Piotr Szewczyk

Dr. Piotr Szewcyk (pyo-ter shef-chick), Polish-American violinist and composer is a member of the Jacksonville Symphony first violin section since 2007. Previously, he was a fellow at the New World Symphony where he was a rotating concertmaster and a winner of a Concerto Competition. He is also a violinist and composer-in-residence of the Bold City Contemporary Ensemble and the creator of the Violin Futura Project. He is a winner of FSU Doctoral Concerto Competition and FSU Carnegie Hall Recital Competition. As a violinist, he performed at the Aspen Music Festival and School, Spoleto Festival USA, Colorado Music Festival in Boulder, St. Augustine Music Festival and others.

As a composer, Dr. Szewczyk has received awards from The Progressive Classical Music Award in Germany, The American Prize, Project Trio Competition, Flute New Music Consortium Competition, Shuffle Concert Competition, American Modern Ensemble, Rapido! Composition Contest, Third Millennium Ensemble, American Composers Forum, Society of Composers, Jacksonville Symphony Fresh Ink Competition, and others. He has received commissions from the Jacksonville Symphony, St. Augustine Music Festival, University of North Florida, San Marco Chamber Music Society, University of Cincinnati Philharmonia Orchestra under Mark Gibson, Buffet Crampon, Atlanta Chamber Players, Prof. Rick VanMatre at University of Cincinnati and many others. His music was released on Ablaze, Navona, Mark, JB Records and others and is available on Amazon, Spotify and other streaming services.

Dr. Szewczyk holds the degrees of D.M. from Florida State University, B.M. and double M.M. in violin and composition from University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. He studied violin with Piotr Milewski, Kurt Sassmannshaus and Corinne Stillwell, and composition with Michael Fiday, Joel Hoffman, Henry Gwiazda and Darrell Handel. Please visit www.VeryNewMusic.com for more information.