Królewskie Royal Park in Warsaw, Poland
2023/08/27 — a solo recital Ośrodek Chopinowski in Szafarnia, Poland
2023/08/03 — a solo recital Centrum Praskie “Koneser” in Warsaw, Poland
2023/07/08 — a solo recital “A piano in a stone-pit” Stone-pit in Strzegom, Poland
2023/05/20 — a solo recital Mezzano Romantica Festival Centro Civico in Mezzano, Italy

2022/11/25 — a solo recital Sulechowski Dom Kultury in Sulechów, Poland
2022/10/22 — a solo recital “Autumn concert” Dwór Sułkowice in Sułkowice Pierwsze, Poland
2022/10/19 — a solo recital Zygmunt Noskowski Music School in Świebodzin, Poland
2022/10/13 — a solo performance concert of participants preparing for the upcoming Paderewski Competition Paderewski Association in Bydgoszcz, Poland
2022/08/27 — a solo recital At the Baltic Sea, Beach Entrance no. 1, Władysławowo, Poland
2022/08/22 — a solo performance concert of participants of the 9th International Piano Masterclasses Pałac w Radziejowicach in Radziejowice, Poland
2022/07/30 — a duo recital with Izabela Kałduńska Dwór w Straszkowie, Straszków, Poland
2022/07/24 — a solo recital Dwór Wyręba rodu Korsaków, Balin, Poland
2022/07/23 — three solo recitals Chopin’s Birthplace in Żelazowa Wola, Poland
2022/07/03 — a solo recital Łazienki Królewskie Royal Park in Warsaw, Poland
2022/06/24 — a live piano performance of music by F. Chopin and a solo recital “Fortepian Szopena by C. K. Norwid – staged” Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw, Poland
2022/05/12 — a solo recital Sala Koncertowa im. Romana Sucheckiego in Bydgoszcz, Poland
2022/02/26 — a solo recital Chopin Museum in Warsaw, Poland
2021/11/06 — a solo performance “Salon of the Rejected” concert Cultural Centre “Alternatywy” in Warsaw, Poland
2021/11/04 — a solo recital Centrum Praskie Koneser in Warsaw, Poland
2021/09/16 — a solo recital F eliks Nowowiejski School of Music in Gdańsk, Poland
2021/09/11 — two solo recitals Chopin’s Birthplace in Żelazowa Wola, Poland
2021/08/28 — a solo recital Primary School in Jerzykowo, Poland
2021/08/26 — a solo recital ‘In front of Chopin’s Heart’, Chopin and his Europe Festival Bazylika Świętego Krzyża in Warsaw, Poland
2021/08/22 — a solo performance Concert of participants of the 8th International Piano Masterclasses Pałac w Radziejowicach in Radziejowice, Poland
2021/08/07 — a solo recital (shared with Piotr Alexewicz) 76th Duszniki International Chopin Piano Festival Chopin’s Manor, Duszniki Zdrój, Poland (Internet broadcast)
2021/08/04 — a solo recital VII Kraków Piano Summer Princes Czartoryski Museum in Kraków, Poland
2021/08/01 — a solo recital Mazovian Centre of Metallurgy in Pruszków, Poland
2021/07/25 — a solo recital Filharmonia Gorzowska in Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland
2021/07/23 — a solo recital “X Lato w Filharmonii” Filharmonia Świętokrzyska in Kielce, Poland
2021/07/17 — a solo recital (shared with Wojciech Kruczek) Dwór Orpiszewskich in Kłóbka, Poland
2021/07/10 — a solo recital 9th ‘Emanacje’ Music Festival Krzysztof Penderecki European Centre for Music in Lusławice, Poland
2021/07/05 — soloist of the Chopin Piano Concerto no. 1 performance Buskie Samorządowe Centrum Kultury in Busko-Zdrój, Poland
2021/06/09 — a solo recital Ratusz Staromiejski in Gdańsk, Poland
2021/05/22 — a solo recital Redutowe Rooms of the Teatr Wielki – Polish National Opera in Warsaw, Poland
2021/03/21 — soloist of the Chopin Piano Concerto no. 1 performance Concert Hall of the Pomeranian Philharmonic in Bydgoszcz, Poland
20 20/10/08 — a solo recital ” Kwarantanna w Hi-fi” (radio broadcast) Polish Radio RDC in Warsaw, Poland
2020/09/14 — a solo recital “Hut ab, Ihr Herren, ein Genie!” Schumann-Festwoche Schumann-Haus in Leipzig, Germany
2020/08/ 10 — a solo recital 75th Duszniki International Chopin Piano Festival Chopin’s Manor in Duszniki Zdrój, Poland (Internet broadcast)
2020/08/ 09 — a solo recital Łazienki Królewskie Royal Park in Warsaw, Poland (Internet broadcast)
2020/02/10 — a solo recital Chamber Music Hall at the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra (NOSPR) in Katowice, Poland
2020/02/07 — soloist of the Chopin Piano Concerto no. 1 p erformance Finals of the National Fryderyk Chopin Competition Concert Hall of the Warsaw Philharmonic, Poland
2019/11/01— soloist of the Chopin Piano Concerto no. 1 p erformance Finals of the International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition for Young Pianists Opera-Concert Hall of the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing, China
2019/08/06 — a solo recital (shared with Matuesz Krzyżowski) 75th Duszniki International Chopin Piano Festival Chopin’s Manor in Duszniki Zdrój, Poland (Internet broadcast)
2019/07/24 — a solo recital “An evening with Polish Pianists” (shared with Michał Szymanowski) Auer Concert Hall, Jacobs School of Music at the Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, USA
2019/07/19 — soloist of the Chopin Piano Concerto no. 1 p erformance Concerto Competition Winners Concert Auer Concert Hall, Jacobs School of Music at the Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, USA
2019/06/25 — a solo performance Showcase Concert Gusmann Hall at the University of Miami, Florida, USA
2018/12/01 — soloist of the Chopin Piano Concerto no. 1 p erformance Finals of the National Fryderyk Chopin Competition Concert Hall of the Chopin University in Warsaw, Poland
2018/11/11 — soloist of the Chopin Piano Concerto no. 1 p erformance (piano quintet version) Auditorium Hall at the Polish House in Bydgoszcz, Poland
2018/09/16 — soloist of the Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto no. 1 p erformance Finals of the International Karol Szymanowski Music Competition Concert Hall of the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra (NOSPR) in Katowice, Poland
2018/08/11 — soloist of the Chopin Piano Concerto no. 1 3rd movement p erformance concert of participants of the Paderewski Piano Academy Bazylika konkatedralna Świętej Trójcy in Chełmża, Poland
2018/04/15 — soloist of the Chopin Piano Concerto no. 1 p erformance Gdańska Concert Hall of the Feliks Nowowiejski Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz, Poland

