Piotr Paleczny Conducts Master Class at Yamaha Artist Services, Inc.
NEW YORK, N.Y. His peers have cited him as the pianist who "channels" Chopin, which is good reason that among other prestigious titles, Piotr Paleczny is vice chairman of the International Chopin Competition in Warsaw. Although he has an impressive list of awards, including the winner of five international piano competitions starting in 1968, it was at the 8th Frederick Chopin International Piano Competition in Warsaw in 1970, where Paleczny received the Frederick Chopin Society Prize for the best execution of a polonaise, when his star on the international stage began its ascent.
And so it was, with great anticipation, that Paleczny conducted a master class at YASI in New York earlier this spring. The well-attended event drew students from Manhattan's leading music schools and featured a wide repertoire from Baroque to contemporary works and of course, Chopin.
"I am very grateful to Mr. Stan Zielinski, the director of Yamaha Artist Services for this invitation and to his staff for their gracious hospitality," comments Paleczny. "It is always a pleasure to conduct a master class with talented students, but when it's held in New York City it is even more satisfying, because I am working with students from the city's premier music schools."
"Just before the master classes, I played Mozart's 'Piano Concerto in D Minor' in the Yamaha Piano Salon with the New York Sinfonietta, a group of passionate and talented young musicians, as part of the Mozart Piano Concerti Series," continues Paleczny. "What more can one ask for than an excellent piano, orchestra and conductor? In addition to the piece being what is perhaps the most beautiful of Mozart's piano concertos, it was also a fantastic experience to play with these brilliant young musicians."
The piano of which Paleczny speaks is the Yamaha CFIIIS concert grand piano.
"This is the only Yamaha piano I play in concert. When you have this piano on stage you can depend on it being of the highest standard. Yamaha technicians are highly professional and I have always been pleased with their work," states Paleczny.
While busy as a professor and jury member at various major international piano competitions (such as the Hamamatsu, Tchaikovsky, Rubenstein, Dublin and Minnesota Piano-e-Competitions) and his ongoing work as artistic director of the International Chopin Festival in Duszinski, probably the oldest piano festival in the world, New Yorkers are looking forward to Paleczny's performance schedule bringing him back to this city in the not too distant future.
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Piotr Paleczny performs Mozart's "Piano Concerto in D Minor" with the New York Sinfonietta orchestra in the piano salon at Yamaha Artist Services. |
"I am very grateful to Mr. Stan Zielinski, the director of Yamaha Artist Services for this invitation and to his staff for their gracious hospitality," comments Paleczny. "It is always a pleasure to conduct a master class with talented students, but when it's held in New York City it is even more satisfying, because I am working with students from the city's premier music schools."
"Just before the master classes, I played Mozart's 'Piano Concerto in D Minor' in the Yamaha Piano Salon with the New York Sinfonietta, a group of passionate and talented young musicians, as part of the Mozart Piano Concerti Series," continues Paleczny. "What more can one ask for than an excellent piano, orchestra and conductor? In addition to the piece being what is perhaps the most beautiful of Mozart's piano concertos, it was also a fantastic experience to play with these brilliant young musicians."
The piano of which Paleczny speaks is the Yamaha CFIIIS concert grand piano.
"This is the only Yamaha piano I play in concert. When you have this piano on stage you can depend on it being of the highest standard. Yamaha technicians are highly professional and I have always been pleased with their work," states Paleczny.
While busy as a professor and jury member at various major international piano competitions (such as the Hamamatsu, Tchaikovsky, Rubenstein, Dublin and Minnesota Piano-e-Competitions) and his ongoing work as artistic director of the International Chopin Festival in Duszinski, probably the oldest piano festival in the world, New Yorkers are looking forward to Paleczny's performance schedule bringing him back to this city in the not too distant future.
About Yamaha:
Yamaha Corporation of America manufactures a complete line of musical instruments, professional audio products and customer-driven support products, targeted to both the amateur and professional markets.
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