ΘΕΪΚΕΣ ΜΟΥΣΙΚΕΣ

Piano Concerto #5 in E flat major Op. 73 (Emperor) by Ludwig Van Beethoven with the Wiener Philharmoniker conducted by Leonard Bernstein. Mvt. 3. Rondo: Allegro Biography: Krystian Zimerman Born: December 4, 1956 -- Zabrze, Poland The outstanding Polish pianist, Krystian Zimerman, began to study piano at age 5 with his father, also a pianist. Two years later he became a student of Andrzej Jasiński, with him he later studied at the Katowice Conservatory until his training was completed. In 1973 he won top honors at the Ludwig van Beethoven International Piano Competition in Hradec Kralove. In 1975 he won 1st prize at the International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in Warasaw, which launched his international career. Artur Rubinstein invited Zimerman to Paris in 1976, and this would prove very significant to the development of the young artist. Krystian Zimerman then played with great success in Munich, London, Paris and Vienna. In 1976 he was soloist with the Berliner Philharmoniker. He made his first American appearance in 1978, and subsequently toured throughout the world to great critical acclaim. He has performed with many exceptional orchestras and worked with some of the world's most outstanding conductors, including Claudio Abbado, Leonard Bernstein, Pierre Boulez, Herbert von Karajan, Bernard Haitink, Seiji Ozawa, Lorin Maazel, Riccardo Muti, Zubin Mehta, André Previn, Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, and Simon Rattle