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Rafał Blechacz

Berlin, Philharmonie Berlin — Kammermusiksaal

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About the Event

Rafał Blechacz was the first Pole after Krystian Zimerman to win the prestigious Chopin Competition in Warsaw. He is now an exclusive artist of Deutsche Grammophon and a world‐class pianist. Among his enthusiastic fans is none other than the grande dame of the piano scene: Martha Argerich. An “extraordinary, very honest and sensitive artist”, she enthuses.

For the Polish pianist, music is much more than just playing on black and white keys. In his dissertation in philosophy, he devoted himself to metaphysics and aesthetics in music. “That helped me a lot to better understand the freedoms and limits of musical interpretation,” says Blechacz.

At his piano recital in Berlin, he will perform Beethoven's famous “Moonlight Sonata” as well as selected works by Schubert and Chopin.

Program

  • Franz Schubert – Vier Impromptus op. 90
  • Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Sonata No. 14 in C‐sharp minor, op. 27, No. 2, “Moonlight”
  • Frederic Chopin – Barcarolle Fis‐Dur op. 60
  • Frederic Chopin – Mazurkas, op. 56
  • Frederic Chopin – Ballade Nr. 3 As‐Dur op. 47
  • Frederic Chopin – Scherzo Nr. 3 cis‐moll op. 39
Program is subject to change

Artists

Piano: Rafal Blechacz

Born in 1985 in Nakło nad Notecią, Poland, Rafal Blechacz began his piano lessons at the age of five. He continued his piano education in the Artur Rubinstein State School of Music in Bydgoszcz. In May 2007 he graduated from the Feliks Nowowiejski Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz, the piano class of Professor Katarzyna Popowa‐Zydroń.

In October 2005 Blechacz won the 15th Frédéric Chopin International Piano Competition in Warsaw, Poland (the 2nd prize was not awarded). Also all the special prizes of the Competition went to him. The victory of 2005 in Warsaw made the doors of the most famous concert halls of the world open for him. Among them are the Royal Festival Hall and Wigmore Hall in Lodon, Berliner Philharmonie, Herkulessaal in Munich, Alte Oper in Frankfurt/Main, Liederhalle in Stuttgart, Konzerthaus in Vienna, Tonhalle in Zurich, Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Salle Pleyel in Paris, Palais des Beaux‐Arts in Brussels, Avery Fisher Hall in New York, just to name a few.

Address

Philharmonie Berlin, Herbert‐von‐Karajan‐Str. 1, Berlin, Germany — Google Maps

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