A versatile and experienced performer once described as the “Glenn Gould of the Accordion,” Iwo Jedynecki is changing perspectives for the instrument with his original and unique approach to concert programming and presentation. Winner of top prizes at over 30 national and international music competitions, he has performed as a soloist in 25 countries across four continents. In 2022, Iwo received his doctoral degree with a dissertation about 19th-century music for harmonium. He won Astral Artists National Auditions in Philadelphia and received a Fulbright scholarship to become the first classical accordionist in the history of New York University. Since then, he has presented ground-breaking concert projects on both the East and West coasts and lectures introducing the classical accordion to American composers whilst premiering great C21st works, including by Krzysztof Penderecki. In addition to his solo career, highlights of Ιwo's regular collaborations and performances in duos have been appearing at Carnegie Hall and Guangzhou Opera House with violinist Karolina Mikolajczyk, winning First Prize at the Boulder International Chamber Music Competition “The Art of Duo” with pianist Ignacy Krzyzanowski, and pioneering transcriptions and performances of Johann Sebastian Bach’s Magnificat and Die Kunst der Fuge and Gabriel Fauré’s Requiem with accordionist Hubert Giziewski as Harmonium Duo. To learn more, visit mikolajczyk-jedynecki.pl.