NEWS RELEASE

Contact: David West (west@nsula.edu )
News Bureau
Northwestern State University
Natchitoches, LA 71497
(318) 357-6466

3/19/2004

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

NATCHITOCHES- Pianist Adam Wodnicki, who has been described by critics as a "phenomenal pianist" and a "musical star," will perform at Northwestern State University Saturday, March 27 at 7:30 p.m. in Magale Recital Hall. Tickets are $10. Admission is free for NSU students along with any students from the state of Louisiana. The concert is the finale of the 2003-04 Louisiana Piano Series International.

Wodnicki, a native of Poland, has received wide acclaim for his dramatic interpretations, poetic sensitivity and brilliant technique. His programming centers on the great Romantics and encompasses the entire spectrum of 20th century music.

He has recorded on Muza, Folkways, Centaur, Wergo, Altarus and Klavier labels. Wodnicki's most recent releases of cello and piano sonatas by Dzubay, Muczynski and Shostakovich with cellist Carter Enyeart (Centaur) and a solo disk with piano works by Ignacy Jan Paderewski (Altarus) was called "one of the year's best contemporary chamber music albums" by the Chicago Tribune and a recording by a master pianist" by the Journal of the American Liszt Society.

A three-time prizewinner of the annual Chopin Society National Polish Pianists Competition, Wodnicki has performed throughout North America, Europe and the Far East including appearances in Krakow, Warsaw, Helsinki, Chicago, Los Angeles, Boston, New York, Tokyo, Singapore, Taipei and Prague. Recently, he has appeared at the Paderewski Festival in Warsaw, the Arundel Festival, in England, Tokyo and with the Cracow Philharmonic.

He has also performed at recitals throughout the Czech Republic as well as in China, at the Shenyang International Music Festival. Since 1991, he has returned yearly to his native Poland for highly successful tours. Since the 1997-98 concert season, Wodnicki has been on the touring roster of the Texas Commission on the Arts.

Wodnicki's performance career has been paralleled by a noted teaching career. As a professor of piano at the University of North Texas since 1980, he attracts outstanding students from across America and abroad. He is in demand for master classes and frequently participates in performance workshops for students and teachers. Before joining the University of North Texas faculty, the pianist taught at the Music Academy in Krakow, Poland, and at the University of Texas at Austin.

He is a pianist-consultant for the Musica Iagellonica edition of The Complete Works by Paderewski. Wodnicki is a Steinway Artist.

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