{"id":9187,"date":"2023-09-14T23:08:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-14T21:08:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/?p=9187"},"modified":"2023-11-17T17:02:42","modified_gmt":"2023-11-17T16:02:42","slug":"cracow-duo-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/2023\/09\/14\/cracow-duo-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"Cracow Duo Tour 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Sunday, October 29 at 5pm PT<br><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.holocaustmuseumla.org\/event-details\/the-crakow-duo\">Holocaust Museum LA<\/a><\/strong><br>100 The Grove Drive<br>Los Angeles, CA 90036<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tuesday, October 31 at 7pm ET<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.themorgan.org\/programs\/cracow-duo\"><strong>Morgan Library &amp; Museum<\/strong><\/a><br>225 Madison Avenue<br>New York, NY 10016<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Friday, November 3 at 7:30pm  PT<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.paderewskifest.com\/schedule-of-events\/\"><strong>Paderewski Festival in Paso Robles<\/strong><\/a><br>Park Ballroom, 1232 Park Street<br>Paso Robles, CA 93446<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Monday, November 6 at 12pm {T<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ljathenaeum.org\/events\/mini-concert-2023-1106\"><strong>Athenaeum Music &amp; Arts Library<\/strong><\/a><br>1008 Wall St<br>La Jolla, CA 92037<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tuesday, November 7 at 7PM<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.steinway-sandiego.com\/\"><strong>Steinway Piano Gallery<\/strong><\/a><br>9222 Miramar Rd<br>San Diego CA 92126&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thursday, November 9 at 1pm PT<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/palomarperforms\/event\/cracow-duo-kalinowski-szlezer-concert-hour\/\"><strong>Palomar Performing Arts Concert Hour<\/strong><\/a><br>Howard Brubeck Theatre<br>1140 W Mission Rd<br>San Marcos, CA 92069<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Saturday, November 11 at 7pm CT<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.polishmuseumofamerica.org\/\"><strong>Polish Museum of America<\/strong><\/a><br>984 N Milwaukee Ave<br>Chicago, IL 60642<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sunday, November 12 at 3pm CT<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedeanery.org\/\"><strong>The Deanery School of Music<\/strong><\/a><br>1103 Main St.<br>Davenport, IA 52803<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:31px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Known as the&nbsp;<strong>Cracow Duo<\/strong>, cellist&nbsp;<strong>Jan Kalinowski<\/strong>&nbsp;and pianist&nbsp;<strong>Marek Szlezer<\/strong>&nbsp;share a special commitment to and fascination with music written by rarely performed Polish composers.They tirelessly perform these works across the globe.The Cracow Duo returns to the U.S. for a tour with concerts in California, New York, and Chicago.&nbsp;Cracow Duo will perform works by Polish and Polish-Jewish composers including Fryderyk Chopin, Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Zygmunt Stojowski, Marta Ptaszy\u0144ska, Aleksander Tansman, Roman Ryterband, Szymon Laks, Mieczys\u0142aw Weinberg, Krzysztof Meyer, Krzesimir D\u0119bski, and Marcel Chyrzy\u0144ski.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Magazine \u201cThe Strad\u201d wrote about the Cracow Duo: \u201cKalinowski and Szlezer, friends since childhood, have a wonderfully natural rapport and there is an arresting quality to their playing that gives life to the music\u201d. They studied together in Cracow and Paris, and began to perform together as Cracow Duo twenty years ago. Since that time, their concerts and recordings received the highest critical acclaim in Poland and abroad. They performed on the most prestigious stages, including Seoul Arts Center in Seoul, Alfred Newman Hall in Los Angeles, Carnegie Hall in New York, Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico, Salle Cortot in Paris, St. Martin-in-the-Fields in London and Concertgebouw in Amsterdam.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"627\" src=\"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/09\/Cracow-Duo-3_fot.Anita-Wasik-Plocinska-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9192\" srcset=\"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/09\/Cracow-Duo-3_fot.Anita-Wasik-Plocinska-1.jpeg 940w, https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/09\/Cracow-Duo-3_fot.Anita-Wasik-Plocinska-1-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/09\/Cracow-Duo-3_fot.Anita-Wasik-Plocinska-1-768x512.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><em>Cracow Duo concert tour is part of the Polish Music on Stage\/U.S. edition project which is realized by the National Institute of Music, co-funded by the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage as part of the \u2018Inspire Culture Programme\u2019. Presented in partnership with the Polish Cultural Institute New York and Polish Music Center in Los Angeles.