About
Szymon Nehring is considered one of the most talented and promising pianists of his generation in Poland. He is the only Polish musician to have won first prize at the Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Competition in Tel Aviv (2017). At the age of 19, he was also a finalist in the Chopin Competition in Warsaw. He has performed with orchestras such as the Sinfonia Varsovia, the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra in Katowice, the NFM Wroclaw Philharmonic, the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, the Bamberger Symphoniker, the Hamburger Symphoniker, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Marseille, and the Orchestre Pasdeloup in France, as well as the Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century, working with conductors such as John Axelrod, Lukas Borowicz, Sylvain Cambreling, Karina Canellakis, Pablo Heras-Casado, Marzena Diakun, Lawrence Foster, Giancarlo Guerrero, Jacek Kaspszyk, Grzegorz Nowak, Pawel Przytocki, George Tchitchinadze, David Zinman, and Omer Meir Wellber. He has also performed and recorded with the late Krzysztof Penderecki, including his Piano Concerto. He has performed in venues such as Carnegie Hall, Tonhalle Zürich, Elbphilharmonie, Konzerthaus Berlin, Herkulessaal, and Prinzregententheater in Munich, Palau de la Música in Barcelona, Auditorio Nacional in Madrid, Pierre Boulez Grande Salle in the Philharmonie de Paris, and DR Koncerthuset in Copenhagen, as well as Musikverein in Vienna. Numerous recordings, both solo and with orchestras, have been released, including both of Chopin's Piano Concertos, conducted by Krzysztof Penderecki. His recording of "Minimalist" and the first volume of the complete Chopin cycle were released in the 2024/2025 season. In 2026, the second volume dedicated to Chopin was released, as well as an album dedicated to Szymanowski, recorded in collaboration with the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra in Katowice and Marin Alsop. In June 2026, Szymon received the Sir Jeffrey Tate Prize, awarded by the Symphoniker Hamburg – an award given every two years to exceptionally talented young musicians. The 2026/2027 season includes important performances with the Symphoniker Hamburg, including Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 1 in Laeiszhalle in Hamburg, as well as Brahms' Piano Concerto No. 2 with the Orchestre Pasdeloup in the Grande Salle Pierre Boulez at the Philharmonie de Paris.
