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born in 1971, is an accomplished accordionist and
bandoneonist. He studied with Jerzy Jurek at the Music Academy in Warsaw (diploma
in 1995). Thanks to a French government grant, he continued his education
with Max Bonnay at the Conservatoire Paul Dukas in Paris (1996–97). He
has attended masterclasses given by Friedrich Lips, Mogens Ellegaard, Mie
Miki, Teodoro Anzellotti, Matti Rantanen and Vyatcheslav Siemionov. He won
First Prizes at the competitions in Katowice (1993), Castelfidardo (1997)
and Paris (1997). He participated in the Festival of Prizewinners of Music
Competitions in Bydgoszcz (1994), the Lutosławski Forum in the Warsaw
Philharmonic (1996), ‘Musica Polonica Nova’ in Wrocław (1995,
2000), ‘Bravo Maestro’ in K±¶na Dolna, Poland (2002, 2003),
the Festival of Accordion Music in Kragujevac, Serbia (1997), and the
‘Bayan Players’ Festival in Moscow (2002). He has performed as
both accordionist and bandoneonist with the Baltic, Pomeranian and Szczecin
Philharmonic Orchestras. His debut cd with works by Astor Piazzola (Sony
Classical) won the ‘Fryderyk’ Award of the Polish Phonographic
Academy in the chamber music category (2003).
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