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:31px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/09\/Jan-Kalinowski_fot.-Anita-Wasik-Plocinska-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/09\/Jan-Kalinowski_fot.-Anita-Wasik-Plocinska-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/09\/Jan-Kalinowski_fot.-Anita-Wasik-Plocinska-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/09\/Jan-Kalinowski_fot.-Anita-Wasik-Plocinska-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/09\/Jan-Kalinowski_fot.-Anita-Wasik-Plocinska-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/09\/Jan-Kalinowski_fot.-Anita-Wasik-Plocinska-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p><strong>Jan Kalinowski<\/strong>&nbsp;(born 1982) Studied at the Music Academy in Cracow, the \u00c9cole Normale de Musique in Paris and the Staatliche Hochschule f\u00fcr Musik und Darstellende Kunst in Stuttgart under the guidance of Professors: Witold Herman, Paul Julien and Peter Buck. He has also taken part in master classes given by David Geringas, Ivan Monighetti and Arto Noras. He received scholarships from Polish and foreign foundations, as well as the City of Cracow, the Malopolska Region and the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage. He has recorded for radio and television, including the cello concertos by Witold Lutos\u0142awski (Lebanese National Orchestra, Azerbaijan State Philharmonic) and Marek Stachowski (Beethoven Academy Orchestra). As a solist he has been performing under the baton of many renowned conductors, such as: Rauf Abdullayev, \u0141ukasz Borowicz, Wojciech Czepiel, Jacek Rafa\u0142 Delekta, Jurek Dyba\u0142, Micha\u0142 Dworzy\u0144ski, Jacek Kasprzyk, Adam Klocek, Pawe\u0142 Kotla, Pawe\u0142 Przytocki, Daniel Rajskin, Jacek Rogala, Maciej Tworek, Alan Urbanek and Antoni Wit. He is Professor, he works at the Krzysztof Penderecki Academy of Music in Krakow, where he holds his own cello class. In 2014 DUX published an album with his artistic project Polish Cello Music containing works by polish composers for cello ensembles from one to eight instruments. Jan Kalinowski also recorded the V Suite by Johann Sebastian Bach for the Bach Society and took part in recording the album: Krzysztof Penderecki \u2013 chamber music vol. II Violoncello Totale (DUX, 2017). For his artistic activity and commitment to promote Polish music, he was awarded the honorary badge Meritorious for Polish Culture by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage. From 2012 he plays the instrument by Wojciech Topa.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-2 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/09\/Marek-Szlezer_fot.-Anita-Wasik-Plocinska-kopia-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/09\/Marek-Szlezer_fot.-Anita-Wasik-Plocinska-kopia-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/09\/Marek-Szlezer_fot.-Anita-Wasik-Plocinska-kopia-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/09\/Marek-Szlezer_fot.-Anita-Wasik-Plocinska-kopia-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/09\/Marek-Szlezer_fot.-Anita-Wasik-Plocinska-kopia-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/09\/Marek-Szlezer_fot.-Anita-Wasik-Plocinska-kopia-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p><strong>Marek Szlezer<\/strong>&nbsp;(born 1981) Is one of the most sought-after Polish pianists. His career started with the Grand Prix at the International Piano Competition in Rome at the age of 12. He has studied at the \u00c9cole Normale de Musique in Paris, the Music Academy in Cracow and the Chapelle Musicale Reine Elisabeth in Belgium with Ewa Bukojemska, Abdel Rahman El Bach, Dmitri Bashkirov and Marcella Crudeli. He has held grants from Polish and foreign foundations, as well as the City of Cracow and the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage. He is a prizewinner of many prestigious competitions in Poland and abroad. His consummate performances of Frederic Chopin\u2019s music have won him numerous prizes: 1st Prize at the National Chopin Competition in Warsaw and the special prize of the Chopin National Edition. He had the honor to play a concert on Chopin\u2019s original piano at the Jagiellonian University on the night Poland entered the European Union. Marek Szlezer has performed in such prestigious concert halls as Carnegie Hall, Palais des Beaux Arts, Salle Cortot, Wigmore Hall, St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Alfred Newman Hall and NCPA. He has performed with leading orchestras, including the English Chamber Orchestra, National Symphonic Orchestra of Ukraine and the National Polish Radio Symphonic Orchestra. He discovered the piano music of Jadwiga Sarnecka and recorded a selection of her compositions for DUX. He is the author of numerous research papers about piano works of Polish composers, published by Polish Music Publishers and Euphonium, as well as book publications and articles about Polish music. He has recorded several albums (DUX, EMI, Amadeus and Moderato Classics among others), receiving an enthusiastic critical acclaim in prestigious musical magazines (Gramophone, Kulturspiegel, The Strad, Pizzicato, Fanfare, American Record\u2019s Guide among others). He is Professor, he works at the Krzysztof Penderecki Academy of Music in Krakow, where he holds his own piano class. For his artistic activity and commitment to promote Polish music, he was awarded the Gloria Artis medal by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage. Marek Szlezer is Steinway Artist.