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1,396 | Jakub Polaczyk on Building an International Music Career
Jakub Polaczyk is a Polish American composer, pianist, and educator based in New York City. He is a recipient of the Gold Cross of Merit from the President of Poland and the Bronze Medal for Merit to Culture, Gloria Artis. He was also named an Honorary Citizen of Stary Sącz, Poland.
Educated at the Krzysztof Penderecki Academy of Music, Jagiellonian University, the Royal Conservatory of Music in Brussels, and Carnegie Mellon University, Polaczyk has won more than twenty national and international awards, including honors from The American Prize and the Global Music Awards.
His works have been performed at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, and the Musikverein in Vienna. He has collaborated with leading orchestras and ensembles worldwide, and his music is published and recorded internationally. He previously served as Director of the International Chopin and Friends Festival in New York City.
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Composer, pianist
Jakub Polaczyk is a Polish-American composer, pianist, and pedagogue based in New York City. He is a recipient of the Gold Cross of Merit, awarded by the President of Poland (2024), the Bronze Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis (2023), and was named an Honorary Citizen of Stary Sacz in Poland (2024).
He received his education at the Krzysztof Penderecki Academy of Music, Jagiellonian University, the Royal Conservatory of Music in Brussels, and Carnegie Mellon University. He studied with: Krzysztof Penderecki, Marcel Chyrzynski, Marek Choloniewski, Jan van Landeghem, Reza Vali. Polaczyk has received more than twenty prizes in national and international competitions, including the Musical Eagle Statuette in Łódź (2025), Gloria Musicorum Award in Gniezno (2025), Runner-Up Prize at the New York Composers Circle Composition Competition (2024), Global Music Awards (2023), New Jersey Guild of Composers Award (2022), The American Prize in Composition (2020), SIMC in Milan (2019), Iron Composer Award in Cleveland (2013), the Tadeusz Baird Award of the Polish Society of Composers (2012), and the PWM (Polish Music Publishers) Composition Competition (2007), among others.
From 2019 to 2023, he served as Director of the International Chopin and Friends Festival in New York City. As a pianist, he has performed with leading vocalists and instrumentalists, and his works have been presented worldwide at venues including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center in New York City, and the Musikverein in Vienna. He has collaborated with ensembles such as the Carnegie Contemporary Ensemble…Read More