2024-25 Season

California State University, Fresno • Concert Hall

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Rafał Blechacz

Friday, March 8, 2024 • 7:30PM

Since winning all prizes at the 2005 Chopin International Piano Competition in Warsaw, pianist Rafał Blechacz has established himself firmly on the international concert scene and is celebrated by both the audience and the press worldwide for his profound and virtuosic interpretations. Described by the great Martha Argerich as an “honest, extraordinary, and sensitive artist,” he is only the second Polish pianist, after Krystian Zimerman, to have enlisted under the Deutsche Grammophon label. Most recently, he was awarded a prestigious Gilmore Artist Award in recognition of his brilliant achievements and passionate commitment to his art.

Concert Program

CHOPIN
Nocturne in F minor, Op.55 No.1
Four Mazurkas, Op.6
Polonaise-Fantaisie in A-flat Major, Op.61
Polonaise in A Major, Op.40 No.1
Polonaise in C minor, Op.40 No.2
Polonaise in A-flat Major, Op.53
DEBUSSY
Suite bergamasque
MOZART
Sonata in A Major, K.331
SZYMANOWSKI
Variations in B-flat minor, Op.3 (1903)