Jerzy Sterczyński
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Jerzy Sterczyński (born 1957) is a Polish pianist and
piano A piano is a keyboard instrument that produces sound when its keys are depressed, activating an Action (music), action mechanism where hammers strike String (music), strings. Modern pianos have a row of 88 black and white keys, tuned to a c ...
teacher. Since 1989 he has been a professor at
Fryderyk Chopin Music Academy The Chopin University of Music (, 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.Warsaw Warsaw, officially the Capital City of Warsaw, is the capital and List of cities and towns in Poland, largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the Vistula, River Vistula in east-central Poland. Its population is officially estimated at ...
and since 2005 - the head of the Piano, Harpsichord and Organ Department.
Fryderyk Chopin Music Academy The Chopin University of Music (, 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.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 four departments: Composit ...
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 Canal ...
'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, Reger, Szymanowski and Wieniawski.


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Fryderyk Chopin Music Academy in Warsaw

The Fryderyk Chopin InstituteThe Music Academy in Katowice
1957 births Living people Polish composers {{Poland-musician-stub