Piotr Pawlak

Piotr Pawlak
Piotr Pawlak in 2020, after concert in Orangery in Łazienki Park in Warsaw, Poland
Background information
Also known as	Piotr Ryszard Pawlak
Born	(1998-02-20) February 20, 1998 (age 26)[1] Gdańsk, Poland
Genres	Classical music
Occupation	Musician
Instrument(s)	Piano, Pipe organ

Piotr Pawlak (born 20 February 1998 in Gdańsk.[1]) is a Polish classical pianist, winner of the V International Maj Lind Piano Competition in Helsinki and XI International Chopin Competition in Darmstadt.

Education

He began his musical education playing the piano at the age of six in Feliks Nowowiejski Music School in Gdansk with Ewa Włodarczyk, and then he continued to study with Waldemar Wojtal until the end of his studies in 2021. He also graduated music school finishing in organ studies, under the tutorship of Hanna Dys, and attended the Stanislaw Moniuszko Music Academy in Gdansk with Zygmunt Rychert. He attended masterclasses with, among others, Kevin Kenner, Dang Thai Son and Dmitri Alexeev.[2] In 2024, he enrolled as a student at the International Piano Academy Lake Como.[3]

Awards and prizes

• II International Chopin Competition on Period Instruments in Warsaw, Poland (2023) – 2nd prize[4]
• XII Paderewski International Piano Competition in Bydgoszcz, Poland (2022) – distinction[5]
• V International Maj Lind Piano Competition in Helsinki, Finland (2022) – 1st prize[6][7]
• Premio Internazionale Antonio Mormone in Milan, Italy (2021) – finalist[8]
• I International Competition of Polish Music in Rzeszów, Poland (2019) – 2nd prize[9]
• XI International Chopin Competition in Darmstadt, Germany (2017) – 1st prize and prize for the best improvisation[10]
• The Beijing International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition for Young Pianists in Beijing (2016) – 2nd prize[11]

References

1. "Fryderyk Chopin – Piotr Pawlak". chopin.nifc.pl. Retrieved 2025-01-02.
2. "The Fryderyk Chopin Museum - Piotr Pawlak". muzyka.nifc.pl. Retrieved 2025-01-02.
3. "Piotr Pawlak - Vancouver Chopin Society". chopinsociety.org. Retrieved 2025-01-02.
4. "Eric Guo is the winner of the 2nd Chopin Competition on Period Instruments!", iccpi.pl, retrieved 2025-01-02
5. "Nagrody – Konkurs Paderewskiego" (in Polish). 25 August 2023. Retrieved 2025-01-02.
6. "Piotr Pawlak wins the Maj Lind Piano Competition – Maj Lind Piano Competition". majlindcompetition.fi. 27 October 2022. Retrieved 2025-01-02.
7. "Puolalainen Piotr Pawlak voitti Maj Lind -pianokilpailun - Yle Uutiset". yle.fi (in Finnish). 27 October 2022. Retrieved 2025-01-02.
8. "Ying Li gewinnt den 1. Premio Internazionale Antonio Mormone in Mailand". www.bechstein.com (in German). Retrieved 2025-01-02.
9. "Konkurs Muzyki Polskiej — Laureaci". www.konkursmuzykipolskiej.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2025-01-02.
10. "Preisverleihung und Preisträgerkonzert – Chopin-Gesellschaft". chopin-gesellschaft.de (in German). Retrieved 2025-01-02.
11. "The 1st Beijing International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition for Young Pianists Successfully Closed and Chinese Competitors Achieve Good Results". zhuanti.ccom.edu.cn. Retrieved 2025-01-02.