Reviews (selection)

“Mais couronne de lauriers à l’époustouflant ou plutôt au suprême parmi tous : le spectaculaire Polonais Adam Kaldunski gravé éternellement en mémoire par son interprétation d’une Étude no.3 en si mineur du compositeur et
pianiste québécois Marc-André Hamelin.” 2024-05-09
[But the crown of laurels goes to the breathtaking or rather the supreme among all: the spectacular Pole Adam Kaldunski, eternally engraved in memory by his interpretation of a Study no. 3 in B minor by the Quebec composer
and pianist Marc-André Hamelin.]
– about performance in the first stage of the Concours Musical International de Montréal – Eric Sabourin

“Adam Kałduński berührte die Herzen des Publikums mit der emotionalsten Interpretation von Prokofiews Sonate Nr. 7. Seine Darbietung fesselte die Zuhörer und verlieh diesem Stück eine besondere Intensität.” 2023-12-07
[Adam Kałduński touched the hearts of the audience with the most emotional interpretation of Prokofiev’s Sonata No. 7. His performance captivated the listeners and gave this piece a special intensity.]
– about performance in the semifinals of the International Telekom Beethoven Competition Bonn – David

“Mr. Adam Kałduński’s program included three Paderewski, the Menuet and Nocturne were elegant and well-paced. (…) in the Nocturne, harmonic colours were beautifully executed. But nuance and lyricism were not
everything: the virtuoso passages of Chopin’s Ballade Op. 38 had agitation and drama, with powerful execution. Kałduński has a wonderful range of colour and nuance in his conceptions of each work.” 2022-11-12
– about performance in the second stage of the International Paderewski Piano Competition in Bydgoszcz – Jarred Dunn, official reviewer of the 12th International Paderewski Piano Competition, host of the 12th Paderewski Competition studio,

