Organ Recital: Eugeniusz Wawrzyniak

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Concerto in A Minor, BWV 593
   1. Allegro
   2. Adagio senza pedale a due claviere
   3. Allegro

Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)
Prelude in D-flat Major, Op. 28, No. 15 (arr. E. Wawrzyniak)

Alfred Hollins (1865-1942)
Trumpet Minuet

Ennio Morricone (1928-2020)
Chi Mai (arr. L. Kerremans)

Denis Bédard (b. 1950)
Variations on Christus Vincit

Eugeniusz Wawrzyniak is a Polish organist living in Belgium since 1989. After graduating from the Musical Academy of Poznań, Poland, studying under Professor Romuald Sroczyński, he completed his studies at the Royal Conservatory in Brussels with Professor Jean Ferrard.

Eugeniusz has performed in Germany, the Netherlands, France, Belgium, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Finland, Italy and the United States (New Haven, Los Angeles, St. Patrick's Cathedral, St. Malachy’s Church (The Actors’ Chapel), St. Agnes Cathedral) and many times in Poland at the most important organ festivals. He has recorded music for the Belgian radio station Radio 3 and Polish Radio, and also co-operates with the Philharmonic Society in Poznań, Poland.

As part of his artistic activity, Eugeniusz Wawrzyniak does not limit himself to organ recitals, but is constantly looking for new challenges, combining his interpretations of organ music with other instrumentalists. An example is his last double CD record, on which he is accompanied by the great artists Marc Grauwels and Yossif Ivanov.

He has performed with Lorenzo Gatto (violin), Roman Gryń (trumpet), The Choir of Men and Boys of the Poznań Philharmonic Society (“The Poznan Nightingales") conducted by Maciej Wieloch, String Quartet Sirius (Prague), and Thierry Cammaert (oboe).

As the president of the Musical Association Concerto in Charleroi, Belgium, he organizes organ, choral and chamber music concerts that form the annual Marchienne Musical Festival. A constant theme of the association’s involvement in the cultural life of Wallonia includes bringing the local Polish community and culture closer to the Belgian community, enriching both in the process.

Since 1990, Eugeniusz Wawrzyniak has been the organist at the church of Notre Dame de Miséricorde, in Marchienne-au-Pont, Belgium. He also teaches piano and organ at the nearby Atélier Musical de Manage.

Mr. Wawrzyniak's achievements include three solo organ albums: Felix Mendelssohn’s Sonatas recorded in 2015 at the basilica and arch-cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul in Poznan, the album Soli Deo Gloria with works of J. S. Bach, A. Guilmant, R. Freteur, F. Borowski and Ch. Pardini, recorded in 2017 in the church of Saint Casimir the Prince in Wroclaw, Poland, and the album Christus Vincit with works of J. S. Bach, D. Buxtehude, F. Chopin, E. Morricone, D. Bédart, A. Renaud, A. Claussmann and A. Hollins, recorded in 2024 at Notre Dame de Miséricorde in Charleroi, Belgium.

He is also the founder of the vocal and instrumental ensemble Credo, with whom he recorded two CDs: "Avec vous, je suis avec vous" (2012) and "Pour aimer de plus grand amour" (2014).

From 2011 to 2013, Mr. Wawrzyniak was nominated three times for the title "Pole of the Year in Belgium" in the field of culture, a competition organized by the Council of the Polish Community in Belgium in cooperation with the Consular Department of the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Brussels.

In October 2015, he was awarded the “Médaille de Saint Eleuthère” by Monseigneur Guy Harpigny, bishop of the Diocese of Tournai, Belgium, in recognition of his 25 years of service to the parish and community at Notre Dame de Miséricorde.