Attracting attention for his musicality and innovative repertoire, Paul Cesarczyk has emerged as a soloist and chamber musician of note appearing throughout Europe and the United States. A recipient of many awards and honors he was a First-Prize winner of the 1994 Ithaca College Competition and received the 1995 ASCAP Aaron Copland Award. In 2002 Mr. Cesarczyk became a winner in the Artists International Competition. Mr. Cesarczyk has performed in New York at Carnegie, Merkin and Alice Tully Halls, Trinity Church and the Cathedral of St. John the Divine as well as the Spanish Institute. In Europe Mr. Cesarczyk has appeared at the Fynskunstmuseum in Denmark and Warsaw’s “Rampa” Theatre. Festivals include the 2001 GuitarWave Festival and the 2002 George Crumb Festival. Mr. Cesarczyk has appeared in concert with Speculum Musicae among others and is a member of the Manhattan Guitar Quartet.

Born in Poland, Paul Cesarczyk has lived in the New York City since an early age where he attended the La Guardia High School for the Arts. He received Bachelor and Master degrees from the Manhattan School of Music where he was a student of David Starobin and was a recipient of the 2001 Andres Segovia Award.

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Alexandre Tansman (1897-1986)