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Wojciech Waleczek (born March 8, 1980) is a Polish pianist and academic lecturer.

Biography
Waleczek is an internationally recognized, award-winning pianist, known for his high quality performances. Born in 1980, he has been pursuing a robust concert career playing as soloist with symphonic orchestras, solo piano recitals and chamber music concerts in the twenty six countries of Europe as well as in Kazakhstan, Jordan, Tunisia, Palestine, Algeria, Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Argentina, Guyana, Suriname, Canada and the USA. He has appeared as a soloist with the orchestras of the following philharmonics: Bydgoszcz, Kalisz, Karlovy Vary, Kielce, Koszalin, Lublin, Łódź, Opole, Rzeszów, Toruń, Szczecin, Wałbrzych, Wrocław, Zabrze, Sinfonia Iuventus, Polish Chamber Orchestra Sopot, Polish Radio Orchestra in Warsaw, Capella Bydgostiensis, Beethoven Academy Orchestra in Cracow, Elbląg Chamber Orchestra, Kaposvar Symphony Orchestra, National Chamber Orchestra of Moldova, Amman Symphony Orchestra, Symphonic Orchestra of Academic Theatre in Briest.

He co-operated with many conductors and composers, including: Wojciech Rajski, Maciej Żółtowski, Mirosław Jacek Błaszczyk, Łukasz Borowicz, Gabriel Chmura, Sławomir Chrzanowski, Mykola Diadiura, Michał Dworzyński, Chang Joon-Gun, Marek Pijarowski, Zygmunt Rychert, Jerzy Salwarowski, Tadeusz Wojciechowski, Jan Miłosz Zarzycki, M. Gawroński, K. Bumann, Cz. Grabowski, I. Hobson, G. Kerenyi, V. Kiradijev, J. Kosek, M. Lebel, M. Nesterowicz, M. Metelska, O. Palymsky, D. Pavilionis, P. Przytocki, J. Rogala, M. Sidiq, R. Silva, M. Smolij, A. Sosnovsky, M. Sugar, P. Veneri, M. Wolniewski, B. Żurakowski.

In 2014 Waleczek's chamber music album, recorded together with violinist Voytek Proniewicz, Liszt – Music for Violin and Piano was released by Naxos. In 2017 his solo project Liszt – Etudes de Paganini, Transcendental Etudes after Paganini was released by Austrian record label Capriccio.

His numerous achievements include:
 * The 2nd International Competition for Young Pianists "Arthur Rubinstein in Memoriam" (Bydgoszcz—Poland, 1996):
 * the 3rd prize;
 * Arthur Rubinstein Prize founded by Aniela Rubinstein;
 * a special prize of the Kościuszko Foundation in New York.


 * The 4th Franz Liszt National Piano Competition (Wrocław—Poland, 1997):
 * the 1st prize;
 * the prize for the best performance of the evening.


 * The 7th Franz Liszt International Piano Competition "Premio Mario Zanfi" (Parma—Italy, 2000):
 * the 3rd prize


 * The Young Musicians' Festival (Gdansk—Poland, 2002):
 * the 2nd prize


 * The 6th International Piano Seiler Competition (Palermo—Italy, 2005):
 * the 3rd prize


 * The 3rd Franz Liszt International Piano Competition (Wrocław—Poland, 2005):
 * the 3rd prize

In 2003, Waleczek has graduated with the highest marks from the piano class of professor Zbigniew Raubo at The Academy of Music in Katowice, Poland. He received the degrees of Doctor of Arts and Habilitated Doctor of Arts from The Bydgoszcz Music Academy (in 2014 and 2017, respectively). He was awarded by the Prime Minister and the Minister of Culture of the Republic of Poland, by the presidents of Katowice and Gliwice, as well as by the Regional Council of the Silesian Province, and many other private and public institutions. Beside concert activity, he works as an assistant professor at the Music Institute of The Silesian University in Katowice.

He received the Decoration of Honor "Meritorious for Polish Culture" from the Polish Minister of Culture and National Heritage in 2017, and the Honorary Badge for Merits for the Silesian Voivodeship from the Silesian Council in 2018.

Partial body of work

 * 2009: Liszt Transcriptions and Paraphrases
 * 2014: Liszt – Music for Violin and Piano (recorded with Voytek Proniewicz)
 * 2017: Liszt – Etudes de Paganini, Transcendental Etudes after Paganini (Liszt, F.: Grandes Études de Paganini / 6 Études d'exécution transcendante d'après Paganini)