- Elena Aleksiejuk Foundation

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ABOUT US

The Elena Aleksiejuk Foundation was established in late 2020 out of a need to spread musical culture, reaching out to outstandingly talented artists and supporting their work. The Foundation proudly bears the name of an outstanding pianist comprehensively and resiliently active in Pomerania and throughout the country for the past 30 years. We commemorate her name by promoting culture and music in Poland and around the world. We are committed to promoting high quality musical performances and an uncompromising selection of the artists we work with.
We operate internationally, our first project was the Piano Competition Online, which has been an international success and now has an established reputation in the music market. We are currently developing the String Competition Online for string instruments. In the near future, we plan to organize more editions of competitions and concerts of the winners.

Our task is also to promote, implement and support activities in the field of artistic after-school education. We are committed to raising the level of music education in society.

Foundation Board:
Daria Żurawlowa – founder, vice president
Arnold Gniwek – president

You can find our Statute here. You can read about our projects below.

OUR PATRON

Elena Aleksiejuk (1964-2020) is an outstanding pianist and pedagogue. A graduate of the Lev Sobinov Conservatory of Music in Saratov, Russia, she graduated with honors in 1988, working under Albert Tarakanov, the youngest student of the great Russian pedagogue and pianist Harry Neuhaus. As a young pianist, Elena Aleksiejuk participated in many piano competitions of all-Soviet and international rank, winning numerous prizes and awards.

Since 1991 she has settled permanently in Poland, conducting a thriving teaching and concert activity. In 1993, together with Krzysztof Dabrowski (countertenor), she formed the Early Music Ensemble “Ad te Domine,” with which she toured for many years as a harpsichordist (in Poland, Sweden, Germany and Belgium) performing Baroque music with Dirk Snellings (bass) and Marnix de Cat (countertenor; Leuven Music Academy). With this ensemble, she made recordings of Baroque music for Swedish radio in Malmö.

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Elena Aleksiejuk worked with such artists as Konstanty Andrzej Kulka (violin), Roman Jablonski (cello) and Joanna Mądroszkiewicz (violin).

The artist was known for her musical versatility, her repertoire included numerous works of piano, violin, cello and vocal music, from the Baroque period through Romanticism to contemporary music. She has given concerts on many stages in Poland, Russia, Germany, Austria and Sweden, with solo recitals, as well as in chamber ensembles and with orchestral accompaniment.

As an accompanist, Elena Aleksiejuk taught at the Master Violin Workshops in Gdansk, at the Zenon Brzewski Master Courses in Lancut working with Igor Frolov, Sergei Kravchenko (Pyotr Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow), Petru Munteanu (Rostock Music Academy) and Konstanty Andrzej Kulka (Music University in Warsaw).

As a pedagogue, Elena Aleksiejuk derived much joy and satisfaction from her work, which resulted in numerous successes of her students at national and international competitions. For her many years of pedagogical work, she received a number of awards and honors, including awards from the Ministry of Culture and Art, Medals of National Education, the Bronze Medal for Outstanding Artistic Achievements “Gloria Artis”, the Award of the Presidents of Gdynia and Gdansk, and the Award of the Pomeranian Curator of Education.

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OUR PROJECTS

DONATE

If you would like to support our activities, you can do so by making a donation by a bank transfer:
IBAN: PL33 1140 2004 0000 3502 8084 9250
BIC/SWIFT: BREXPLPWXXX
or via PayPal:

Thank you!

CONTACT

Fundacja im. Eleny Aleksiejuk
ul. Grunwaldzka 5, 80-236 Gdańsk
KRS: 0000873150, NIP: 9571129074
Account No.: PL33 1140 2004 0000 3502 8084 9250