Polish pianist Rafal Blechacz credits his country's most beloved composer, Frederic Chopin, for his success. "When I started to play Chopin, I realized that this was the right composer for me," he ...

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 ...

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 ...

Rafal Blechacz won the Gilmore Prize, a prestigious award for pianists, in 2014. But the Gilmore Artist Award is one of the most coveted awards a pianist can win. It’s only given out once every four ...

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 ...

A shy young prodigy enters the limelight. Frederic Chopin used to tell his students, “Having overcome all the difficulties, played thousands of notes, you arrive at a charming simplicity that is the ...

"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 ...

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 ...

KALAMAZOO, MI --Rafal Blechacz bravely addressed his audience from the lectern at the front of Dorothy U. Dalton Center Wednesday, reading a deep analysis of musical interpretation and the importance ...