Anna Rutkowska-Schock

Anna Rutkowska-Schock completed her piano studies under Prof. Helena Furmanowicz and Prof. Grzegorz Kurzyński at the K.

Lipiński Academy of Music in Wrocław, Poland. As a teenager, she was a finalist in the 1992 European Chopin Competition in. In 1997, she received a scholarship from Dr. Madeleine Forte to attend Boise State University.
In 2003, Anna was awarded Best Accompanist at the IBLA Grand Prize International Music Competition in Sicily, leading to multiple performances at Carnegie Hall in New York. She has served as a staff accompanist for international competitions in Rome, Peru, Slovakia, Sicily, and Poland, earning over 50 awards as Best Piano Collaborator. Anna has been a jury member for the IBLA Grand Prize International Competition and the International Piano Competition in Surabaya.
In 2006, she received a full scholarship to the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara, California. The following year, she directed the Festival of American Music in Wrocław. Anna has released six CDs featuring French and contemporary music. Since 2016, she has been a member of The Hourglass Ensemble, performing internationally, including at the Sydney Opera House and on the Australian fine music broadcasting network.
Anna served as the official pianist for the Australian Flute Festival in 2019 and 2023, performing a recital of Ian Clarke's compositions with the composer in 2019. In 2022, she lectured and performed in San Germán, Puerto Rico. With performances on five continents and collaborations with artists from around 40 countries, Anna is a respected educator, holding a post-doctoral degree and teaching at the Academy of Music and the Secondary Music School in Wrocław.