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Janusz Olejniczak (born 2 October 1952) is a Polish classical pianist and actor.
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Olejniczak's piano teachers were Ryszard Bakst and Zbigniew Drzewiecki. In 1970 he won 6th place in the International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw, and two years later he placed in the Alfredo Casella Piano Competition in Naples. From 1971-1972 he studied in Paris with Konstanty Schmaeling and Witold Malcuzynski.
He was a member of a chamber orchestra, and his repertory includes compositions of Beethoven, Schumann, Schubert, Chopin, Ravel, and Prokofiev. He has recorded often for radio and television as well as on compact disc for labels such as Polskie Nagrania, Selene, Pony Canyon, Opus 111 and CD Accord. Among his awards are five Fryderyks and numerous awards for his recordings of the Chopin Piano Concertos with the Warsaw Symphony Orchestra.
He played Chopin's music as well acting the role of Chopin, in Andrzej Zulawski's film The Blue Note,[1] and appears as the hands of Wladyslaw Szpilman in Adrien Brody's role in the film The Pianist.
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- ^ German, Yuri. "Plot Synopsis: La Note Bleue". Allmovie. http://www.allmovie.com/work/la-note-bleue-111789. Retrieved 26 July 2010.
