As a schoolboy, Janusz Piotrowicz made his piano concerto début in Windsor Castle with Rachmaninov 3, and his London recital début with Chopin's 2nd and 3rd Sonatas and the Brahms Paganini Variations. After winning the Nawrocki Prize for the most poetic interpreter in the 1975 Warsaw International Chopin Piano Competition, he launched his international career, giving up to 300 performances a year, and staging three-part epic recital programmes, which included Chopin’s Four Ballades, Four Scherzos and Twenty-four Preludes, as well as several cycles of the complete Beethoven Piano Sonatas and Concertos. In 1994 he performed to 5,000 people at the Chopin Memorial in Poland's capital, on the 50th anniversary of the Warsaw Uprising

Janusz is founder and conductor of L'Orchestre du Monde (Orchestra of the World, or LODM). His Royal Albert Hall series has included performances of Bach's Mass in B minor (with Chorale du Monde), Dvorak's New World Symphony, Tchaikovsky 5 and Beethoven 5. Other recent highlights include Tchaikovsky's Pathétique and Rachmaninov 2 with the Hallé, Mahler 1, Tchaikovsky 4 and Shostakovich 5 with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Brahms 1 and 4, Shostakovich 10 and Sibelius 1 with the Orchestra of Opera North, and the complete Beethoven Symphony Cycle with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in London

He is also founder and artistic director of the Ripon International Festival of Music and the Arts (RIF). In 1986, he established The World Trust, which supports humanitarian and educational causes across the globe.

At Lamport, Janusz will be performing Chopin and Rachmaninov in the grand surroundings of our classical High Room. Doors will open at 7pm for a 7:30pm start. There will be refreshments available and a 30 minute interval.