"Guest violinist Piotr Szewczyk communicated his artistry from the moment of his first down bow. His precision was only surpassed by his sweet lyricism. This was a mature virtuoso standing back and taking in the music as much as he was delivering it with serious virtuosic outbursts. This performance sparkled with brilliant intonation in the sudden alternations of delicate and demanding powerful melodies ... It was evident that Szewczyk embraced these melodies, as perhaps only a Polish violinist could, within a grand Polish Concerto."

Joel West, The Lima News 4/14/2003

After performance of Wieniawski D-Minor Concerto with Lima Symphony under Crafton Beck - conductor

"Mr. Szewczyk is a gifted violinist with incredible facility and remarkable sight-reading ability ... He has served at my request as Concertmaster of the CCM orchestras where he proved to be a natural leader, and as a leader of our contemporary ensemble, INTY ("It's New To You"), where his enthusiasm for new works was infectious and instructive ..."

Mark Gibson, Conductor, Director of Orchestral Activities University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music 6/14/2004

"... a superb violinist ... He has distinguished himself as a very high-level player ..."

Joel Hoffman, Composer, Professor of Composition, University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music 8/30/2004

"... his composing and violin playing are integrated to form a very distinctive and vibrant musical personality ... Piotr brings vibrancy and an attention to high performance standards that his fellow performers (not to mention composers!) find inspiring."

Michael Fiday, Composer, Professor of Composition University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music 6/11/2004

Henryk Wieniawski - Polonaise Brillante in D-Major mp3 sample

Grazyna Bacewicz - Sonata No.4 for Violin and Piano sample 1, sample 2, sample 3

J.S  Bach - Sonata No.1 in g-minor for Violin Solo Adagio sample, Fugue sample

Aaron Copland - Sonata for Violin and Piano mp3 sample 1 , mp3 sample 2

Lou Harrison - Varied Trio mp3 sample 1, mp3 sample 2, mp3 sample 3

Krzysztof Penderecki - Sonata for Violin and Piano mp3 sample 1, mp3 sample 2

Walter Piston - Violin Concerto No.1 mp3 sample

Robert Schumann - Sonata in a-minor Op. 105 for Violin and Piano mp3 sample 1, mp3 sample 2, mp3 sample 3

Henryk Wieniawski -  Violin Concerto  No.2 in d-minor mp3 sample 1, mp3 sample 2,  mp3 sample 3

Gabriel Faure - Violin Sonata No.1 mp3 sample 1, mp3 sample 2, mp3 sample 3,mp3 sample 4

With violinist Robert McDuffie after a masterclass at the New World Symphony. I was also featured as the concertmaster of New World Symphony on March 4, 5 with Robert as soloist of the Rozsa violin concerto.

After performance of Ravel String Quartet with members of the New World Symphony at the NWS Chamber Music Series,

from left to right

Partick Dalton-Holmes - violin I, Dustin Budish - viola, Louis-Philippe Robilliard - cello, Piotr Szewczyk - violin II

performing solo with Queen City Virtuosi

Werner Reital Hall, Cincinnati

Piotr Szewczyk - Fantasia for Violin and String Orchestra

Joon-Ho Kim - conductor

In the 2004 Aspen Contemporary Ensemble

MP3 samples: Marc-Andre Dalbavie - Palimpseste

As concertmaster of the New World Symphony,

performing at the Lincoln Theater, Miami Beach, Florida

In FAZA String Quartet

Winners of the 2004 CCM Chamber Music Competition

MP3 Samples:

Piotr Szewczyk - Half-Diminished Scherzo