About me

Agnieszka Lasko is an internationally acclaimed composer of pedagogical piano repertoire, pianist, and educator. She authored the best-selling Polish piano method First Class Piano, praised as “Excellent” by the Polish Chamber Musicians Association and “Warmly recommended” by EPTA Piano Professional. Her piano collection Little Stories has been lauded as “A sheer delight” by EPTA Piano Journal and “An outstanding collection” by Pianist Magazine.

Lasko's compositions are included in the Piano Syllabus of the ABRSM in the UK. Her piece Autumn is included in the anthology 22 Nocturnes for Chopin by EVC Music Publishing, UK, and featured in International Piano magazine. Autumn was premiered by Jelena Makarova at the Greater London Classical Concerts – Harrow Summer Music Festival and has since been performed widely, including a notable performance by Rose McLachlan at the London Piano Festival in 2024.

Lasko holds a master’s degree in Piano Performance from the Music Academy in Łódź, Poland, and a master’s in Piano Pedagogy from Kansas State University. In 2019, she participated in the world premiere recording of Aleksander Tansman’s Piano Four Hands works with Elżbieta Tyszecka (Acte Préalable, UK). She is also Co-Founder and Managing Director of the MusicAlive Project, collaborating with the University of Silesia’s Institute of Music in Poland on initiatives such as the International Online Piano Competition, the International Piano and Music Education Symposium, and the MusicAlive International Conference.

Agnieszka has led numerous workshops and masterclasses in Polish music schools and internationally. Among her many presentations, she has been featured at the National Conference Partnership in Music at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw, Poland; the World Piano Conference in Serbia; the Hands-On Research Symposium at the University of Aveiro, Portugal; the Grazyna and Kiejstut Music Academy in Lodz, Poland; EAFIT University in Medellín, Colombia; the EPTA UK Webinar Series; the International Music Festival ART IN in North Macedonia; the Kansas Music Teachers State Conference; the 90th Annual Florida Conference; the South Carolina Music Teachers Association 64th Annual Conference; and the NCKP Piano Conference in Chicago.

Agnieszka has been awarded a scholarship from the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland and a scholarship from ZAiKS Polish Society of Authors and Composers. She is a consultant for the Art Education Center under Poland’s Ministry of Culture and Art and serves on the Frances Clark Center’s Creative Music Making Committee.