Piotr Paleczny - Performer

	PIOTR PALECZNY Piotr Paleczny is one of the most outstanding Polish pianists, he has been widely recognized on five continents, where his recitals and concerts were appreciated by the audience and critics for his charismatic and authoritative performing powers. Paleczny began his musical education in Silesia. He studied piano - playing under Jan Ekier at the Warsaw Academy of Music. Prize-winner at international piano competitions in Sofia (1968), Munich (1969), Pleven (1971) Bordeaux (1972), as well as at the Frederick Chopin International Piano Competition in Warsaw (1970). Since then Piotr Paleczny has appeared with recitals in major musical centres all over the world, in famous concert halls, e.g. Carnegie Hall and Avery Fisher in New York, Orchestra Hall in Chicago, Teatro Real in Madrid, Suntory Hall in Tokyo, Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires, or Royal Festival Hall in London.
	Besides his concert activity, Piotr Paleczny also teaches international master classes in Bordeaux, Amsterdam, Taipei, Buenos Aires, Tokio, Lugano, Santander, and Warsaw. Since 1997, he has been tutoring the piano class at the Academy of Music in Warsaw. The pianist has acted as a member of the jury at major international piano competitions in Warsaw, Paris, Santander, Tokio, Hamamatsu, Prague and Cleveland. Piotr Paleczny has made a number of recordings for Polish and international companies. The annual 'Musical America '88' announced the record of Paderewski's Piano Concerto with the participation of Jerzy Maksymiuk (published by "Sound" company) to be the best phonographic interpretation of this work. In the American market there was another highly praised record, namely Szymanowski's 4th Symphony "Concerting", published by EMI, whereas in Japan Paleczny recorded with Pony Canyon the CDs containing both Chopin piano concertos, ballades, impromptus, scherzos and Fantasia. Naxos company published Piano Concerto of Lutosławski; DUX recorded two Chopin Piano Concertos in chamber version; BeArTon company published Chopin's Ballades and Fantasia , Sonatas , Piano Concertos based on the National Edition of Chopin`s works (award of Polish Phonographic Academy: Fryderyk 2002) and album The Best of Paderewski ( nomination of Fryderyk 2001 award). For albums: Ballades, Fantasia and Piano Concertos pianist received Golden Disc. Moreover, Piotr Paleczny has also recorded for the Polish Radio and TV, as well as for the BBC, RAI, Radio France and RT Espaniola. Since 1993, Piotr Paleczny has also acted as the artistic director of the oldest music festival in Poland - The International Chopin Festival in Duszniki Zdrój.