Alicja Fiderkiewicz.... a pianist of rare quality....she plays with the kind of old-fashioned simplicity associated with the playing of her two great compatriots- Mieczyslaw Horszowski and Artur Rubinstein....(Piano  Magazine)

....masterly and beautiful music making...(Daily Telegraph)

...gave a performance of Grieg's Concerto in which she showed  a masculine strength of attack and a feminine delicacy in the lyrical passages ....(Daily Telegraph)

....Hindemith's 3rd Sonata was the performance of the afternoon...(Financial Times-Wigmore Hall)

Alicja Fiderkiewicz was born in Warsaw,Poland and began to learn the piano at the age of seven.Her studies continued at the Central School of Music in the Moscow Conservatoire,Warsaw School of Music and finally at The Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester where she was a student of Prof.Ryszard Bakst.

Alicja Fiderkiewicz began to fulfill regular professional engagements when she was 15 years old.

She has been awarded Chopin Scholarship in Poland for 4 consecutive years.She is a winner and prize winner of several National  and International Piano Competitions including Dudley International Piano Competition,Premio Dino Ciani International Piano Competition in La Scala ,Milan and she is also a recipient of Calouste Goulbenkian Music Fellowship.

Alicja has performed extensively in Poland,Russia,Italy,Switzerland,Israel,Spain,Japan,Cyprus and UK .She has given a number of recitals in London -Wigmore Hall ,St.John's Smith's Square and in many other venues in the UK.

She has performed as a soloist with Manchester Camerata,Da Camera ,Polish Radio and TV Symphony Orchestra,Warsaw Philharmonic,La Scala Theatre Orchestra,Halle Orchestra and many others.

Alicja has released 4 CD's under Dunelm and Divine Art labels.She has appeared on BBC Radio 3 and BBC TV.

Alicja also has quite a busy teaching career.She has given masterclasses in the UK, Japan, Spain and Cyprus and was for many years a member of teaching faculty at Chethams School of Music in Manchester.She is also a frequent performer and tutor at the International Piano Summer School at Chethams-Manchester.

Her repertoire ranges from early baroque up to late 20th century works.