As a part of the Chopin Year celebrations, Embassy of Poland cordially invites you for a Frederic Chopin music concert performed by one of the most famous Polish pianists – Janusz Olejniczak.
The event will take place at the Kenya National Theatre, opposite Norfolk Hotel on Thursday, 16 December at 8 p.m.
ENTRANCE: FREE
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JANUSZ OLEJNICZAK
Born in 1952 Olejniczak is one of the most famous Polish classical pianist.
Olejniczak’s piano teachers were 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.
He was a member of a chamber orchestra, and his repertory 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 five Fryderyks and numerous awards for his recordings of the Chopin Piano Concertos with the Warsaw Symphony Orchestra.
He conducted master courses in Canada and Japan, as well as classes with students of the Mozart Academy. The artist made numerous radio, television and phonographic recordings in Poland and abroad.
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. He is the winner of the Fryderyk Chopin International Competition in Warsaw (1970) and A. Caselii Competition in Naples (1974).