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:31px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"103\" src=\"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/10\/Logo-wszyscy_poziom-1024x103.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9391\" srcset=\"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/10\/Logo-wszyscy_poziom-1024x103.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/10\/Logo-wszyscy_poziom-300x30.jpg 300w, https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/10\/Logo-wszyscy_poziom-768x77.jpg 768w, https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/10\/Logo-wszyscy_poziom-1536x155.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/10\/Logo-wszyscy_poziom-2048x206.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div style=\"height:31px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sunday, October 29 at 5pm PTHolocaust Museum LA100 The Grove DriveLos Angeles, CA 90036 Tuesday, October 31 at 7pm ETMorgan Library &amp; 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Museum225 Madison AvenueNew York, NY 10016\\nFriday, November 3 at 7:30pm  PTPaderewski Festival in Paso RoblesPark Ballroom, 1232 Park StreetPaso Robles, CA 93446\\nMonday, November 6 at 12pm {TAthenaeum Music &amp; Arts Library1008 Wall StLa Jolla, CA 92037\\nTuesday, November 7 at 7PMSteinway Piano Gallery9222 Miramar RdSan Diego CA 92126 \\nThursday, November 9 at 1pm PTPalomar Performing Arts Concert HourHoward Brubeck Theatre1140 W Mission RdSan Marcos, CA 92069\\nSaturday, November 11 at 7pm CTPolish Museum of America984 N Milwaukee AveChicago, IL 60642\\nSunday, November 12 at 3pm CTThe Deanery School of Music1103 Main St.Davenport, IA 52803\\nKnown as the Cracow Duo, cellist Jan Kalinowski and pianist Marek Szlezer share a special commitment to and fascination with music written by rarely performed Polish composers.They tirelessly perform these works across the globe.The Cracow Duo returns to the U.S. for a tour with concerts in California, New York, and Chicago. Cracow Duo will perform works by Polish and Polish-Jewish composers including Fryderyk Chopin, Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Zygmunt Stojowski, Marta Ptaszy\u0144ska, Aleksander Tansman, Roman Ryterband, Szymon Laks, Mieczys\u0142aw Weinberg, Krzysztof Meyer, Krzesimir D\u0119bski, and Marcel Chyrzy\u0144ski.\\nMagazine \u201cThe Strad\u201d wrote about the Cracow Duo: \u201cKalinowski and Szlezer, friends since childhood, have a wonderfully natural rapport and there is an arresting quality to their playing that gives life to the music\u201d. They studied together in Cracow and Paris, and began to perform together as Cracow Duo twenty years ago. Since that time, their concerts and recordings received the highest critical acclaim in Poland and abroad. They performed on the most prestigious stages, including Seoul Arts Center in Seoul, Alfred Newman Hall in Los Angeles, Carnegie Hall in New York, Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico, Salle Cortot in Paris, St. Martin-in-the-Fields in London and Concertgebouw in Amsterdam.\\nCracow Duo concert tour is part of the Polish Music on Stage\/U.S. edition project which is realized by the National Institute of Music, co-funded by the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage as part of the \u2018Inspire Culture Programme\u2019. Presented in partnership with the Polish Cultural Institute New York and Polish Music Center in Los Angeles.\\nJan Kalinowski (born 1982) Studied at the Music Academy in Cracow, the \u00c9cole Normale de Musique in Paris and the Staatliche Hochschule f\u00fcr Musik und Darstellende Kunst in Stuttgart under the guidance of Professors: Witold Herman, Paul Julien and Peter Buck. He has also taken part in master classes given by David Geringas, Ivan Monighetti and Arto Noras. He received scholarships from Polish and foreign foundations, as well as the City of Cracow, the Malopolska Region and the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage. He has recorded for radio and television, including the cello concertos by Witold Lutos\u0142awski (Lebanese National Orchestra, Azerbaijan State Philharmonic) and Marek Stachowski (Beethoven Academy Orchestra). As a solist he has been performing under the baton of many renowned conductors, such as: Rauf Abdullayev, \u0141ukasz Borowicz, Wojciech Czepiel, Jacek Rafa\u0142 Delekta, Jurek Dyba\u0142, Micha\u0142 Dworzy\u0144ski, Jacek Kasprzyk, Adam Klocek, Pawe\u0142 Kotla, Pawe\u0142 Przytocki, Daniel Rajskin, Jacek Rogala, Maciej Tworek, Alan Urbanek and Antoni Wit. He is Professor, he works at the Krzysztof Penderecki Academy of Music in Krakow, where he holds his own cello class. In 2014 DUX published an album with his artistic project Polish Cello Music containing works by polish composers for cello ensembles from one to eight instruments. Jan Kalinowski also recorded the V Suite by Johann Sebastian Bach for the Bach Society and took part in recording the album: Krzysztof Penderecki \u2013 chamber music vol. II Violoncello Totale (DUX, 2017). For his artistic activity and commitment to promote Polish music, he was awarded the honorary badge Meritorious for Polish Culture by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage. From 2012 he plays the instrument by Wojciech Topa.