Laurel is playing host to a very unique, very special event next week! Piotr Rachoń, organist for the Catholic Cathedral in Warsaw, Poland, will be performing this weekend at the National Cathedral in Washington, DC, just before he makes his way to our town! He will be in concert at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 9, at First-Trinity Presbyterian Church downtown. Heres some more info about Piotr Rachoń: Piotr Rachoń is a graduate of the Frederic Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw where he earned two master degrees in music (cum laude): one from the academy’s Piano, Harpsichord and Organ Department in 1994, and the other from the school’s Church Music Division in 2004. Rachoń leads an active concert life performing as soloist, chamber musician and accompanist both in Poland and abroad (Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Lithuania, Russia, Spain, Turkey and USA). Since 2002, Rachoń has been an organist at the Warsaw Archdiocesan Cathedral-Basilica of St. John the Baptist, and since 2006, he has been the cathedral’s principal organist. He a lecturer at the Cardinal Wyszyński University and has also been a member of the Archdiocese of Warsaw’s Church Music Commission since 2004.
Posted on: Tue, 30 Sep 2014 19:24:09 +0000
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