Piotr Kowal is a pianist, chamber musician and pedagogue closely associated with Kraków’s musical community. He graduated from the Academy of Music Krzysztof Penderecki in Kraków, where he studied piano under Professor Andrzej Pikul. In 2018, he obtained a Doctor of Arts degree with a dissertation devoted to the interpretation of Beethoven’s late piano sonatas, including the monumental Sonata in B-flat major, Op. 106 “Hammerklavier”. In 2025, he was awarded the degree of Habilitated Doctor.

He is a recipient of scholarships from the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage (Creative Scholarship, 2022), the Adam Mickiewicz Institute (Polish Culture in the World), and the Rector of the Academy of Music in Kraków. In 2024, he was honoured with the Award of the Mayor of the City of Kraków.

Piotr Kowal has performed on international stages in Austria, China, Spain, Israel, Germany, the United States, Slovakia and Italy. In 2025, he undertook a concert tour of the United States, performing in New York, Pennsylvania, Washington, D.C., and Mississippi.

He appears regularly as a soloist and chamber musician and has performed at prestigious festivals such as Wawel at Dusk, Music in Old Kraków, Silence, and Music at the Czartoryski Museum. His orchestral collaborations include performances with the Częstochowa Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra and the Rishon LeZion Symphony Orchestra, where he performed, among others, Franz Liszt’s Piano Concerto in E-flat major. Since 2024, he has served as the Artistic Director of the Tynieckie Recitale Kameralne Festival.

A prizewinner of international piano competitions, he has received awards at the Tadeusz Żmudziński Piano Competition in Kraków, as well as competitions in Israel, Portugal, Singapore and Vienna. His recording Bruzdowicz: Works for Piano and Cello received a Silver Diploma at the Musical Eagles International Competition, while the album Aurora, recorded with the Czarakcziew/Kowal Duo, was awarded a Bronze Diploma.

He further developed his artistic skills at the Musikhochschule in Lübeck under Professor Konstanze Eickhorst and during postgraduate studies with Professor Aquiles Delle Vigne. He has participated in masterclasses led by distinguished pedagogues such as Paul Badura-Skoda, Dmitri Bashkirov, Dina Joffe, Emanuel Krasovsky and Evgeny Koroliov.

Currently, Piotr Kowal works as an Assistant Professor at the Piano Department of the Academy of Music Krzysztof Penderecki in Kraków and, since 2018, has served as Head of the Piano Section at the Bronisław Rutkowski Primary and Secondary Music School in Kraków.