André Tchaikowsky: Two Piano Concertos & Piano Sonata Peter Jablonski, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra & Łukasz Borowicz

• André Tchaikowsky (1935 - 1982): Piano Concerto No. 1 (1956–1957):
• 1 Tchaikowsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 (1956–1957): I. Adagio 05:05
• 2 Tchaikowsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 (1956–1957): II. Molto vivace 06:13
• 3 Tchaikowsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 (1956–1957): III. Andante mesto 10:12
• 4 Tchaikowsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 (1956–1957): IV. Allegro, ma non troppo 05:57
• Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 4 (1966–1971):
• 5 Tchaikowsky: Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 4 (1966–1971): I. Introduction 02:21
• 6 Tchaikowsky: Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 4 (1966–1971): II. Passacaglia 08:12
• 7 Tchaikowsky: Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 4 (1966–1971): III. Capriccio 06:51
• 8 Tchaikowsky: Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 4 (1966–1971): IV. Finale 11:23
• Piano Sonata (1958):
• 9 Tchaikowsky: Piano Sonata (1958): I. Non troppo presto 07:09
• 10 Tchaikowsky: Piano Sonata (1958): II. Largo 05:53
• 11 Tchaikowsky: Piano Sonata (1958): III. Piano e veloce 02:19
• Total Runtime 01:11:35

Info for André Tchaikowsky: Two Piano Concertos & Piano Sonata

This new album from pianist Peter Jablonski and the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra under Lukasz Borowicz, includes the world premiere recording of Andre Tchaikowsky's (1935-1982) 1st Piano Concerto and the first studio recording of the composer's 2nd Piano Concerto together with the Piano Sonata.

Following years of preparation, hundreds of hours of practice and research, André Tchaikowsky's legacy will be further commemorated on the 90th anniversary of his birth.

World-premiere recording of André Tchaikowsky's First Piano Concerto, combined with the world premiere studio recording of his Piano Concerto Op 4 and Piano Sonata (1958) will be released on Ondine in November 2025. ​

Peter Jablonski, Łukasz Borowicz and Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra (NOSPR) will also present the Polish premiere of Tchaikowsky's First Piano Concerto on 6 November 2025 in Katowice. ​

André Tchaikowsky (1935-1982) was only 46 when he died. But his brilliance as a pianist had made him a familiar figure on the world’s concert platforms – and he made the headlines after his death when he left his skull to the Royal Shakespeare Company for use in performances of Hamlet.

Yet for all his facility at the keyboard Tchaikowsky’s real passion was composition, and at the time of his death he had all but finished his magnum opus, an opera based on Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice. Its premiere at the 2013 Bregenz Festival seems set to bring Tchaikowsky the composer the fame in the 21st century that escaped him in the twentieth. ​

The internal conflict between pianist and composer compounded an already complex character. A Polish Jew, Tchaikowsky had survived the Holocaust hidden by his grandmother in a Warsaw cupboard, and it was she who gave the young Andrzej Krauthammer the name Tchaikowsky to help fool the Nazis. Already an outsider as a Jew and deeply ambivalent towards his family, Tchaikowsky was also a homosexual – yet another disruptive element in a troubled personality.



Anastasia Belina was instrumental in helping to bring the name and music of the Polish British composer and pianist André Tchaikowsky to worldwide audiences.

She brought his opera The Merchant of Venice to the attention of opera director David Pountney, who ensured that the work finally had its premiere in 2013 at the Bregenz Festival (directed by Keith Warner), subsequently winning the Best World Premiere Award at the International Opera Awards in London in 2014. The opera was also performed in Warsaw and the UK, including Covent Garden. ​

Since 2013, she has published two books, a book chapter, articles, organised events, concerts, given public talks, made presentations at academic conferences and music festivals, and appeared in the documentary film Rebel of the Keys. ​

She remains committed to ensuring that Tchaikowsky's music is heard and his name is not forgotten.

Peter Jablonski, piano
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Lukasz Borowicz, conductor

Peter Jablonski
Described by the Gramophone as ‘a pianist in full flower of his mature, imaginative artistry’, Peter Jablonski is an award-winning Swedish pianist. In 2025 he was awarded prestigious Swedish Grammy for his critically acclaimed recording of Ronald Stevenson’s piano works, released on Ondine. He is among the leading pianists of his generation, and during the last thirty years on international stages has performed with over 150 orchestras, given over 2000 concerts, and has been on more than 30 tours of Japan.

Discovered by Abbado and Ashkenazy and signed by Decca in his seventeenth year, he went on to perform, tour, collaborate, and record with many of the world’s leading orchestras and conductors, which include NHK Tokyo, Orchestre National de France, L’Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, DSO Berlin, Leipzig Gewandhaus, Tonhalle Zurich, Philadelphia, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, La Scala Philharmonic, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Oslo Philharmonic, Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra, National Symphony Orchchestra of Polish Radio (NOSPR), Daniele Gatti, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Andris Nelsons, Daniel Harding, Kurt Sanderling, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Riccardo Chailly, Myung-Whun Chung, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, and Marie Jacqout.

He has appeared in concert and recitals in famous venues around the world, which include the Royal Festival Hall and the Barbican in London, Philharmonie Berlin, Suntory Hall Tokyo, Hollywood Bowl Los Angeles, Salle Pleyel Paris, Musikverein Vienna, Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, among many others.

He has performed and recorded the complete piano concertos by Beethoven, P. Tchaikovsky, Andre Tchaikowsky, Rachmaninov, Bacewicz, Bartók, Melcher Melchers, the complete mazurkas by Chopin and Scriabin, and all piano sonatas by Prokofiev. During his three-decade-long career he developed a diverse repertoire that in addition to major works by Classical and Romantic composers also includes works by Barber, Gershwin, Szymanowski, Lutosławski, Copland, Stenhammar, with most recent additions of such composers as Ronald Stevenson and Grażyna Bacewicz.

He has worked with composers Witold Lutosławski and Arvo Part, and had a number of works composed for, and dedicated to him, including Wojciech Kilar’s Piano Concerto, for which he won the Orpheus Award for the world premiere performance at the Warsaw Autumn Festival. He remains a supporter of today’s composers and regularly gives world premieres of new works.

Jablonski’s extensive discography includes recordings he has made for Decca, Deutsche Grammophon, Philips, and Ondine labels. He has received numerous awards for his recordings, which include the Swedish Grammy for his recording of piano music by Ronald Stevenson, the Edison Award for best concerto recording of Shostakovich’s First Piano Concerto, Rachmaninov’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, and Lutoslawski’s Paganini Rhapsody with Ashkenazy and RPO for Decca. He was presented with the Gramophone Classical Music Award for his Deutsche Grammophon recording of works by Cecile Chaminade with Anne Sofie von Otter and Bengt Forsberg.

In December 2022, Peter Jablonski was awarded the prestigious French Academy Charles Cros Award, Contemporary Music, for his recording of Grażyna Bacewicz’s piano music.

Peter Jablonski is the recipient of the Litteris et Artibus medal for his services to culture, granted to him by the King of Sweden, Carl XVI Gustaf. He is also the winner of the prestigious prize Arets Svensk i Varlden (International Swedish Personality of the Year), receiving it before ABBA and Astrid Lindgren. In 2022 he was elected into the Royal Swedish Academy of Music, and in 2025 he won a Swedish Grammy for his critically acclaimed recording of Ronald Stevenson’s piano works, released on Ondine.

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