Violinist and composer Piotr Szewczyk is a violinist in the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra in Florida since September 2007. He is also the Winner of the 2008 Jacksonville Symphony Fresh Ink - Florida Composers’ Competition and was commissioned by JSO to write a new orchestra piece for JSO to be premiered under Music Director Fabio Mechetti in April 2010. Before joining the Jacksonville Symphony Mr. Szewczyk completed a three year fellowship at the New World Symphony in Miami Beach under Artistic Director Michael Tilson Thomas where he served as a rotating concertmaster and was a winner of the 2006 New World Symphony Concerto Competition. Mr. Szewczyk is the creator and performer of the critically-acclaimed Violin Futura Project, a recital of brand new, short, exciting and innovative solo violin pieces written and dedicated to him by renowned composers from USA, Germany, England and Japan. As a composer, Mr. Szewczyk’s music received numerous awards and has been featured on NPR Performance Today, CBS Early Show, NPR - Live from Studio C and has been performed by the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra, New World Symphony, Ensemble GREEN (Los Angeles), ALIAS Ensemble (Nashville), Sybarite Chamber Players (NYC), Trio Archetto (Poland) and many others.
Violinist and composer Piotr Szewczyk is a violinist in the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra in Florida since September 2007. He is also the Winner of the 2008 Jacksonville Symphony Fresh Ink - Florida Composers’ Competition and was commissioned by JSO to write a new orchestra piece for JSO to be premiered under Music Director Fabio Mechetti in April 2010. Before joining the Jacksonville Symphony Mr. Szewczyk completed a three year fellowship at the New World Symphony in Miami Beach under Artistic Director Michael Tilson Thomas where he served as a rotating concertmaster and was a winner of the 2006 New World Symphony Concerto Competition. Mr. Szewczyk is the creator and performer of the critically-acclaimed Violin Futura Project, a recital of brand new, short, exciting and innovative solo violin pieces written and dedicated to him by renowned composers from USA, Germany, England and Japan. As a composer, Mr. Szewczyk’s music received numerous awards and has been featured on NPR Performance Today, CBS Early Show, NPR - Live from Studio C and has been performed by the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra, New World Symphony, Ensemble GREEN (Los Angeles), ALIAS Ensemble (Nashville), Sybarite Chamber Players (NYC), Trio Archetto (Poland) and many others.
