Robert Skiera / Warsaw

Robert Skiera graduated from the Frederic Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw in 1988 where he studied piano in the class of prof. Alicja Paleta-Bugaj and chamber music in the class of prof. Barbara Halska. Since then he has been working in the Piano and Chamber Music Department of the Academy. He also coopereted with the class of Professor Piotr Paleczny and recently he is working with a vocal class of Maria Olkisz in the J. Elsner State Music School. As a performer, of both solo and chamber music, Robert Skiera regularly gives concerts in Poland and abroad and he has played in Germany (f. e. Kiel, Frankfurt, Mainz, Trewir, Mannheim, Cottbus, Husum, M?lheim, Oberhausen, Segeberg), The Netherlands, Great Britain (London), Italy (Milan, Turin, Genoa), Austria (Vien), France (Paris), Belgium (Brussels), Hungary (Budapest) and he received favourable press reviews. Many times he taught in the international courses of musical interpretation in Nowy Sacz. He works with famous actors and Polish musicians. He performed on stage at the Warsaw Philharmonic with the Polish singer Sylwia Burnicka - Kaliszewska. In Milan Teatro Dal Verne he performed for the audience numbered approximately 1200 people with the world famous Polish violinist Mariusz Patyra. He is a frequent performer with the National Philharmonic in Warsaw and several times has recorded for Polish radio and television. His repertoire ranges from the works of Bach to Bartok. As well as performing, he teaches the piano In International Courses of Musical Interpretation in Poland. He has performed as soloist with chamber orchestras and he played the piano parts in orchestral works under the direction of Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau. Robert Skiera has produced a compact disc featuring music by Chopin. Lately he has been involved in the production of another compact disc featuring chamber music.