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  • EVENTS/FESTIVALS
    • The 2nd Chopin IN the City Festival
      • Interview with Grażyna Auguścik
      • 03/01/2018
      • 02/28/2018
      • 02/27/2018
      • 02/26/2018
      • 02/25/2018
      • 02/25/2018
      • 02/24/2018
      • 02/24/2018
      • 02/23/2018
      • 02/23/2018
      • 02/22/2018
    • The 3rd Chopin IN The City Festival
      • 02/22/2019
      • 02/23/2019
      • 02/23/2019
      • 02/24/2019
      • 02/24/2019
      • 02/24/2019
      • 02/25/2019
      • 02/26/2019
      • 02/27/2019
      • 02/27/2019
      • 02/28/2019
      • 03/01/2019
      • 03/02/2019
      • 03/03/2019
    • The 3rd Chopin IN The City Festival Autumn Series
      • 09/26/2019
      • 09/27/2019
      • 09/27/2019
      • 09/28/2019
      • 09/28/2019
      • 09/28/2019
      • 09/29/2019
      • 09/30/2019
    • The 4th Chopin IN The City Festival
      • 21/02/2020 9pm
      • 22/02/2020 10am
      • 22/02/2020 8pm
      • 23/02/2020 12pm
      • 23/02/2020 9pm
      • 24/02/2020 6:30pm
      • 25/02/2020 7:00pm
      • 26/02/2020 7:00pm
      • 27/02/2020 8:30pm
      • 28/02/2020 8:00pm
      • 29/02/2020 11:00am
      • 1/03/2020 3:00pm
    • The 5th Chopin IN the City Festival
      • 2/22/2021
      • 2/23/2021
      • 2/24/2021
      • 2/25/2021
      • 2/26/2021
      • 2/27/2021
      • 2/28/2021
      • 3/1/2021
    • The 5th Chopin In the City 2021 Encore
      • 11/11/2021
      • 11/13/2021
      • 11/13/2021
      • 11/14/2021
      • 11/15/2021
    • The 6th Chopin IN the City Festival
      • 10/12/2022
      • 10/13/2022
      • 10/14/2022
      • 10/15/2022
      • 10/15/2022
      • 10/16/2022
      • 10/16/2022
  • GALLERY
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Janusz Olejniczak

Janusz Olejniczak

piano
Born in Wrocław, he studied in Warsaw and Łódź with Luiza Walewska, Ryszard Bakst and 
Zbigniew Drzewiecki, as well as in Paris and Switzerland with Witold Malcużyński. He graduated from the High School of Music in Warsaw in 1974 in the class of Barbara Hesse-Bukowska, and continued his studies with Victor Merzhanov in Warsaw and Paul Badura-Skoda in Essen (1977–78). He was the youngest award winner at the 8th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in 1970, and award winner at the International Alfredo Casella Competition in Naples. Janusz Olejniczak performs in the leading concerts halls in Europe, the Americas, Asia and Australia, including the Carnegie Hall, Berlin Philharmonic, Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, Salle Pleyel in Paris, Tokyo’s Suntory Hall, Washington’s Lincoln Center, Tonhalle in Düsseldorf, Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. For four years, he has taught at the Music Academy in Cracow. He has also sat on numerous piano competitions juries and given masterclasses in Canada, Japan, Colombia, and at the Mozart Academy in Salzburg. His repertoire centers on the works of Chopin, Bach, Schubert, Schumann and Liszt. His interpretations of twentieth-century works have also been acclaimed, including Debussy, Ravel (Concerto in G), Prokofiev, Messiaen, Shostakovich, Henryk Mikołaj Górecki, Wojciech Kilar, and Witold Lutosławski. He is an avid chamber musician, and has appeared with orchestras conducted by Witold Rowicki, Andrzej Markowski, Kazimierz Kord, Antoni Wit, Jerzy Maksymiuk, Tadeusz Strugała, Charles Dutoit, Andrzej Borejko, Grzegorz Nowak, Jacek Kaspszyk, Marek Pijarowski, Marek Moś and others. In recent years he has also given concerts and recorded on historical instruments (Érard and Pleyel), often collaborating with the Orchestra of the 18th Century of Frans Brüggen. At the Chopin and His Europe Festival in Warsaw, he appeared with the Orchestre des Champs-Élysées under the direction of Philippe Herreweghe. Apart from an extensive Chopin repertoire (for Polskie Nagrania, Tonpress, Muza, Wifon, Opus 111, Camerata, Sony Classical, Selene, CD Accord, Bearton), Janusz Olejniczak has also recorded works by Rameau, Mozart, Schubert, Prokofiev, Kilar, Górecki and Lutosławski, Ravel and Shostakovich. In recognition of his outstanding musical achievements, he has received eight Fryderyk Awards of the Polish recording industry, as well as the Officer’s Cross of the Polonia Restituta (2000) and the Gloria Artis Gold Medal (2005). Janusz Olejniczak has also recorded best-selling soundtracks for two famous movies: Roman Polański’s The Pianist and Andrzej Żuławski’s La note bleue, additionally appearing in the latter as an actor playing the role of Frederick Chopin. In 2015 he sat on the jury of the Frederick Chopin International Piano Competition in Warsaw. He runs a piano class at the Frederic Chopin Music University in Warsaw. Janusz Olejniczak on Wikipedia Fryderyk Chopin, "Fantaisie-Impromptu" WN 46 (Op.66) Janusz Olejniczak The inaugural concerts of the 1st International Chopin Competition on Period Instruments

