Zuzanna Sejbuk

Year the scholarship was awarded:

2026

Area of expertise

Arts

She began playing the piano at the age of five under Hanna Urbańska in her hometown of Szczecin. From 2019, she studied at the Fryderyk Chopin Secondary Music School in Kraków under Olga Łazarska. She is currently a student at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw, where she studies with Prof. Joanna Ławrynowicz-Just. 

She regularly takes part in masterclasses led by distinguished pianists and teachers, including Dang Thai Son, Arie Vardi, Andrzej Jasiński, Ewa Pobłocka and Eldar Nebolsin. 

She is a laureate of numerous piano competitions in Poland and abroad. Her recent achievements include the Grand Prix of the third “Alternatywa Konkursowa” organised by Polish Radio Chopin, the Grand Prix of the National Piano Competition of the Centre for Artistic Education, and first prizes in competitions named after Adam Harasiewicz and Manuel de Falla. In 2025, she qualified for the first stage of the 19th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition and was also a finalist of the 53rd National Chopin Competition. 

She has performed at venues including the Krzysztof Penderecki European Centre for Music, the Royal Łazienki and Royal Castle in Warsaw, several Polish philharmonic halls, and the Sociedad Filarmónica de Bilbao. 

She was a long-standing scholarship recipient of the Polish Children’s Fund and the Pro Musica Bona Foundation. She has also received scholarships from the Mayor of Szczecin, the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, and the Kraków Club. In 2022, she took part in the Morningside Music Bridge programme in Boston for outstanding young musicians.