Pawel
Markowicz

Pianist • Conductor

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Chorus Master
Salzburg Festival
Orchestra Pianist
ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra
RépétiteuR
Concert Association of the Vienna State Opera Chorus

Pawel Markowicz etabliert sich auf heimischen wie internationalen Konzertbühnen dank seiner außergewöhnlichen Vielseitigkeit, die bereits zur Zusammenarbeit mit Musikern wie Andreas Ottensamer, Igudesman & Joo, Helene Fischer, dem Ensemble Kontrapunkte und Thomas Hampson führte. 2025 übernimmt er erneut die Einstudierung der Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor bei den Salzburger Festspielen, wo er seit 2018 bei über 30 Opern- und Konzertproduktionen als Assistent des Chorleiters und Chor-Korrepetitor mitwirkte.

2020 erschien mit Symphony for Solo Piano die Aufnahme seines autorisierten Klavierarrangements der 8. Symphonie von Philip Glass als Weltersteinspielung beim Label des Komponisten, Orange Mountain Music. Das Debüt-Album erreichte in den iTunes Klassik Charts Platz 2 in Österreich und Platz 5 in den USA.

Pawel Markowicz has established himself on concert stages both in Austria and abroad thanks to his extraordinary versatility, which has led him to collaborate with musicians such as Andreas Ottensamer, Igudesman & Joo, Helene Fischer, Ensemble Kontrapunkte and Thomas Hampson. In 2025 he returns to lead the preparation of the Concert Association of the Vienna State Opera Chorus for the Salzburg Festival, where he has contributed to over 30 opera and concert productions as Assistant to the Chorus Master and Répétiteur since 2018.

Symphony for Solo Piano, his debut album as pianist-arranger and the world-premiere recording of his arrangement of Symphony No. 8 by Philip Glass, was released on the composer’s label Orange Mountain Music in 2020, becoming number 2 in Austria and number 5 in the USA on the iTunes Classic Charts.

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19:30, Radio Ö1

HARALD SÆVERUD
«Kjempeviseslåtten» | «Die Ballade des Aufruhrs» op. 22a Nr. 5

ARVO PÄRT
«Tabula Rasa» Double Concerto for 2 violins, strings and prepared piano

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PJOTR ILJITSCH TSCHAIKOWSKI
Symphony No. 6 in b minor op. 74 «Pathétique»

Tonkünstler-Orchester Niederösterreich
Vahid Khadem-Missagh, Violine
Natalia Sagmeister, Violine
Pawel Markowicz, präpariertes Klavier
Tabita Berglund, Dirigentin

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10:30, Festspielhaus St. Pölten

Richard Strauss: ‘Thus Spoke Zarathustra’ tone poem op. 30, introduction (sunrise)
John Williams: ‘Flying Theme’ from the film ‘E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial’
James Horner: Music from the film ‘Apollo 13’ (arrangement: John Moss), Main title
John Williams: ‘The Star Wars Saga’, The Asteroid Field
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony in C major, K. 551 ‘Jupiter’, 2nd movement (Andante Cantabile), excerpt
Gustav Holst: ‘Uranus’ from ‘The Planets’ Suite for Large Orchestra, Op. 32, reduced excerpt
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67, 1st movement (Allegro con brio), excerpt
Tebogo Monnakgotla: ‘Light Years Away – Supernova!’, excerpt
John Williams: ‘Across the Stars’ love theme from ‘Star Wars: Episode II’, excerpt
John Williams: Main Title from the orchestral suite ‘Star Wars’

Tonkünstler-Orchester Niederösterreich
Pawel Markowicz, Orchestra Keyboard
Lena Grandl-Großmann, Moderation
Ruth Grützbauch, Mediation
Fedor Rudin, Conductor

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19:30, Festspielhaus St. Pölten

MARCOS MORAU . OPERA BALLET VLAANDEREN .
TONKÜNSTLER-ORCHESTER
Romeo + Julia (Austrian Premiere)

SERGEJ PROKOFJEW
«Romeo und Julia» Ballett op. 64

Tonkünstler-Orchester Niederösterreich
Pawel Markowicz, Orchestra Keyboard
Opera Ballet Vlaanderen, Dance Company
Marcos Morau, Choreography
Gavin Sutherland, Conductor

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