Marek Kochmanski was born in Poland in 1981. From the age of 7 he was taking private piano lessons and went on to study music at University of Silesia from where he graduated B.Mus in 2005 as a pianist, composer and educator. As a classical pianist participated in professor Dmitri Alexeev's masterclass and had private tuitions with prof. dr hab. Michal Korzistka. As a Jazz musician he studied at Chick Corea Academy. Marek moved to Scotland in 2006 since then he has been teaching music and playing recitals in Poland and Scotland. In 2015 he won First Prize in the Lady Fermoy Piano competition. In 2018 Marek Recorded a CD with classical and improvised repertoire. On 19th of November listeners of Marek's Piano Recital will be able to hear works of classical composers: W.A. Mozar, F.F. Chopin, W.Lutoslawski, as well as Jazz Standards and composed and improvised music by Marek Kochmanski.