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Rafał Blechacz

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Rafał Blechacz was born in 1985 and began piano lessons at age five, later studying at the Feliks Nowowiejski Music Academy in Bydgoszcz under Katarzyna Popowa-Zydroń, from which he graduated in 2007. He also pursued academic studies in philosophy at Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, completing a doctorate in 2016, alongside his performing career.

Blechacz won the XV International Chopin Piano Competition in 2005, becoming the first Polish pianist to win it since 1975 and receiving all five special prizes, having earlier won the Hamamatsu International Piano Competition in 2003. He signed with Deutsche Grammophon in 2006, was named a 2014 Gilmore Artist, and performs regularly with major orchestras worldwide, with an extensive discography centered on Chopin alongside Bach, Debussy, and Szymanowski.

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Repertoire

Waltz No. 7 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 64 No. 2— Frédéric Chopin
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Triple Concerto in C Major, Op. 56: II. Largo— Ludwig van Beethoven
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Prelude No. 7, Andantino, in A major (24 Preludes, Op. 28)— Frédéric Chopin
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Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor op. 58: II. Scherzo. Molto vivace— Frédéric Chopin
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No. 3 Lento placido in D Flat Major (Transcr. Milstein)— Franz Liszt
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Sonata for Violin and Piano in G Minor, L140: I.Allegro vivo— Claude Debussy
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Sonata for Piano and Violin No. 24 in F Major: I. Allegro— Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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Violin Sonata in D Minor, Op. 9: III. Finale— Karol Szymanowski
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Sonata No. 1 in A Major, Op. 13, 3. Allegro vivo— Gabriel Fauré
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Nocturne No. 20 in C-Sharp Minor (Arr. by Milstein)— Frédéric Chopin
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Italian Concerto In F Major, BWV 971: I. Allegro— Johann Sebastian Bach
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Polonaise No.3 in A Major (Official Video)— Frédéric Chopin
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Polonaise No.1 in C sharp Minor Op.26 No.1— Frédéric Chopin
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Piano Sonata, 3rd movement— Karol Szymanowski
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Pour le piano, L. 95, 2. Sarabande— Claude Debussy
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Nocturne in E-flat major Op. 9 No. 2— Frédéric Chopin
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La fille aux cheveux de lin (Arr. Hartmann)— Claude Debussy
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Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 1 in C Major. Agitato— Frédéric Chopin
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Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 2 in A Minor. Lento— Frédéric Chopin
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Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 3 in G Major. Vivace— Frédéric Chopin
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Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 4 in E Minor. Largo— Frédéric Chopin
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Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 5 in D Major. Molto allegro— Frédéric Chopin
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Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 6 in B Minor. Lento assai— Frédéric Chopin
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Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 7 in A Major. Andantino— Frédéric Chopin
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Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 8 in F-Sharp Minor. Molto agitato— Frédéric Chopin
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Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 9 in E Major. Largo— Frédéric Chopin
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Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 10 in C-Sharp Minor. Molto allegro— Frédéric Chopin
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Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 11 in B Major. Vivace— Frédéric Chopin
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Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 12 in G-Sharp Minor. Presto— Frédéric Chopin
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Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 13 in F-Sharp Minor. Lento— Frédéric Chopin
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Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 14 in E-Flat Minor. Allegro— Frédéric Chopin
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Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 15 in D-Flat Major “Raindrop Prelude”— Frédéric Chopin
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Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 16 in B-Flat Minor. Presto con fuoco— Frédéric Chopin
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Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 17 in A-Flat Major. Allegretto— Frédéric Chopin
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Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 18 in F Minor. Molto allegro— Frédéric Chopin
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Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 19 in E-Flat Major. Vivace— Frédéric Chopin
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Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 20 in C Minor. Largo— Frédéric Chopin
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Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 21 in B-Flat Major. Cantabile— Frédéric Chopin
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Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 22 in G Minor. Molto agitato— Frédéric Chopin
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Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 23 in F Major. Moderato— Frédéric Chopin
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Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 24 in D Minor. Allegro appassionato— Frédéric Chopin
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Chopin: Prelude in A-Flat Major, KK IVb/7. Presto con leggierezza— Frédéric Chopin
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Chopin: Prelude in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 45. Sostenuto— Frédéric Chopin
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Chopin: Nocturne No. 17 in B Major, Op. 62 No. 1— Frédéric Chopin
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Chopin: Nocturne No. 18 in E Major, Op. 62 No. 2— Frédéric Chopin
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Chopin: Mazurka No. 30 in G Major, Op. 50 No. 1. Vivace— Frédéric Chopin
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