Rafal Blechacz was in 2005 de overtuigende winnaar van het Chopin Concours in Warszawa. Na zijn vertolking van het 'Eerste pianoconcert’ van Chopin tijdens het finaleoptreden barstte een ware ovatie los. Het opende voor hem de deuren van de meest prestigieuze concertzalen ter wereld. In december 2006 was NRC Handelsblad getuige van zijn optreden met het orkest in het Concertgebouw in Amsterdam: „Blechacz spon geraffineerd voort op het Chopin-spel van zijn landgenoot Krystian Zimerman. Zo poëtisch en elegant, dromerig en melancholiek wordt Chopin zelden uitgevoerd.”
Arnhem – woensdag 3 oktober om 20.17 Musis Sacrum – Schouwburg
Amsterdam – zondag 7 oktober om 20.15 in het Concertgebouw (de serie Meesterpianisten)
Programma:
Haydn Sonate in Es gr.t., Hob.XVI:52
Liszt Waldesrauschen
La Leggierezza
Gnomenreigen
Szymanowski Variaties in bes kl.t., op. 3
Chopin 24 Preludes, op. 28
Kaartjes Arnhem / kaajes Amsterdam
Zie Blechacz in actie – winnaars concert 2007 on YouTube
Rafal Blechacz (born in 1985 in Nakło nad Notecią, Poland). In October 2005 he unanimously won the 15th International Frederic Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw (second prize has not been granted). He also won three special prizes: the Polish Radio award for the best performance of the mazurkas, the Polish Chopin Society award for the best performance of the polonaise and the Warsaw Philharmonic award for the best performance of the concerto. He is also the winner of the best sonata performance award founded by Krystian Zimerman.
He began his piano tuition at the age of five and now he’s completing his studies at the Feliks Nowowiejski Music Academy in Bydgoszcz with professor Katarzyna Popowa-Zydron.
The young artist has already won many awards and prizes at the international piano competitions worldwide. Among them were:
• the Second Prize at the Artur Rubinstein Young Pianist Competition in Bydgoszcz (2002).
• the Second Prize at the 5th International Young Pianist Competition in
Hamamatsu, Japan (2003). He got the prize together with Alexander
Kobrin since the first prize was not granted.
• the First Prize at the 4th International Piano Competition in Morocco (2004).
• the first Prize and all non-statutory distinctions for the best mazurkas,
polonaise and concerto performance at the 15th Frederic Chopin Piano
Competition in Warsaw (2005).
Read more on Blechacz site (English) i po polsku, na Wikipedia po PL