\\nMarek Szlezer (born 1981) Is one of the most sought-after Polish pianists. His career started with the Grand Prix at the International Piano Competition in Rome at the age of 12. He has studied at the \u00c9cole Normale de Musique in Paris, the Music Academy in Cracow and the Chapelle Musicale Reine Elisabeth in Belgium with Ewa Bukojemska, Abdel Rahman El Bach, Dmitri Bashkirov and Marcella Crudeli. He has held grants from Polish and foreign foundations, as well as the City of Cracow and the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage. He is a prizewinner of many prestigious competitions in Poland and abroad. His consummate performances of Frederic Chopin\u2019s music have won him numerous prizes: 1st Prize at the National Chopin Competition in Warsaw and the special prize of the Chopin National Edition. He had the honor to play a concert on Chopin\u2019s original piano at the Jagiellonian University on the night Poland entered the European Union. Marek Szlezer has performed in such prestigious concert halls as Carnegie Hall, Palais des Beaux Arts, Salle Cortot, Wigmore Hall, St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Alfred Newman Hall and NCPA. 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They performed on the most prestigious stages, including Seoul Arts Center in Seoul, Alfred Newman Hall in Los Angeles, Carnegie Hall in New York, Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico, Salle Cortot in Paris, St. Martin-in-the-Fields in London and Concertgebouw in Amsterdam.\nCracow Duo concert tour is part of the Polish Music on Stage\/U.S. edition project which is realized by the National Institute of Music, co-funded by the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage as part of the \u2018Inspire Culture Programme\u2019. Presented in partnership with the Polish Cultural Institute New York and Polish Music Center in Los Angeles.\nJan Kalinowski (born 1982) Studied at the Music Academy in Cracow, the \u00c9cole Normale de Musique in Paris and the Staatliche Hochschule f\u00fcr Musik und Darstellende Kunst in Stuttgart under the guidance of Professors: Witold Herman, Paul Julien and Peter Buck. He has also taken part in master classes given by David Geringas, Ivan Monighetti and Arto Noras. He received scholarships from Polish and foreign foundations, as well as the City of Cracow, the Malopolska Region and the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage. He has recorded for radio and television, including the cello concertos by Witold Lutos\u0142awski (Lebanese National Orchestra, Azerbaijan State Philharmonic) and Marek Stachowski (Beethoven Academy Orchestra). As a solist he has been performing under the baton of many renowned conductors, such as: Rauf Abdullayev, \u0141ukasz Borowicz, Wojciech Czepiel, Jacek Rafa\u0142 Delekta, Jurek Dyba\u0142, Micha\u0142 Dworzy\u0144ski, Jacek Kasprzyk, Adam Klocek, Pawe\u0142 Kotla, Pawe\u0142 Przytocki, Daniel Rajskin, Jacek Rogala, Maciej Tworek, Alan Urbanek and Antoni Wit. He is Professor, he works at the Krzysztof Penderecki Academy of Music in Krakow, where he holds his own cello class. In 2014 DUX published an album with his artistic project Polish Cello Music containing works by polish composers for cello ensembles from one to eight instruments. Jan Kalinowski also recorded the V Suite by Johann Sebastian Bach for the Bach Society and took part in recording the album: Krzysztof Penderecki \u2013 chamber music vol. II Violoncello Totale (DUX, 2017). For his artistic activity and commitment to promote Polish music, he was awarded the honorary badge Meritorious for Polish Culture by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage. From 2012 he plays the instrument by Wojciech Topa.\nMarek Szlezer (born 1981) Is one of the most sought-after Polish pianists. His career started with the Grand Prix at the International Piano Competition in Rome at the age of 12. He has studied at the \u00c9cole Normale de Musique in Paris, the Music Academy in Cracow and the Chapelle Musicale Reine Elisabeth in Belgium with Ewa Bukojemska, Abdel Rahman El Bach, Dmitri Bashkirov and Marcella Crudeli. He has held grants from Polish and foreign foundations, as well as the City of Cracow and the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage. He is a prizewinner of many prestigious competitions in Poland and abroad. His consummate performances of Frederic Chopin\u2019s music have won him numerous prizes: 1st Prize at the National Chopin Competition in Warsaw and the special prize of the Chopin National Edition. He had the honor to play a concert on Chopin\u2019s original piano at the Jagiellonian University on the night Poland entered the European Union. Marek Szlezer has performed in such prestigious concert halls as Carnegie Hall, Palais des Beaux Arts, Salle Cortot, Wigmore Hall, St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Alfred Newman Hall and NCPA. 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