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Harasiewicz plays Chopin Nocturne No.20

Nocturne No.20, op. posth. in C-sharp minor, composed in 1830, dedicated to Frederic's older sister, Ludwika Chopin. ~ Adam Harasiewicz (1932) Polish pianist. Began piano lessons at ten years of age under K. Mirski and Janina Illasiewicz-Stojałowska in Rzeszów. At age 15, he won first place in the Competition of Young Talents in Rzeszów. One year later, he took part in the elimination competition for the IV International Chopin Competition. He studied piano at the State Music Academy in Krakow under Prof. Zbigniew Drzewicki (1950-1956). In 1955, Adam Harasiewicz won first place in the 5th Chopin Competition in Warsaw. Two years later, he won the Harriet Cohen Foundation medal, in London, for outstanding achievement in piano (1957). After his success in the Chopin Competition, he performed in Europe, Asia and North America in the worlds more prestigious venues. In 1960, playing both Chopin's piano concertos with the New York Philharmonic, under the baton of conductor Stanisław Skrowaczki, at the United Nations headquarters, he inaugurated the Year of Chopin, marking the 150th anniversary of the genius composer's birth. That same year he was awarded the Ignacy Jan Paderewski Foundation's gold medal, in New York. Although in the 60s the artist had recorded the majority of Chopin's works as well as several compositions by Liszt, Brahms and he remained active after 1970, his recording career was largely behind him and his name faded. His reputation revived in the last decade with the reissue of many of his recordings. Aside from sporadically holding master's courses for pianists as well as giving private artistic consultations to other virtuosos, Harasiewicz does not engage in pedagogical work. He does however occasionally sit in juries of international piano competitions, such as: Bolzano (1984), Saragoss (1987), Tern (1989) and Warszawa (Chopin Competition 1995, 2000). ~~~