Beta version
Write to us 
21 November 2009

Main page

Polish Culture in the World Polish Cultural Institutes
important links Ministry of Culture and National Heritage - Ministerstwo Kultury i Dziedzictwa Narodowego Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Ministerstwo Spraw Zagranicznych

Publisher:
Adam Mickiewicz Institute
ul. Mokotowska 25
00-560 Warsaw
tel. (+48 22) 44 76 100
fax (+48 22) 44 76 152
www.iam.pl 
about us  redakcja@culture.pl  order newsletter 
Janusz Olejniczak
languages: Polish  / English  / German 
 

Born 1952, an outstanding pianist, winner of the Fryderyk Chopin International Competition in Warsaw (1970) and A. Caselii Competition in Naples (1974).

He performs solo as eagerly as a member of chamber orchestra. His repertoire covers compositions by Beethoven, Schumann, Schubert, Chopin, Ravel and Prokofiev. He played the role of Fryderyk Chopin in Andrzej Żuławski's film "Blue Note".

Janusz Olejniczak mastered his musical skills with the help of Zbigniew Drzewiecki, Konstanty Schmaeling, Witold Malcuzynski, Barbara Hesse-Bukowska and Wiktor Mierzanow. He gave concerts all over Europe, Japan, Australia and America. He performed under the baton of such remarkable conductors as Witold Rowicki, Jerzy Maksymiuk, Charles Dutoit, Jack Kaspszyk, Wojciech Michniewski, Kazimierz Kord and Grzegorz Nowak.

He conducted master courses in Canada and Japan, as well as classes with students of the Mozart Academy. The artist made numerous radio, television and phonographic recordings in Poland and abroad.

back to top
Browsing history




VIDEO COVERAGE  PHOTO COVERAGE  PAINTING  GRAPHIC ART  DRAWING  PHOTOGRAPHY  PORTRAITS 
RECENTLY ADDED
Kwadrofonik at Crossculture Festival
The European Film Academy (EFA) has announced its choice of international EFA Ambassadors. Among the selected distinguished personalities from the world of European film there is Maciej Stuhr. The Polish actor will represent EFA and the European Film Awards at various prestigious events.
The Berlin Maxim Gorki Theatre will show Heinrich von Kleist's "Amphitryon", directed by Jan Bosse (November 19, 2009) and Fritz Kater's "Haeven", directed by Armin Petras (November 21, 2009) at Stary Teatr in Cracow. The shows are part of the collaboration between the two theatres, called "Wanderlust".
18th History Book Fairs will take place on November 26 - Novemer 29, 2009, in Warsaw. The inauguratory press conference "History Book Fairs - the new beginning" starts on November 23, 2009 at 12:00 p.m. in Kubicki Arcades at the Royal Castle.
40 short documentary films from 11 countries have been qualified for competition in the 13th International Film Festival "Off Cinema". The Festival starts on November 18, 2009, in Poznań.
The former headquarters of the Polish United Workers' Party's Central Comitee, a monumetal building located in downtown Warsaw, near the de Gaulle traffic circle, was on November 16, 2009, inscribed on the list of registered monuments of the Masovian Voivodeship.
On November 13, 2009, at the Academy of Fine Arts in Wrocław, the Minister of Culture and National Heritage, Bohdan Zdrojewski, signed an agreement, according to which the Ministry shall co-fund the construction of the Centre of Applied Arts and Innovation Centre at the Academy of Fine Arts.
© Copyright by Instytut Adama Mickiewicza. All rights reserved - unless stated otherwise - including the rights of authors and the publisher. No further distribution of articles or other materials contained on the www.culture.pl website is permitted without the publisher's consent.
www.culture.pl ISSN 1734-0624 Nr 2882 | www.iam.pl
implementation: www.ornak.pl | design: Marek Zalejski / Studio Q
SITE MAP