Jakub Kuszlik - laureate of the 18th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition, winning the 4th Prize ex aequo and the Polish Radio Prize for best mazurka performance. He is also a laureate of the second prize X International Ignacy Jan Paderewski Piano Competition in Bydgoszcz (2016), semi-finalist of the Beethoven Competition in Bonn (2017), winner of many laurels in piano competitions. He is an exceptionally talented graduate of Prof. Katarzyna Popowa-Zydroń's piano class at the Music Academy in Bydgoszcz.
He won second prize in the 10th Ignacy J. Paderewski International Piano Competition in Bydgoszcz (2016), was a semi-finalist of the Beethoven Competition in Bonn (2017). In March 2019 he won second prize in the Hilton Head International Piano Competition in USA and in June 2019 third prize in the Top of the World International Piano Competition in Tromsø in Norway. Jakub Kuszlik is also
a finalist and winner of the Young Jury Prize of the Concours Musical International de Montréal 2024.
He has played concerts in Poland and abroad, including in the United States, Japan, Vietnam, Germany, Italy, Greece, Norway, Armenia, Iceland, France, Switzerland, The UAE, Canada, Lithuania, Kosovo, Mexico, Argentina, Brazil and Chile.
He has performed with leading Polish orchestras, including the National Philharmonic Orchestra, the National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Philharmonische Orchester Plauen-Zwickau and conductors: Andrzej Boreyko, Jerzy Maksymiuk, PaweÅ‚ Przytocki, Tadeusz StrugaÅ‚a, Anna SuÅ‚kowska-MigoÅ„, Xian Zhang, Leo Siberski.
He has performed at festivals including Chopin and his Europe, International Chopin Festival in Duszniki Zdrój, Blekinge International Piano Festival, Paderewski Festival in Paso Robles, Semanas Musicales de Frutillar, Chopin Piano Fest Prishtina.
In February 2022 his first solo album "Brahms, Chopin" was released by Polish Radio, including recordings from his recital in the Concert Studio of the Polish Radio.
In December 2022, the artist released his second album “Chopin & Debussy”.