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.