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Place of Birth: Kraków, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland
About Krzysztof Książek
- Krzysztof Ksiazek (born 5 August 1992) is a Polish classical pianist from Krakow, he is a winner of highest prizes at national and international piano competitions. His nomation is Polityka Passport Award for Classical Music.
- Since 2005, he has trained with Stefan Wojtas, first at music secondary school, now as a student of the Feliks Nowowiejski Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz. He has won prizes in Polish and international competitions, including the Ricard Vines in Leida, Spain, the Lviv international competitions in Ukraine, the "Città di Avezzano" in Italy (2011, First Prize) and the Polish Frédéric Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw (2011, Third Prize; 2015, Second Prize ex aequo), XV International Pianist Ricard Vines (Lleida, Spain 2009), The International Chopin Piano Competition (Lviv, Ukraine 2010), VI Concorso Internazionale Pianistico "Citta di Avezzano" (Avezzano, He participated in the 67th International Chopin Festival in Duszniki-Zdrój, the 18th International Festival of Young Winners of Silesian Music Contests, 5th National Promotion Festival "August Talents".
- He is a scholarship recipient of the "Sapere Auso" Malopolska Foundation, the Prime Minister, the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, and the Pro Musica Bona Foundation.
- His nationality is Polish. On his preliminary round he was admitted as ex-aequo winner of the 2nd Prize on the 2015 Polish National Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw.
- He was stopped in the third stage of the XVII International Chopin Piano Competition in 2015.
- Although Krzysztof Ksiazek was not qualified for the finals of the Chopin Competition, Andrzej Sulek believes that his name may return to the competition in those days.
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