Poland celebrates with music

The embassy of Poland celebrates this year the 100^th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the Republic of Poland and the Kingdom of the Netherlands with an extensive program covering all aspects of the successful past and present collaboration between the two countries.

One of the greatest cultural events organised by the embassy was the classical concert by the very young Polish pianist Tomasz Ritter, winner of the International Chopin competition 2018 and the Arthur Rubinstein in Memoriam international competition at the Piano Polish Festival last year. The event was held at the premises of the Embassy of Poland in The Hague, on Monday, March 4^th. It was the first of the series of concerts related to 100 anniversary of establishing diplomatic relations between Poland and the Netherlands. 

Many guests attended the concert, including friends of Poland coming from different Dutch institutions, diplomats and ambassadors, notably the ambassadors of Germany, Australia, Peru and many others.  H.E. Mr. dr Marcin Piotr Czepelak, Ambassador of Poland, proudly welcomed his guest and presented the talented pianist.

Tomasz Ritter was born in 1995 in Lublin, Poland. In 2008, he started his musical education at the Karol Szymanowski State School of Music in Warsaw, under the direction of Irina Rumianceva-Dabrowski, and concluded his path with a graduation with special honors.

From September 2014, he has been a student of the Pyotr Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow.  He participated in festivals and concerts in Poland and abroad, performing with the Polish Radio Orchestra, Sinfonia Varsovia, Sinfonia Baltica, Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century, Martinů Quartet from Prague and Stradivari Quartet from Zurich.

After the concert, ambassador Czepelak invited Ms. Erica Schouten, Director Department of European Affairs at the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to cut with him the 100^th Anniversary cake, a symbol of the solid diplomatic relations between the two countries and a wish for further collaboration in the next 100 years to come.