She was born on 20 August 2005 in Szczecin. Her interest in the piano began thanks to her grandmother, who had a pre-war piano in her flat. Noticing Zuzanna’s natural attraction to the instrument, she enthusiastically supported her budding passion. This early fascination led her to enrol at a general music school in Szczecin, where she studied in the class of Hanna Urbańska. From the age of ten, Sejbuk travelled regularly with her teacher to competitions in Poland and abroad.
Having met Olga Łazarska during piano masterclasses, Sejbuk moved to Kraków in 2019 to continue working with Łazarska at the Fryderyk Chopin State Secondary Music School. She is currently studying at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw in the piano class of Professor Joanna Ławrynowicz-Just.
Sejbuk has won numerous national and international competitions. In addition to multiple first prizes – notably at the F. Chopin National Piano Competition in Turzno in 2022 and the A. Harasiewicz National Piano Competition in Warsaw in 2024 – she has also won several Grand Prix titles. These include awards from Piano Talents for Europe in Slovakia (2021); the CEA National Piano Competition in Warsaw (2024); and the Polish Radio Chopin Alternative Competition (2023). She was a finalist in the 53rd National Chopin Competition in Warsaw, and one of her greatest achievements to date is qualifying for Stage I of the 19th Chopin Competition in 2025. Speaking on Polish Radio Channel Two about her preparation process, she shared:
‘Concentration stopped being a problem for me once I started following the principle of mindfulness – being sensitive to each moment and every stimulus. That’s when the pieces I play, no matter how long I’ve worked on them, continue to fascinate and inspire me afresh. It becomes truly interesting, even for me, to observe what is being created’.
Her active concert life in Poland – with performances at venues such as the Birthplace of Fryderyk Chopin in Żelazowa Wola, Villa Atma in Zakopane, the Royal Łazienki Park, and the Royal Castle in Warsaw – has naturally deepened her connection with the music of Fryderyk Chopin. ‘If I were to compare myself to a mazurka, it would be the D major, op. 33’, she told Wojtek Krzyżanowski on Radio Chopin. Speaking of her favourite work by the composer – the Ballade in F minor, op. 52 – she reflected:
‘I believe it’s a masterpiece of art, form, and especially of the ballade genre [...]. I really enjoy using visual comparisons – they spark the imagination […] and sometimes literary characters do come to mind. Just as I clearly see Mickiewicz’s water nymph from Svitiaz Lake in the Ballade in A flat major, for me, the Ballade in F minor does not contain any references to the poet’s oeuvre. I think this ballade is so brilliant and complete that it creates its own universe, complete in itself. It contains every possible emotion, taken to the extreme’.
In addition to numerous national scholarships, Sejbuk also participated in the Morningside Music Bridge scholarship programme for gifted young musicians, held in Boston, USA.
