And the Winner is... Daniel Szefer

Written By Krzysztof Jablonski

I couldn't be more happy for my student Daniel Szefer, who became a Winner of the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra 2018 Concerto Competition after performing F. Chopin's Piano Concerto in F Minor Op. 21 yesterday evening (March 13, 2018) with the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Professor Edmond Agopian at the Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall at the University of Calgary.

Congratulations Daniel! You have made me proud of you yesterday! I wish you all the best and more successes like this!

Thank you, everyone, who helped Daniel, who helped us, who helped me!

I congratulate Sua Kwoun, Cameron Wong, and Daniel Dastoor! You were all magnificent!
(I had a pleasure of working with Daniel Dastoor and Cameron Wong as their chamber groups' coach so I was cheering them up as well!)

From left to right: Karl Hirzer (Resident Conductor of the CPO and Jury), Paul Dornian (President & CEO of the CPO and Jury), Brad Mahon (Director, MRU Conservatory), Daniel Dastoor (violin), Sua Kwoun (cello), Cameron Wong (oboe), Daniel Szefer (piano), Edmond Agopian (Professor, Conductor and Violinist), Bruce Barton (SCPA Professor & Director), Joelle Welling (SCPA Chair & Senior Instructor).

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Krzysztof Jablonski

Laureate of the F. Chopin International Piano Competition in Warsaw in 1985, winner of top prizes at international piano competitions in Miland, Palm Beach, Monza, Dublin, Calgary. Gold Medallist of the A. Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition in Tel Aviv. For more than 30 years Jablonski performs solo, chamber and with orchestras in Europe, Americas, Asia, and Israel. Also played for ballet, opera, and theatre spectacles as well as for spectacular, multi-discipline events. In 2017 Jablonski started recording complete works by Chopin both on modern and historical instruments for the F. Chopin National Institute in Warsaw, Poland. He was Full Professor of the F. Chopin University of Music in Warsaw (2004-2017). Piano Faculty of the Mount Royal University in Calgary, The Conservatory since 2002. He also teaches at the University of Calgary. He presents master classes, lectures and is a jury member at international piano competitions.

https://www.kjpianist.com
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