ACF14 Janusz Olejniczak
february 17th thursday 2011 at: 20:30 Bilkent Concert Hall
location
Bilkent Concert Hall
Address:
Bilkent University
Faculty of Music and Performing Arts
Bilkent / ANKARA
+90 (312) 290 17 75
Bilkent University
Faculty of Music and Performing Arts
Bilkent / ANKARA
+90 (312) 290 17 75
Janusz Olejniczak
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Polish classical pianist and actor Janusz Olejniczak was born in 1952. He took lessons from Ryszard Bakst and Zbigniew Drzewiecki. In 1970 he won 6th place in the International Frederick Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw, and two years later he placed in the Alfredo Casella Piano Competition in Naples. From 1971-1972 he studied in Paris with Konstanty Schmaeling and Witold Malcuzynski.
His repertoire includes compositions of Beethoven, Schumann, Schubert, Chopin, Ravel, and Prokofiev. He has recorded often for radio and television as well as on compact disc for labels such as Polskie Nagrania, Selene, Pony Canyon, Opus 111 and CD Accord. Among his awards are four Fryderyks and numerous awards for his recordings of the Chopin Piano Concertos with the Warsaw Symphony Orchestra.
He played Chopin's music in Andrzej Zulawski's film The Blue Note, and appears as the hands of Wladyslaw Szpilman in Adrien Brody's role in the film The Pianist.
His repertoire includes compositions of Beethoven, Schumann, Schubert, Chopin, Ravel, and Prokofiev. He has recorded often for radio and television as well as on compact disc for labels such as Polskie Nagrania, Selene, Pony Canyon, Opus 111 and CD Accord. Among his awards are four Fryderyks and numerous awards for his recordings of the Chopin Piano Concertos with the Warsaw Symphony Orchestra.
He played Chopin's music in Andrzej Zulawski's film The Blue Note, and appears as the hands of Wladyslaw Szpilman in Adrien Brody's role in the film The Pianist.
