Biography
A story of passion and education – from the first notes to the stage of the Chopin Competition.
Zuzanna Sejbuk is a young pianist who began playing the piano at the age of five under the guidance of Ms. Hanna Urbańska in her hometown of Szczecin. Since 2019, Zuzanna has been studying at the Fryderyk Chopin Secondary School of Music in Krakow in the piano class of Ms. Olga Łazarska. She is currently studying at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music with Prof. Joanna Ławrynowicz-Just.
The young artist has participated in numerous piano courses with distinguished professors such as Dang Thai Son, Hubert Rutkowski, Andrzej Jasiński, Wojciech Świtała, Ewa Pobłocka, Zbigniew Raubo, Marc Laforet.
The pianist has won numerous competitions in Poland and abroad, including:
- First Prize at the International Piano Competition in Estonia, Chopin Piano Competition Narva 2020,
- Grand Prix and First Prize at Piano Talents for Europe, Dolny Kubin, Slovakia 2021,
- First Prize at the National Piano Competition in Konin 2022,
- First Prize at the National F. Chopin Piano Competition in Turzno 2022,
- Third Place at the Jeune Chopin International Piano Competition for Children and Youth, Lugano 2023,
- Grand Prix at the 7th West Pomeranian National Piano Competition in Szczecin 2023,
- Grand Prix of the 3rd “Competition Alternative” of Polish Radio Chopin 2023,
- Grand Prix at the National Piano Competition of the Center for Artistic Education in Warsaw 2024,
- First Prize at the 5th National A. Harasiewicz Piano Competition in Warsaw 2024,
- First Prize at the 21st Piano Festival “Chopin Interpretations of the Young” Konin–Żychlin
Zuzanna is also a finalist of the 53rd National F. Chopin Competition in Warsaw.
She was the only Polish woman to represent Poland at the 19th International Chopin Piano Competition in 2025.
She has performed at the Fryderyk Chopin Birthplace in Żelazowa Wola, the Krzysztof Penderecki European Centre for Music in Lusławice, the Manuel de Falla Auditorium in Granada, the Cracow Philharmonic, the Subcarpathian Philharmonic, the Szczecin Philharmonic, the ATMA Szymanowski Villa in Zakopane, the Royal Łazienki Park, the Royal Castle in Warsaw, the Chamber Philharmonic in Łomża, and the Chopin Centre in Szafarnia.
She has collaborated with maestro Marek Wroniszewski, Michał Nesterowicz, Jan Miłosz Zarzycki, Julian Gilewski, and Daniel Mieczkowski.
Zuzanna Sejbuk has been a long-time scholarship holder of the National Children's Fund in Warsaw and the Pro Musica Bona Foundation in Krakow. She has also received several scholarships from the Mayor of Szczecin, two scholarships from the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, and a scholarship from the Cracow Club. In 2022, she participated in the Morningside Music Bridge scholarship program for talented young musicians in Boston, United States.