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<\/p>\nPiotr Sutt was born in 1965. He graduated from the S. Moniuszko Academy of Music in Gda\u0144sk, the Instrumental Department. He continued education with prof. Werner Th\u00e4richen in Berlin. He became a Doctor of Music Arts at the I. J. Paderewski Academy of Music in Pozna\u0144, Acknowledged at the K. Lipinski Academy of Music in Wroc\u0142aw, and in 2012 he was granted the title of Professor of Musical Arts by the President of Poland.<\/p>\n
He constantly develops as a musician and pedagogue. His many roles include a rich variety of functions: not only a soloist, but also a renowned chamber musician performing inspiring recitals, monographic and symphonic concerts in many famous music festivals throughout Europe and in the Americas. (Among others: International Festival of Contemporary Music in Athens, International Marimba Festival in Villahermosa \u2013 Mexico, Festival of New Percussion Music in Hannover, Days of Percussion Italy PAS, International Percussion Festivals in Lithuania, Switzerland, France, Bulgaria and Russia, The Warsaw Autumn International Festival of Contemporary Music).<\/p>\n
He has made many recordings of solo and chamber percussion classics and the latest technically daring pieces in the contemporary music for the Polish Radio and Pi Dance Theatre in New York. Having played many premieres, he contributed to the promotion of the world-class percussion music, both in solo and chamber formats. (For example: Concerto for Percussion and Symphony Orchestra by W. Th\u00e4richen, Concerto Ostinato by K.H. K\u00f6per for Vibraphone and String Orchestra, Samba Classique for two marimbas and string orchestra by K.H. K\u00f6per \u2013 masterpiece dedicated to duo Katarzyna My\u0107ka and Piotr Sutt, Concerto for Vibraphone and chamber orchestra by Prof. B. Schaeffer \u2013 dedicated to the soloist and the Dialogues for two percussionists and chamber orchestra by P.A. Komorowski \u2013 composition dedicated to Bart\u0142omiej and Piotr Sutt). Among others he cooperated with: Z. Mehta, G. Crumb, St. Reich, P. Boulez, J. Tate, E. S\u00e9journ\u00e9, J. Beck, N. Rosauro, Ch. Mangione, The Israel Symphony Orchestra, J. Wooton, A. \u00c5strand, J. Nandayapa, J. Hill, W. Rowicki, L. Mo\u017cd\u017cer, J. Rappe, W. Michniewski, N. Kukulska, M. Urbaniak, R. Przemyk, A. Andrus, A. Rojek, K. Bednarek, Bach Ensemble \u2013 Meinz, The National Philharmonic Orchestra of Poland in Warsaw, Polish Baltic Philharmonic, Pozna\u0144 Philharmonic, \u0141\u00f3d\u017a Philharmonic, Szczecin Philharmonic, Polish Chamber Choir Schola Cantorum Gedanensis, MozART Group, Raz Dwa Trzy and Me Myself And I.<\/p>\n
Since 2015 he is an artistic director of the National Percussion Workshops in Gda\u0144sk under the patronage of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage. In 1999 \u2013 2003 he was the artistic director of the International Percussion Music Festivals in Kalisz.<\/p>\n
In the year 1990, as the principal timpanist, he has started his cooperation with Polish Chamber Philharmonic. He is the founder and leader of the actively performing Gda\u0144sk Jeunesses Musicales Percussion Ensemble and The Bacewicz Percussion Ensemble. Since 2016, he is one of the Innovative Percussion artists.<\/p>\n
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He teaches at the Gra\u017cyna and Kiejstut Bacewicz Academy of Music in \u0141\u00f3d\u017a, where he is employed as a full professor \u2013 Head of the Percussion Department. Since 1985 he has been teaching percussion and chamber music classes at the High School of Music in Gda\u0144sk and at the National Consultative Centre for Percussion and Percussion Chamber Music in Gda\u0144sk. His engagement in pedagogical activities has resulted in many excellent graduates, soloists, chamber musicians and winners of famous international competitions i.e.: in the USA, Mexico, Japan, Italy, Germany, France, Switzerland, Belgium and Lithuania. Every year he is invited to the jury of renowned world festivals, competitions and master workshops and music courses.<\/p>\n
Since 2006 he has been an artistic director, originator and conductor of the Children\u2019s Oncology Orchestra at the ISKIERKA Foundation for Children with Cancer.<\/p>\n
Piotr Sutt has developed an innovative training project and workshops on creativity, self-presentation, communication, and management \u2013 based on many years of artistic and pedagogical experience \u2013 and he has worked throughout Europe for the largest companies and corporations. Volvo, Mercedes Benz, Toyota, CocaCola, Ikea, Mazda, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Philips, Philips Lighting, GlaxoSmithKline, PKO, Bank BG\u017b BNP Paribas, EFL, Alstom, Henkel, Orlen, KGHM, Energa, Polkomtel, Centertel and many more.<\/p>\n