Thomas Zajkowski, piano Since 1979, Thomas Zajkowski has been the Artistic Director for Summer Music from Greensboro. He is originally from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania but has settled in the Boston area as a result of studying at the New England Conservatory. Winning an audition at the Philips Collection in Washington, D.C. led to an appearance for their concert series. Another audition made it possible for him to attend L'Academie Internationale Maurice Ravel in St. Jen-de Luz France, where his teachers were Philippe Entrement and Gaby Casadesus. He was subsequently invited to play concerts in La Rochelle, Paris and Cannes. Other concerts took him to Berlin, Munich, Warsaw, Cracow and Amsterdam. In 1994 Mr. Zajkowski was invited by the Mayor of St. Petersburg, Russia, to play three concerts as soloist in chamber music with members of the St. Petersburg Philharmonic. The solo recital and a concerto took place at the summer palace of Peter the Great. In 1995 an invitation to play at the fifth International Mozart Festival took him to Warsaw, Poland, where he played at the King's Castle. In the United States, Mr. Zajkowski has played for the recital series at the Getty Museum in Malibu, California, the Huntington Library at San Marino and New York University. While in Hollywood he was the personal guest of television star Sherman Hemsley, on whose weekly series he made an appearance. More recently Mr. Zajkowski was designated Affiliate in Music at Lowell House at Harvard University where his responsibilities to organize concerts, arrange dedicatory celebrations and advise students with musical interests have added to a full schedule of performing and teaching. He was also apppointed coach for the Harvard Chamber Music Society preparing groups of students for performances during the year. The university has also been the background for many of his own performances.
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