“Ten sam instrument zupełnie inaczej zabrzmiał pod palcami Adama Kałduńskiego. Bachowskie Preludium b-moll z I tomu DWK ze świadomie przeżytą każdą zmianą harmonii i śpiewną, bardzo spokojną koncepcją fugi. VII
Sonata Prokofieva była bardzo mądrze i głęboko zinterpretowana, bez epatowania nadmiernie szybkim tempem czy agresją artykulacji. Słychać było świadomość w kreowaniu wszystkich motywów i ukazywaniu bogactwa
emocji. Kałduński cały czas panował nad szlachetnością dźwięku i neoklasyczną dyscypliną czasu. W finale świetne natarczywe synkopy i narastanie napięcia. Dopracowany program i poruszająca prezentacja.” 2022-11-09
[The same instrument sounded completely different under the fingers of Adam Kałduński. Bach’s Prelude in B flat minor from WTC vol. I with every change of harmony consciously experienced and a melodious, very calm
concept of the fugue. Prokofiev’s Sonata No. 7 was interpreted very wisely and deeply, without shocking with excessively fast tempo or aggression of articulation. One could hear the awareness in creating all the motifs and
showing the wealth of emotions. Kałduński constantly controlled the nobility of sound and neoclassical discipline of time. In the finale, great insistent syncopes and a build-up of tension. A refined program and a moving
presentation.]
– about performance in the first stage of the International Paderewski Piano Competition in Bydgoszcz – Jarred Dunn, official reviewer of the 12th International Paderewski Piano Competition, host of the 12th Paderewski Competition studio,

“Adam Kałduński grał z niezwykłą swobodą. W Etiudzie h-moll op. 25 nr 10 długo powstrzymywał wolumen brzmienia i budował napięcie, przez co forte w repryzie zabrzmiało prawdziwie rozdzierająco. Także w Balladzie f-
moll op. 52 nie forsował, nie spieszył, dosłuchiwał fragmenty liryczne, choć przecież pozwalał sobie i na dramat, i na zabawę.” 2021-10-09

[Adam Kałduński played with extraordinary self-assurance and flexibility. He suppressed the volume of the Etude in B minor, Op. 25 No. 10 for a long time, while relentlessly building up the tension. This made the forte of the
reprise positively ear-splitting. Nor did he try to squeeze too much out of the Ballade in F minor, Op. 52. He was unhurried and kept anear out for the lyrical passages, although he allowed himself some drama and amusement.]
– about performance in the first stage of the International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw – Krzysztof Stefański, Chopin Courier (official magazine of the 18th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw),

“Z grą Adama Kałduńskiego po raz pierwszy zetknąłem się w 2019 roku podczas 74. Międzynarodowego Festiwalu Pianistycznego im. Fryderyka Chopina w Dusznikach-Zdroju. W swoim półrecitalu artysta objawił się jako
znakomity interpretator utworów Ignacego Jana Paderewskiego. Słuchając Menueta G-dur czy Nokturnu B-dur, nie mogłem wyjść ze zdumienia, a kilka godzin po zakończeniu recitalu dotarło do mnie, że tylko sam kompozytor
grał te utwory w doskonalszy sposób. Na tym koncercie Kałduński zaprezentował także m.in. Sonatę b-moll op. 35 Fryderyka Chopina, zaskakując słuchaczy lirycznym, a zarazem intelektualnym podejściem do materii
muzycznej. Kilka miesięcy później, grając w finale Ogólnopolskiego Konkursu Chopinowskiego, artysta wykreował równie liryczną, a co najważniejsze – stroniącą od zbędnej wirtuozerii koncepcję Koncertu e-moll op. 11.
Celowy brak wirtuozerii towarzyszył także dusznickiej interpretacji (edycja 2020) kompletu Etiud op. 25, co biorąc pod uwagę młody wiek pianisty, mogło zaskoczyć niejednego słuchacza. Bez wątpienia za największe atuty
interpretacji Adama Kałduńskiego uznać należy wspomniane już wcześniej intelektualne, pełne szlachetności podejście do wykonywanych utworów oraz śpiewny dźwięk, jakim dysponuje ten młody polski muzyk. Po cichu
liczę, że w XVIII Konkursie Chopinowskim artysta zdecyduje się na publiczną prezentację kompletu etiud op. 25, z którymi tak świetnie sobie poradził w Dusznikach.” 2021-09
[I first encountered Adam Kałduński’s playing in 2019 during the 74th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Festival in Duszniki-Zdrój. In his semi-recital, the artist revealed himself as an excellent interpreter of Ignacy Jan
Paderewski’s works. Listening to the Minuet in G major or the Nocturne in B flat major, I was astonished, and a few hours after the recital ended, it dawned on me that only the composer himself played these pieces in a more
perfect way. At this concert, Kałduński also presented, among others, Fryderyk Chopin’s Sonata in B flat minor, Op. 35, surprising the listeners with a lyrical and at the same time intellectual approach to musical matter. A few
months later, playing in the final of the National Chopin Competition, the artist created an equally lyrical, and most importantly – avoiding unnecessary virtuosity concept of the Concerto in E minor, Op. 11. A deliberate lack of
virtuosity also accompanied the Duszniki interpretation (2020 edition) of the complete Etudes Op. 25, which, considering the pianist’s young age, could have surprised many a listener. Without a doubt, the greatest advantages of
Adam Kałduński’s interpretation include the aforementioned intellectual, noble approach to the pieces performed, as well as the melodious sound of this young Polish musician. I secretly hope that in the 18th Chopin Competition
the artist will decide to publicly present the complete Etudes Op. 25, which he coped with so well in Duszniki.]
– Dariusz Marciniszyn, Beethoven Magazine no. 31

