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He is a student of the Ludomir Różycki State Music School Complex in Kielce in Artur Jaroń’s class. The artist has won the first prizes at the Twenty-Third Halina Czerny-Stefańska National Piano Contest in Żagań, the Fourteenth Antoni and Karol Szafranek Forum for Young Instrumentalists in Rybnik, the Twentieth National Piano Competition in Konin, the Peter Toperczer International Piano Competition in Košice (2019) and the Eighth Maurycy Moszkowski International Piano Competition PER ASPERA AD ASTRA. Parchański has also won the second prizes at the International Competition ‘Kaunas Sonorum’ in Kaunas, Lithuania, the National Piano Festival ‘Chopinowskie Interpretacje Młodych’ (‘Chopin’s Youth Interpretations’) in Konin-Żychlin and the Fifteenth Halina Czerny-Stefańska and Ludwik Stefański Piano Competition in Płock. In addition to these honours, he was awarded the Grand Prix at the First International Chopin Competition ‘Gloria Artis’ in Vienna.

In recognition of his artistic achievements, he received the scholarship from the Minister of Culture and National Heritage for the academic year 2017/2018. He has also been a double winner of Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship’s scholarship programme intended for students of vocational schools affiliated to the Marshal’s Office in Kielce.

PROGRAMME

First stage

Karol Szymanowski

Study in B flat minor, Op. 4 No. 3

Maurycy Moszkowski

Etude in A flat minor, Op. 72 No. 13

Fryderyk Chopin

Etude in B minor, Op. 25 No. 10

Ignacy Jan Paderewski

Introduction and Toccata, Op. 6

Artur Malawski

Miniatures for piano

    No. 2, 4

Second stage

Stanisław Moniuszko

Lullaby

Waltz in E flat minor

Karol Szymanowski

Mazurkas, Op. 50

    No. 1 Sostenuto. Molto rubato

    No. 2 Allegramente. Poco vivace. (Rubasznie)

    No. 3 Moderato

    No. 4 Allegramente, risoluto

Ignacy Jan Paderewski

Variations and fugue in E flat minor, Op. 23

    Theme. Maestoso

    Variations I.‒XX.

    Fugue. Allegro molto moderato

Final

Ignacy Jan Paderewski

Fantaisie polonaise sur des thèmes originaux in G sharp minor, Op. 19