Beata Bilińska – belongs to the leading Polish pianists.
PhD, habilitation in Musical Arts, Associate professor of The Karol Szymanowski Music Academy in Katowice.
She leads extensive artistic life for more than 20 years. She performs in Poland and abroad. At present, she also gives masterclass in Poland and abroad. She performed during many prestigious festivals and concerts in (among others) Austria, Argentina, Bulgary, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Ireland, Japan, Lithuania, Latvia, Moldova, Germany, Norway, Russia, Romania, Slovakia, Suiss, Sweden, Ukraine, USA and Italy. In 1996 she graduated with distinction from the Karol Szymanowski Music Academy in Katowice in the class of Professor Andrzej Jasiński. Upon graduation, she joined the Academy’s faculty. She worked for six years as Professor Jasiński’ s assistant becoming an associate professor. Foreign tours have taken her to Austria, Argentina, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lituania, Moldavia, Norway, Russia, Romania, Slovakia, Switzerland, Sweden, Ucraine and the USA.
Beata Bilińska is prize winner of such competition as Second Prize at the 1st International Young Pianists Competition „Arthur Rubinstein In Memoriam” In Bydgoszcz (1993), Finalist – 46th Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition, Bolzano, Italy (1993), 1st Prize and Audience Award – 17th International Piano Competition ” Rina Sala Gallo” in Monza, Italy (2002).
Beata Bilińska has recorded 12 CDs with e.g. Piano concertos by L. van Beethoven, Frederic Chopin, Sergey Rachmaninov, Modest Musorgsky and Sergey Prokofiev solo music, 20th – Century Polish Music for Violon & Piano, chamber music by Aleksander Tansman and Piano Concerto ”Resurrection” by Krzysztof Penderecki (2005) and and 2nd Piano Concerto by Wojciech Kilar (2014). For the recordings she received many other awards: "Pizzicato Supersonic Award" in Luxemburg, "Joker Award" by Belgium "Les Crescendo", "Scherzo Award" in Madrid, "Musica Award" in Rome and the most prestigious MIDEM Classical Award 2008. 14th October 2011 Beata Bilińska was the first performer of 2nd Piano Concerto by Wojciech Kilar (world premiere with National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra).