Adam Harasiewicz
Polish pianist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Adam Harasiewicz (born 1 July 1932) is a Polish classical concert pianist.
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Background information | |
Born | (1932-07-01) 1 July 1932 (age 92) Chodziez, Poland |
Genres | Classical |
Occupation(s) | Pianist |
Harasiewicz was born in Chodziez. After studying violin for two months, at the age of 10 he began piano study, and at age 15 he obtained first prize in a contest at Rzeszów. At 18 he entered the State Higher School of Music in Kraków (at present Academy of Music in Kraków) where he studied with Zbigniew Drzewiecki.[1]
Harasiewicz studied with Drzewiecki for six years, and became pre-eminent as an interpreter of Chopin, excelling through a combination of superb technique, lyrical imagination, exceptional consistency of stylistic and idiomatic approach, and (through all of these) in playing of a characteristic temperament which identifies him as a true exponent of the Polish Romantic tradition.[2] He won the first prize at the V International Chopin Piano Competition in 1955.[3] He then spent some years in Belgium, before settling in Austria.[4] Harasiewicz was a member of the jury at the International Chopin Piano Competition in 1995, 2010, 2015, and 2021.[5]
He has recorded the complete works[6] of Chopin and also much by Szymanowski.[7]