EUGENIUSZ WAWRZYNIAK
is a Polish organist, living in Belgium for the past 30 years. After
graduating from the Musical Academy of Poznań, Poland, studying under Professor Romuald
Sroczyński, he completed his studies at the Royal Conservatory in Brussels with Professor
Jean Ferrard.
Eugeniusz has performed in Germany, the Netherlands, France, Belgium, Spain, Sweden,
Switzerland, Luxembourg, Finland, Italy and the United States (New Haven - Connecticut; Los
Angeles - California, New York - St. Patrick's Cathedral) and many times in Poland at the most
important national organ festivals.
He has recorded music for the Belgian radio station Radio 3 and Polish Radio, and also co-
operates with the Philharmonic Society in Poznań, Poland.
As part of his artistic activity, Eugeniusz Wawrzyniak does not limit himself to organ recitals,
but is constantly looking for new challenges, combining his interpretations of organ music
with other instrumentalists. An example is his last double CD record, on which he is
accompanied by the great artists Marc Grauwels and Yossif Ivanov.
Other musicians with whom he has performed include artists and groups as: Lorenzo Gatto
(violin), Roman Gryń (trumpet), The Boys' and Men's Choir of the Poznań Philharmonic
Society – “The Poznan Nightingales" conducted by Maciej Wieloch, String Quartet Sirius
(Prague), and Thierry Cammaert (oboe).
As the president of the Musical Association Concerto in Charleroi, Belgium, he organises
organ, choral and chamber music concerts which form the annual Marchienne Musical Festival. A constant theme of the association’s involvement in the cultural life of Wallonia
includes bringing the local Polish community and culture closer to the Belgian community,
enriching both in the process.
Since 1990, Eugeniusz WAWRZYNIAK has been the organist at Notre Dame de Miséricorde
church in Marchienne-au-Pont, Belgium. He also teaches piano and organ at the nearby
Atélier Musical de Manage.
Eugeniusz Wawrzyniak's achievements include two solo organ albums: Felix Mendelssohn’s
Sonatas recorded in 2015 at the basilica and arch-cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul in
Poznan, and the album "Soli Deo Gloria" with works of J. S. Bach, A. Guilmant, R. Freteur, F.
Borowski and Ch. Pardini, recorded in 2017 in church of Saint Casimir the Prince in Wroclaw,
Poland. He is also the founder of the Vocal and Instrumental Ensemble “Credo”, with whom
he recorded two CDs: "Avec vous, je suis avec vous" (2012) and "Pour aimer de plus grand
amour" in 2014.
In the years 2011-2013 Eugeniusz Wawrzyniak was nominated three times for the title "Pole
of the Year in Belgium" in the field of culture - a competition organized by the Council of the
Polish Community in Belgium in cooperation with the Consular Department of the Embassy
of the Republic of Poland in Brussels.
In October 2015, Eugeniusz was awarded the “Medaille de Saint Eleuthère” by Monseigneur
Guy Harpigny, bishop of the Diocese of Tournai, Belgium, in recognition of his 25 years of
service to the parish and community at Notre Dame de Miséricorde.
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