Engaging audiences with his dynamic flair and virtuosic
skill, Peter Jablonski is both a popular and critically acclaimed
performer. Born in Lyckeby, Sweden, Peter came to prominence
in his early teens, performing Beethoven’s Piano Concerto
No.1 in Warsaw and Krakow. This was soon followed by concerts
with both the Swedish and Danish Radio Orchestras. At the age
of 18 he was brought to the attention of Vladimir Ashkenazy
who invited him to record the Gershwin Piano Concerto for Decca,
raising Peter Jablonski to international recognition.
Peter Jablonski has given concerts on all five continents, both
in recital and with many orchestras. Highlights have included
the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin (with whom he has also
made a number of recordings), BBC Symphony, Philharmonia, and
Cleveland orchestras, as well as working alongside the Philadelphia
Orchestra/Dutoit, Kirov/Gergiev, Czech Philharmonic (including
performances at the Lucerne Festival under Ashkenazy), Orchestre
National de France/Chung, Filarmonica della Scala di Milano/Chung,
Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia as well
as the London, Stockholm and Oslo Philharmonics.
A frequent performer in Japan he has recently worked with
the NHK Symphony under Ashkenazy and toured with the Stavanger
Symphony under Susanna Mälkki. Plans in this season include
concerts with the Leipzig Gewandhaus under Riccardo Chailly,
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, RTSI Lugano, KBS Symphony Orchestra,
City of Birmingham Orchestra, Lahti Symphony Orchestra and BBC
National Orchestra of Wales.
Peter Jablonski is Artistic Director of the annual Karlskrona
Chamber Music Festival in Sweden. He is also Artistic Director
to Altara Records for which he has recently recorded the Prokofiev
and Shostakovich Cello Sonatas with Ralph Kirshbaum. Together
the duo have given a number of recitals including at the Frick
Collection in New York and they will perform at the Ravinia
Festival in 2008.
2007 also saw the release of Prokofiev Sonatas for the Octavia
label. Peter has a prolific output with Decca – his disc
of Rachmaninov’s Rhapsody on a theme by Paganini and Shostakovich’s
Piano Concerto No.1 under Ashkenazy was bestowed the Edison
Award. He also collaborated with Anne Sofie von Otter and Bengt
Forsberg in a recording of works by Chaminade for Deutsche Grammophon
which received a Gramophone Award in 2002.
In June 2005 Peter Jablonski was awarded the ‘Litteris
et Artibus’ Medal by the King of Sweden for pre-eminent
achievement as a pianist. In 1998 he was awarded the 'Orpheus
Award' at the Warsaw Autumn Festival for his premiere performance
of Kilar's Piano Concerto, which was written for and dedicated
to him. And in 1996 he won the Årets Svensk I Världen
– a prestigious annual award presented to those who have
contributed to the worldwide promotion of Sweden.
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