Born in 1985 in Nakło nad Notecią, Poland, Rafal Blechacz began his piano studies at age five, and continued his musical education at the Artur Rubinstein State School of Music in Bydgoszcz. In May 2007, he graduated from the Feliks Nowowiejski Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz, and has since won many prestigious prizes and awards at music festivals and competitions in Poland and worldwide. In July 2010, he received the prestigious Premio Internazionale Accademia Musicale Chigiana (Siena, Italy), awarded annually by an international jury of music critics to young musicians for superb artistic achievements. Presently, Mr. Blechacz records with Deutsche Grammophon, and has achieved Platinum Record status for his complete Chopin Preludes.
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