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Fryderyk Chopin

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Chopin Concert 2026

The Annual Chopin Concert will be held on Sunday, April 12, 2026, 3:30 pm, at the Music Settlement School on 6128 Germantown Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19144. Free enclosed parking.

A light reception will follow concert.

Tickets: $30 per person; $20 for students. NO tickets will be mailed, no refunds issued. Reservations may be made through the Concert Chairperson: Debbie Majka tel: 215-627-1391 e-mail: [email protected] or via regular mail.

Checks are payable to: Polish Heritage Society of Philadelphia may be mailed to: Debbie Majka, 812 Lombard Street, Philadelphia, PA 19147

You may also use PayPal for Payment. Send the amount to "Debbie Majka" account. Become a Chopin Concert Sponsor - see card at bottom of page.



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Evelina Kleczek

Born in 2009, Evelina Kleczek began playing piano at the age of five and currently studies with Dr. Martin Labazevitch in Washington, D.C. Evelina has won prizes at several piano competitions, including Grand Prize and audience award at the 2025 MostArts Young Pianist Competition, third prize and audience award at the 2024 Thomas F. Hulbert International Piano Competition, the Rosalyn Tureck prizes in the contemporary and Prelude and Fugue categories at the 7th Tureck International Bach Competition in 2022, and first prize and Szymanowski award at the 2020 Kosciuszko Foundation Chopin Piano Competition for Young Pianists in Washington, D.C.

Evelina also won the state and division levels of the 2025-2026 MTNA Senior Piano Competition. Besides exploring solo piano repertoire, Evelina was accepted into the National Symphony Orchestra Youth Fellowship Program for the 2024-2025 school year, which gave her the opportunity to immerse herself in chamber music. Her chamber music ensemble "Reinecke Trio" won third prize at the 2025 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition and second prize at the 2025 Misbin Family Memorial Chamber Music Competition. In addition to her competition awards, Evelina is a 2026 National YoungArts Winner and has received the Chopin Foundation Scholarship for the past three years.

Evelina has had solo performances in the United States, Poland, Hungary, Spain, and Puerto Rico and has performed with the MostArts Festival Orchestra in New York. She has also participated in lessons and masterclasses with such acclaimed pianists and pedagogues as Kirill Gerstein, Garrick Ohlsson, Kevin Kenner, Ewa Poblocka, Andre Laplante, Krzysztof Jablonski, Jeffrey Swann, Golda Vainberg-Tatz, Michael Lewin, and others.



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