Piotr Rafałko is a graduate of the Music Academy in Warsaw where he studied with Kazimierz Pustelak. He participated in master classes given by Ernst Haefliger, Sylvia Geszta and Mariana Nicolesco. He is a prizewinner of the vocal competitions in Duszniki-Zdrój (Poland) and Braila (Romania).
He has taken part in numerous music competitions in Poland and abroad. In 1999 he inaugurated, together with Ewa Podleć and Cyprien Katsaris, the 38th Festival in Łańcut, with the performance of Gustav Mahler's The Song of the Earth. He sang the title role in Monteverdi's La favola d'Orfeo during the 1st Europäische Herbstakademie.
He has a broad repertoire of oratorios and cantatas comprising works by Beethoven, Berlioz, Dvorzak, Händel, Haydn, Mozart, Orff, Rossini and Verdi.
In 2000 Piotr Rafałko sang Edrisi in Szymanowski's King Roger produced by the Grand Theatre - National Opera of Warsaw.