# Adam Harasiewicz

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{{Short description|Polish pianist}}
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| birth_place      = [Chodziez](/source/Chodziez), Poland
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'''Adam Harasiewicz''' (born 1 July 1932) is a Polish [classical](/source/classical_music) [concert pianist](/source/concert_pianist).

== Biography ==
Harasiewicz was born in [Chodziez](/source/Chodziez). After studying violin for two months, at the age of 10 he began piano study, and at age 15 he obtained first prize in a contest at [Rzeszów](/source/Rzesz%C3%B3w). At 18 he entered the State Higher School of Music in Kraków (at present [Academy of Music in Kraków](/source/Academy_of_Music_in_Krak%C3%B3w)) where he studied with [Zbigniew Drzewiecki](/source/Zbigniew_Drzewiecki).<ref>Sleevenote, 'Adam Harasiewicz – Chopin Waltzes' (Philips LP, World Series Stereo PHC 9034).</ref>

Harasiewicz studied with Drzewiecki for six years, and became pre-eminent as an interpreter of Chopin, excelling through a combination of superb technique, lyrical imagination, exceptional consistency of stylistic and idiomatic approach, and (through all of these) in playing of a characteristic temperament which identifies him as a true exponent of the Polish Romantic tradition.<ref>J. Methuen-Campbell, ''Chopin Playing from the Composer to the Present Day'' (Victor Gollancz, London 1981), pp. 122-23, and citing Dr Jan Weber's note to a 2-record set of Concours first-prizewinners (1927–65) (Muza XL 0654-55).</ref> He won the first prize at the [V International Chopin Piano Competition](/source/V_International_Chopin_Piano_Competition) in 1955.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://konkurs.chopin.pl/en/edition/v|title=''Harasiewicz Winner of the First Prize in 1955''|publisher=konkurs.chopin.pl|accessdate=22 November 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101230043126/http://konkurs.chopin.pl/en/edition/v|archivedate=30 December 2010}}</ref> He then spent some years in Belgium, before settling in Austria.<ref>Methuen-Campbell (as above).</ref> Harasiewicz was a member of the jury at the International Chopin Piano Competition in [1995](/source/XIII_International_Chopin_Piano_Competition), [2010](/source/XVI_International_Chopin_Piano_Competition), [2015](/source/XVII_International_Chopin_Piano_Competition), and [2021](/source/XVIII_International_Chopin_Piano_Competition).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ddg.art.pl/chopin/jury.html|title=''Harasiewicz Member of the Jury in 1995''|publisher=ddg.art.pl|accessdate=22 November 2010| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20101107202225/http://www.ddg.art.pl/chopin/jury.html| archivedate= 7 November 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref>

He has recorded the complete works<ref>According to Methuen-Campbell (as above).</ref> of [Chopin](/source/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_Chopin) and also much by [Szymanowski](/source/Karol_Szymanowski).<ref>{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=adam-harasiewicz-q28326|pure_url=yes}}|title=''Harasiewicz's Recordings at Allmusic''|publisher=allmusic.com|accessdate=22 November 2010}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* https://web.archive.org/web/20051025023405/http://inkpot.com/classical/harasiewicz.html

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