Considered to be the most gifted and promising pianist of his generation in Poland, Szymon Nehring is the only Pole to have won first prize at the Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Competition in Tel Aviv (2017). He was also a finalist at the Chopin Competition in Warsaw at age 19. His new album is dedicated to Karol Szymanowski, one of Poland’s greatest composers after Chopin. Like Chopin, Szymanowski composed many mazurkas. His are based on the folk music of the Polish Highlanders, from the Tatra Mountain region. Nehring pairs the Op. 50 Mazurkas with Szymanowski’s Symphony No. 4, “Symfonie concertante,” a masterpiece of the symphonic repertoire with a prominent piano part, now recognized as his piano concerto. The Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra is conducted by Marin Alsop.