GREGORY KINDA

Australian Concert Pianist

Gregory Kinda

Samples from the Mozart/Beethoven/List CD

Samples from the Chopin CD

Video: Chopin Ballade No. 1 in G min.

Gregory Andrew Kinda was born in Katowice, Poland. In 1983, his family immi­grated to Aust­ralia. In 1984, at the age of 6, he became the youngest scholar to enter the Sydney Conser­vatorium of Music in the preparatory department. In 1986 he moved to Papua-New Guinea, and in 1990 he returned to Poland. He studied at the Katowice Secondary Music School and completed university studies at the Academy of Music in Katowice.

In 1999 Gregory completed his Master of Arts degree in an accelerated three years instead of the usual five. Following post-graduate work in Norway and Poland, he returned to Sydney in 2000. From 2001 to 2006 Gregory was a piano lecturer at the Australian International Conser­vatorium of Music in Harris Park, NSW. In 2003 He additionally completed his Bachelor of Teaching degree at the University of Western Sydney. He also holds a position as a piano teacher at the Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Conservatorium in Penrith, NSW teaching the advanced students. Gregory has performed in Australia, Poland, Norway, Germany, Russia, France, Czech Republic and Japan.

Gregory Kinda brings a new vital energy to classical piano music. His repertoire ranges from Bach to 20th century composers such as the great Polish woman composer Grazyna Bacewicz.

His prizes at international competitions have included:

  • 3rd Prize in the F. Chopin Competition in Szafarnia, Poland 1993.
  • Artistic Scholarship from the F. Chopin Foundation in Warsaw, 1994.
  • 3rd Prize in the M. Magin Competition in Paris, 1995.
  • 2nd Prize in the National Competition in Zagan, Poland 1996.

In March 2010 he opened the state celebrations of Chopin's 200th birthday at the Sydney City Recital Hall, Angel Place, in a public recital attended by the Ambassador of Poland Andrzej Jaroszynski, the Polish Consul General Daniel Gromann and the Governor of NSW, Professor Marie Bashir AC.

Hear Gregory play Gershwin Prelude No. 1
Hear Gregory play Flight of the Bumble Bee
Contact Gregory at gregory_kinda@yahoo.com.au

Recital enquiries welcome. 0432 387 302.

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