Koncert laureatow 8 Konkursu Chopinowskiego z 1970 r.

Janusz Olejniczak – Nocturne in C minor, Op. 48 No. 1 (1970) Janusz Olejniczak - Chopin birthday recital from Żelazowa Wola Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23
Website:
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Chopin IN the City 2021 Encore Festival Schedule

  • 11/15/2021

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    Music November 15, 2021: 6:00 pm Piano Forte Foundation: Randal Corsen – piano concert Screening of the film “Chopin. Caribbean key (AntyleRead more

  • 11/14/2021

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    This program is partially supported by a grant from Illinois Arts Council Agency Music November 14, 2021: 6:00 pm Epiphany Center forRead more

  • 11/13/2021

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    Concert November 13, 2021: 7:00 pm Randal Corsen – piano concert 713 W. Wrightwood Ave. Chicago, IL 60614 website: WWWRead more

  • 11/13/2021

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    Movie November 13, 2021: 10:00 am Fryderyk Chopin Polish School: Randal Corsen – piano Screening of the film “Chopin. Caribbean key (AntyleRead more

  • 11/11/2021

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    Concert November 11, 2021: 7:00 pm Grazyna Auguscik – vocal Paul Bedal – piano Screening of the film “Chopin. Caribbean key (AntyleRead more

Janusz Olejniczak

Janusz Olejniczak

piano

Randal Corsen

Grazyna Auguscik

vocal

Ben Lewis

piano

Paul Bedal

pianist

Agnieszka Lipiec-Wróblewska

director, screenwriter
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  • EVENTS/FESTIVALS
    • The 2nd Chopin IN the City Festival
      • Interview with Grażyna Auguścik
      • 03/01/2018
      • 02/28/2018
      • 02/27/2018
      • 02/26/2018
      • 02/25/2018
      • 02/25/2018
      • 02/24/2018
      • 02/24/2018
      • 02/23/2018
      • 02/23/2018
      • 02/22/2018
    • The 3rd Chopin IN The City Festival
      • 02/22/2019
      • 02/23/2019
      • 02/23/2019
      • 02/24/2019
      • 02/24/2019
      • 02/24/2019
      • 02/25/2019
      • 02/26/2019
      • 02/27/2019
      • 02/27/2019
      • 02/28/2019
      • 03/01/2019
      • 03/02/2019
      • 03/03/2019
    • The 3rd Chopin IN The City Festival Autumn Series
      • 09/26/2019
      • 09/27/2019
      • 09/27/2019
      • 09/28/2019
      • 09/28/2019
      • 09/28/2019
      • 09/29/2019
      • 09/30/2019
    • The 4th Chopin IN The City Festival
      • 21/02/2020 9pm
      • 22/02/2020 10am
      • 22/02/2020 8pm
      • 23/02/2020 12pm
      • 23/02/2020 9pm
      • 24/02/2020 6:30pm
      • 25/02/2020 7:00pm
      • 26/02/2020 7:00pm
      • 27/02/2020 8:30pm
      • 28/02/2020 8:00pm
      • 29/02/2020 11:00am
      • 1/03/2020 3:00pm
    • The 5th Chopin IN the City Festival
      • 2/22/2021
      • 2/23/2021
      • 2/24/2021
      • 2/25/2021
      • 2/26/2021
      • 2/27/2021
      • 2/28/2021
      • 3/1/2021
    • The 5th Chopin In the City 2021 Encore
      • 11/11/2021
      • 11/13/2021
      • 11/13/2021
      • 11/14/2021
      • 11/15/2021
    • The 6th Chopin IN the City Festival
      • 10/12/2022
      • 10/13/2022
      • 10/14/2022
      • 10/15/2022
      • 10/15/2022
      • 10/16/2022
      • 10/16/2022
  • GALLERY
    • 6th Chopin In the City Festival
    • 7th Chopin In the City Festival
  • ABOUT
    • Founder Full Bio
  • SPONSORS
    • Partners
  • DONATE
  • CONTACT
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