Jerzy Sterczyński (born 1957) is a Polish pianist and

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teacher. Since 1989 he has been a professor at

Fryderyk Chopin Music Academy The Chopin University of Music ( pl, Uniwersytet Muzyczny Fryderyka Chopina, UMFC) is a musical conservatorium and academy located in central Warsaw, Poland. It is the oldest and largest music school in Poland, and one of the largest in Europe.

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and since 2005 - the head of the Piano, Harpsichord and Organ Department.

online biographical detail
Professor Jerzy Sterczyński
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Development

He started playing the piano when six years old and then attended Music High School in Bielsko-Biala. This was followed by piano study at the

University of Music in Katowice The Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music is a school of music of university level in Katowice, in Poland. It is named for Karol Szymanowski. Studies The school offers full-time and part-time BA, MA and DA studies at two departments: Composi ...

in prof.

Andrzej Jasiński Andrzej Jasiński (born 23 October 1936 in Częstochowa) is a Polish pianist. In 1959 he graduated with honors from the University of Music in Katowice in the piano class of Władysława Markiewiczówna. The following year he won the Maria Cana ...

's class from which he graduated in 1981. He continued his education in London with

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. In 1983 he won the second prize at the International Pilar Bayona Piano Competition in

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Works played

Sterczyński has performed and recorded works by Chopin on 13 CDs. He has also recorded works by Brahms, Liszt, Tchaikovsky, Dobrzyński, Lessel,

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, Szymanowski and Wieniawski.

References

External links

Fryderyk Chopin Music Academy in Warsaw

The Fryderyk Chopin InstituteThe Music Academy in Katowice
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