As an internationally renowned pianist, Rafal Blechacz has gained acclaim for his mastery of Frédéric Chopin’s works. Blechacz became the first pianist in history to win every single first prize at ...

1 Michael Tilson Thomas, Longtime San Francisco Symphony Leader, Dies at 81 Blechacz began piano lessons at the age of five, and at the age of 20 he became the sole recipient of all five first prizes ...

"I wanted to be concentrated only on my repertoire, on my interpretations," he told me during this studio performance. Blechacz's self-contained approach led to an unprecedented result at what may be ...

Rafal Blechacz is a 22-year-old virtuoso from Poland and big news in the piano world. In 2005, barely out of his teens, he won the 15th Frederic Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw, one of the majors.

The young Polish pianist Rafal Blechacz has proved himself to be a formidable and imaginative interpreter of Chopin's music, and happily Chopin forms the backbone of his Sunday recital in San ...

Rafal Blechacz made headlines in 2005 when he became the first Polish pianist in 30 years to win the prestigious International Chopin Competition in Warsaw. It was an especially captivating victory, ...

SALZBURG, Austria — Rafal Blechacz, born in 1985, is a Polish pianist and a rising star. He had the honor of a recital at the Salzburg Festival last week — in the Grosser Saal of the Mozarteum, one of ...

As suggested in his earlier concert, Blechacz is not inclined to present exotic works with fancy-dan trimmings. On Tuesday, his focus was on familiar, beloved pieces by Bach, Beethoven and Chopin. The ...

During the 2005 Chopin Competition, the quiet 20-year-old pianist Rafal Blechacz promised himself that he wouldn't listen to the playing of a single other competitor. This way, he decided, he would ...

SCHENECTADY — At the 2005 Chopin Competition, pianist Rafal Blechacz won every prize. The judges were so taken with him that they didn't even bother to give out second place. The Polish-born pianist, ...