Attending the Music Academy in Katowice he became the youngest ever winner of the prestigious Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw at the age of eighteen and was catapulted into the forefront of the international circuit. He has worked with many great musicians including Artur Rubinstein, Bernstein, Giulini and Karajan, all of whom were very influential in his career.
It can take a number of years for Zimerman to prepare a piece for the concert platform: his method of working involves studying a wide range of pieces at any one time and his repertoire extends through solo piano music, concertos and chamber music. His aim in all of these is to keep the range broad, from Bach to Lutoslawski.
Krystian Zimerman has an exclusive contract with Deutsche Grammophon and many of his recordings have won awards, including the Gramophone Award, the grand Prix du Disque and the Diapason D'Or.
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