p, *1985 PL
Musician of Classical
Rafał Blechacz (pronounced [ˈrafaw ˈblɛxat͡ʂ]; born June 30, 1985 Nakło n. Notecią, Poland) is a Polish classical pianist.Blechacz began piano lessons at the age of five, and enrolled in the National Arthur Rubinstein Music School in Bydgoszcz three years later. In May 2007, he graduated from the Feliks Nowowiejski Music Academy in Bydgoszcz with professor Katarzyna Popowa-Zydroń. He won second prize at the Artur Rubinstein in Memoriam Piano Competition in Bydgoszcz in 2002, second prize at the 4th Hamamatsu International Piano Competition in 2003 (no first prize was awarded), and first prize at the International Piano Competition in Morocco in 2004.
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