Paweł Wróbel (born April 24, 1984 in

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Biography

Wróbel studied at the

Frederic Chopin Academy of Music 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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with Andrzej Chorosiński, the

University of Music and Performing Arts The University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna (german: link=no, Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien, abbreviated MDW) is an Austrian university located in Vienna, established in 1817. With a student body of over three thousa ...

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with

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and the

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with Gunther Rost. In 2012 he received a doctorate in musical arts at the

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Academy of Music in Poznań. He had won prizes in international organ competitions, include third prize during Miami International Organ Competition. In 2007 he received a prestigious scholarship from Keimyung Research Foundation at the

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. During the concert of the Club of Young Polish Composers, which took place within the confines of festival “Warsaw Autumn” (on 20 September 2008) he performed the following four compositions: ''Stained glass'' by Barbara Kaszuba, ''Trans. For. My Emptiness (Transforma)'' by Klaudia Pasternak, ''Proxima Centauri'' by Mateusz Ryczek, ''Deformations'' by Jacek Sotomski and he took part in compact disc ”live” recording of this concert by Musicon,

2008.

Awards

* 2005: Nowowiejski International Organ Competition in Poznań * 2006: Sweelinck International Organ Competition in Gdańsk * 2011: Zürich Internationaler Orgelwettbewerb * 2012: Miami International Organ Competition

Publications

* Organ transcription of ''Funérailles'' by Franz Liszt, Polihymnia, Lublin.

References

External links

Official website www.pawel-wrobel.comPipedreams, Celebrating the pipe organ, the King of InstrumentsOfficial You Tube channel
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