San Francisco Performances welcomes back renowned Polish pianist Rafal Blechacz with a program that encompasses masterworks from the classical to Romantic.
Rafal Blechacz is the winner of the Gilmore Artist Award, one of the most prestigious music awards in the world. Awarded every four years to a distinguished, extraordinary concert pianist, regardless of age or nationality, Blechacz received the award in January 2014. The young Polish pianist has established himself firmly on the international concert scene, and is celebrated by both the audience and the press worldwide for his profound and virtuosic interpretations. In October 2005, uncontested, Rafal Blechacz won all prizes of the prestigious 15th Frederic Chopin International Piano Competition.
Rafal Blechacz has performed with renowned orchestras such as the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, NDR Hamburg, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Sinfonia Varsovia, Orchestre de Paris, Orchestra dell 'Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra and Detroit Symphony Orchestra. He gives recitals in the world's major concert halls including Berlin's Philharmonie, Salle Pleyel in Paris, London's Wigmore Hall, Amsterdam's Concertgebouw, La Scala Milan, the Vienna Konzerthaus, the Tonhalle in Zurich, the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels, Suntory Hall Tokyo and New York's Avery Fisher Hall.
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Rafal Blechacz is the winner of the Gilmore Artist Award, one of the most prestigious music awards in the world. Awarded every four years to a distinguished, extraordinary concert pianist, regardless of age or nationality, Blechacz received the award in January 2014. The young Polish pianist has established himself firmly on the international concert scene, and is celebrated by both the audience and the press worldwide for his profound and virtuosic interpretations. In October 2005, uncontested, Rafal Blechacz won all prizes of the prestigious 15th Frederic Chopin International Piano Competition.
Rafal Blechacz has performed with renowned orchestras such as the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, NDR Hamburg, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Sinfonia Varsovia, Orchestre de Paris, Orchestra dell 'Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra and Detroit Symphony Orchestra. He gives recitals in the world's major concert halls including Berlin's Philharmonie, Salle Pleyel in Paris, London's Wigmore Hall, Amsterdam's Concertgebouw, La Scala Milan, the Vienna Konzerthaus, the Tonhalle in Zurich, the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels, Suntory Hall Tokyo and New York's Avery Fisher Hall.
San Francisco Performances welcomes back renowned Polish pianist Rafal Blechacz with a program that encompasses masterworks from the classical to Romantic.
Rafal Blechacz is the winner of the Gilmore Artist Award, one of the most prestigious music awards in the world. Awarded every four years to a distinguished, extraordinary concert pianist, regardless of age or nationality, Blechacz received the award in January 2014. The young Polish pianist has established himself firmly on the international concert scene, and is celebrated by both the audience and the press worldwide for his profound and virtuosic interpretations. In October 2005, uncontested, Rafal Blechacz won all prizes of the prestigious 15th Frederic Chopin International Piano Competition.
Rafal Blechacz has performed with renowned orchestras such as the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, NDR Hamburg, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Sinfonia Varsovia, Orchestre de Paris, Orchestra dell 'Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra and Detroit Symphony Orchestra. He gives recitals in the world's major concert halls including Berlin's Philharmonie, Salle Pleyel in Paris, London's Wigmore Hall, Amsterdam's Concertgebouw, La Scala Milan, the Vienna Konzerthaus, the Tonhalle in Zurich, the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels, Suntory Hall Tokyo and New York's Avery Fisher Hall.
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Rafal Blechacz is the winner of the Gilmore Artist Award, one of the most prestigious music awards in the world. Awarded every four years to a distinguished, extraordinary concert pianist, regardless of age or nationality, Blechacz received the award in January 2014. The young Polish pianist has established himself firmly on the international concert scene, and is celebrated by both the audience and the press worldwide for his profound and virtuosic interpretations. In October 2005, uncontested, Rafal Blechacz won all prizes of the prestigious 15th Frederic Chopin International Piano Competition.
Rafal Blechacz has performed with renowned orchestras such as the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, NDR Hamburg, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Sinfonia Varsovia, Orchestre de Paris, Orchestra dell 'Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra and Detroit Symphony Orchestra. He gives recitals in the world's major concert halls including Berlin's Philharmonie, Salle Pleyel in Paris, London's Wigmore Hall, Amsterdam's Concertgebouw, La Scala Milan, the Vienna Konzerthaus, the Tonhalle in Zurich, the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels, Suntory Hall Tokyo and New York's Avery Fisher Hall.
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