{"id":79,"date":"2025-07-12T19:41:49","date_gmt":"2025-07-12T19:41:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antonikleczek.com\/?page_id=79"},"modified":"2026-04-24T19:13:02","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T19:13:02","slug":"biography","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/antonikleczek.com\/?page_id=79","title":{"rendered":"Biography"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[EN]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The New York Concert Review has described Antoni Kleczek as a pianist who \u201cpossesses a musical maturity far beyond his years.\u201d&nbsp;Antoni has won top prizes at numerous competitions, including the 19th International Chopin Competition in Hannover, the 53rd National Chopin Competition in Warsaw, the 8th International \u201cArthur Rubinstein in Memoriam\u201d Piano Competition in Bydgoszcz, the 68th International Kosciuszko Foundation Chopin Competition in Washington DC, the 29th International Chopin Competition in Szafarnia, and the 6th International Rosalyn Tureck International Bach Competition in New York. Antoni has also performed as a soloist with Washington DC\u2019s National Philharmonic, Warsaw Philharmonic, the P\u0142ock Symphony, the West Bohemian Symphony, and the Polish Sinfonia Iuventus Orchestra.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Antoni is currently studying at the Fryderyk Chopin University in Warsaw in the class of Prof. Piotr Paleczny. Prior to beginning his studies this year&nbsp;in Warsaw, Antoni has studied with Martin Labazevitch in Washington DC and has participated in lessons or masterclasses with such pianists as Horacio Guti\u00e9rrez, Kirill Gerstein, Jeffrey Swann, Garrick Ohlsson, Kevin Kenner, Ewa Pob\u0142ocka, and Krzysztof Jab\u0142o\u0144ski, among others.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[PL]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Antoni K\u0142eczek urodzi\u0142 si\u0119 30 pa\u017adziernika 2006 r. Antoni jest laureatem licznych mi\u0119dzynarodowych konkurs\u00f3w pianistycznych, m.in. zdobywc\u0105 pierwszej nagrody na 19. Konkursie Chopinowskim w Hanowerze, trzeciej nagrody na 53. Og\u00f3lnopolskiego Konkursu Pianistycznego im. Fryderyka Chopina, czwartej nagrody na VIII konkursie \u201eArtur Rubinstein in Memoriam\u201d w Bydgoszczy, drugiej nagrody na 68. Konkursie Chopinowskim Fundacji Ko\u015bciuszkowskiej w Waszyngtonie, Grand Prix na 29. Konkursie Chopinowskim w Szafarni oraz pierwszej nagrody na VI Konkursie Bacha im. Rosalyn Tureck w Nowym Jorku. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Antoni wyst\u0119powa\u0142 jako solista z Filharmoni\u0105 Narodow\u0105 w Warszawie, Filharmoni\u0105 Narodow\u0105 w Waszyngtonie, Polsk\u0105 Orkiestr\u0105 Sinfonia Iuventus, P\u0142ock\u0105 Orkiestr\u0105 Symfoniczn\u0105 i West Bohimian Symphony w Maria\u0144skich \u0141a\u017aniach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Antoni jest obecnie na I roku studi\u00f3w licencjackich w klasie Prof. Piotra Palecznego na Uniwersytecie Muzycznym im. Fryderyka Chopina w Warszawie. Poprzednio od 2019 roku Antoni uczy\u0142 si\u0119 prywatnie u Dr Martina Labazevitch w Washingtonie i mia\u0142 zaszczyt bra\u0107 lekcje lub si\u0119 uczy\u0107 w ramach warsztat\u00f3w pianistycznych u wybitnych pedagog\u00f3w takich jak m.in. Horacio Guti\u00e9rrez, Kirill Gerstein, Je\ufb00rey Swann, Garrick Ohlsson, Kevin Kenner, Ewa Pob\u0142ocka i Krzysztof Jab\u0142o\u0144ski.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-superb-addons-cover-image alignfull\"><div class=\"superbaddons-coverimage-block\" style=\"border-radius:0%;min-height:400px;background-image:url(https:\/\/antonikleczek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_6564-scaled.jpg);background-position:50% 50%;background-size:contain;background-repeat:no-repeat\"><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[EN] The New York Concert Review has described Antoni Kleczek as a pianist who \u201cpossesses a musical maturity far beyond his years.\u201d&nbsp;Antoni has won top prizes at numerous competitions, including the 19th International Chopin Competition in Hannover, the 53rd National Chopin Competition in Warsaw, the 8th International \u201cArthur Rubinstein in Memoriam\u201d Piano Competition in Bydgoszcz, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-79","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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