Lukasz Kuropaczewski - In Concert (Guitar)

Experience the guitar artistry of world-renowned Lukasz Kuropaczewski up close and personal in BPAC's intimate McPherson Theatre!

Lukasz Kuropaczewski started playing the guitar at the age of 10. Since 1992, his musical education was conducted by Professor Piotr Zaleski from Poland and he later continued his education at the Peabody Conservatory of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD, where he studied with Manuel Barrueco and received an Artist Diploma.

Kuropaczewski has toured in Europe, the United States, Canada, South America and Japan. He has appeared in music centres in Czechia, Belarus, Germany, France, Spain, Belgium, Hungary, Poland, Canary Islands, Iceland, Greece, the UK, and Panama. He has performed solo recitals in London’s Royal Festival Hall, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Warsaw’s National Philharmonic Hall, Tchaikovsky Hall in Moscow, Caramoor Music Festival, Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival and New York’s Carnegie Hall.

As a chamber music collaborator, he works with musicians such as the Orion String Quartet, Avi Avital, Chen Reiss, Richard Galliano, The Verona Quartet and musicians from the Cleveland Orchestra, the Los Angeles Symphony Orchestra, and the San Antonio Symphony. He regularly premieres new works for guitar: “Acequias,” by Marc Neikrug and his “Three Pieces for Guitar” at the Baltimore Museum of Art in Baltimore, MD. He has premiered concertos by Angelo Gilardino, Krzysztof Meyer, Mikolaj Gorecki, and Alexandre Tansman (Polish premiere) and he made the guitar version of Krzysztof Penderecki’s Viola Concerto and premiered it with Sinfonia Varsovia, Puerto Rico Symphony and the Chile Symphony Orchestra and conductor Maximiano Valdes.

Kuropaczewski served as guitar faculty at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, USA from 2008-2010. He is currently on the faculty of the Academy of Music in Poznan, Poland, and the Kunst University Graz, Austria. He holds a doctorate degree in performance.

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CONCESSIONS AVAILABLE at this performance: beer, wine, soda, snacks. Anything purchased at BPAC Concessions may be taken into the theatre. No outside food or drink permitted.

GENERAL ADMISSION (choose your seat when you enter the seating area of the theatre)

FREE PARKING in front of the theatre, on campus at Sandhills Community College.

LOBBY DOORS and the BOX OFFICE open 1 hour before showtime.

THEATER DOORS open for seating approximately 30 minutes before showtime. 

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***Typically at BPAC events, the theatre doors open for seating no earlier than 30 minutes before the performance. There is no need to arrive extraordinarily early. Know that if you choose to arrive prior to lobby doors opening, there is no place to sit and wait for the lobby to open other than the outdoor benches in Evelyn's Courtyard. All children under 13 must be seated with an adult at this performance. Children under 5 will not be permitted into the theater. Everyone attending the performance, regardless of age, must have a ticket. BPAC does not censor content; it is up to parents and guardians to determine whether a show is appropriate for their child. Any person disrupting a performance or inhibiting the enjoyment of an event for guests may be removed from the theater without refund.