“Kałduński adopted a fine maestoso character at an excellently judged tempo with a lovely singing tone in the poetic phrases which indicated an instinctive understanding of many aspects of the composer. […] The pianist is
truly musical and breathes his phrases without rushing. The fiorituras of Chopin’s somewhat improvised style of writing in this movement were perfectly integrated into the melodic line. His tone and touch are graceful and
refined. […]” 2020/02/07

– about performance in the finals of the 50th National Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw – Michael Moran, Classical Music in Poland and the Europe of Chopin blog;

“Quite unexpectedly the Op.53 so-called ‘Heroic’ Polonaise was one of the best I have heard for a very long time – packed full of raw defiance, anger and brimming with that curious Polish emotion known as żal that occurs so
often in Chopin, in fact the composer seems almost addicted to it. Such an exciting performance, majestic and aristocratic with a type of direct volatility, slightly out of civilized control. Exactly as it should be… […]
The Mazurkas Op.33 were subtle and satisfying. The G sharp minor was gently introverted and introspective. The C major revealed a fine tone and sensitive touch at the instrument to call up the elegiac mood. The D major was
nicely energetic with ‘bounce’ and infectious rhythm. He seemed to imagine the dance in his own body. The B minor, the ‘tragic’ key, was expressively regretful rather like the sun coming from behind rapidly scudding clouds.
This performance was most moving on occasion.
The Ballade in F minor Op.52 was possessed of a good sense of musical narrative and full of emotion. There was poetry aplenty here but also regret, anger and resignation. Passionate outbursts followed by almost immediate
regret at losing control but then the agitated mood inevitably returns as in life. […]
Excellent recital that should put him in the final.” 2020/02/04
– about performance in the second stage of the 50th National Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw – Michael Moran, Classical Music in Poland and the Europe of Chopin blog;

“Adam Kałduński to pianista wyraźnie liryczny i analityczny. Delikatnie sączy czas swojej gry, racjonalnie dobiera środki, dba o pewność rozwiązań, jak również jest melancholikiem spoglądającym często w to co poza
nutami. Wczoraj ujął nas przede wszystkim eleganckim Paderewskim (w Nokturnie B-dur i Sarabandzie h-moll czarował kapryśną, ale zawoalowaną linią melodyczną i ciepłymi harmoniami), potem nostalgicznym Nokturnem
H-dur op. 62 i Sonatą b-moll Chopina, kiedy to w I części kapitalnie przejaśnił dramat mocnymi cezurami i lirycznym ładunkiem.” 2019-08-07
[Adam Kałduński is a clearly lyrical and analytical pianist. He delicately sips the time of his playing, chooses the means rationally, takes care of the certainty of solutions, and is also a melancholic who often looks beyond the
notes. Yesterday he captivated us above all with elegant Paderewski (in the Nocturne in B flat major and Sarabande in B minor he charmed us with a capricious but veiled melodic line and warm harmonies), then with the
nostalgic Nocturne in B major op. 62 and Chopin’s Sonata in B flat minor, when in the first movement he brilliantly brightened the drama with strong caesuras and lyrical charge.]
– about performance during the 74th International Chopin Festival in Duszniki-Zdrój – Michał Klubiński