Magdalena Baczewska
Biography Magdalena Baczewska
Magdalena Baczewska
Born in Poland to a family of musicians, Magdalena Baczewska has enjoyed a multifaceted career as a pianist, harpsichordist, educator, recording artist, and an administrator. Her performances, hailed as “eloquent and technically flawless” (The Washington Post), have been broadcast on radio stations across America, including WQXR, NPR, Voice of America, and on European Radio and Television. This season’s highlights include a solo debut with the San Francisco Symphony Debut at the Davies Symphony Hall, a solo debut with the China National Symphony at the National Center for Performing Arts in Beijing, piano master classes in Beijing’s Central Conservatory. This Summer she will tour Milan, Paris, and New York City performing Bach’s Goldberg Variations on the piano and the harpsichord. Magdalena Baczewska is a full-time faculty member and Director of the Music Performance Program at Columbia University.
Baczewska is a laureate of international piano competitions including the International Chopin Competition at the Kosciuszko Foundation, the Mieczyslaw Munz Competition, and the Dorothy MacKenzie Recognition Award, Prix du piano at the École Américaine in Fountainebleau, France. She is a recipient of the Outstanding Achievement Award from the Polish Minister of Culture, and a laureate of the Award for Outstanding Polish Citizen Abroad. Baczewska's debut album,“A Tribute to Glenn Gould” was hailed by the American Record Guide as “world-class.” Her subsequent three albums, “Music for Dreams,” were released in collaboration with BlueSleep®, a medical team specialized in research and treatment of sleep disorders. Baczewska’s original music is installed in MetroNap’s EnergyPod, popularized by Google. She continues to create music for health and wellness as Artistic Director at BlueSleep® Music.
Baczewska has earned her Bachelor and Masters degrees from the Mannes College The New School for Music. While pursuing her doctoral degree at the Manhattan School of Music (DMA ’08), Baczewska worked in the Artist Relations Division of Yamaha Artist Services, a subsidiary of Yamaha Corporation of America. She has since taught music at the Mannes College New School for Music, Montclair State University, Manhattan School of Music, and the International Keyboard Institute. As a Yamaha Artist, she also uses Yamaha Disklavier® and the Remote Lesson technology. Her doctoral dissertation, In Search for Bach's Cantabile: The Role and Aspects of Oratory and Singing in Keyboard Interpretation, was published by Lambert Academic Publishing.
