Maciej Frackiewicz
Accordion
Polish accordionist Maciej Frąckiewicz won the 2018 German Music Competition and the Audience Award in Bonn. These represent a further honor after numerous successful competition appearances, including the prestigious “Arrasate Hiria” International Accordion Competition in 2012, the International Folkwang Prize in 2017, the GWK Music Award in Münster in 2015, and First Prize at the 20th and 21st Century Music Contest for Young Performers (ISCM) in 2009. A fellow of Société Générale and the Keimyung Research Foundation, he studied in Warsaw, Barcelona, Detmold, and Essen. Maciej Frąckiewicz has attended masterclasses with Paolo Pandolfo and Kristian Bezuidenhout, among other artists. The young accordionist has already made his worldwide debuts, including in the U.S. (Cleveland Classics) and Russia (Moscow Autumn), and regularly tours China. Maciej Frąckiewicz is a jury member at several competitions and has been head of the international accordion class at the University of Music Detmold since 2018.
Photography: Anita Wąsik-Płocińska
The artist's homepage: 
https://www.maciejfrackiewicz.com
Polish accordionist Maciej Frąckiewicz won the 2018 German Music Competition and the Audience Award in Bonn. These represent a further honor after numerous successful competition appearances, including the prestigious “Arrasate Hiria” International Accordion Competition in 2012, the International Folkwang Prize in 2017, the GWK Music Award in Münster in 2015, and First Prize at the 20th and 21st Century Music Contest for Young Performers (ISCM) in 2009. A fellow of Société Générale and the Keimyung Research Foundation, he studied in Warsaw, Barcelona, Detmold, and Essen. Maciej Frąckiewicz has attended masterclasses with Paolo Pandolfo and Kristian Bezuidenhout, among other artists. The young accordionist has already made his worldwide debuts, including in the U.S. (Cleveland Classics) and Russia (Moscow Autumn), and regularly tours China. Maciej Frąckiewicz is a jury member at several competitions and has been head of the international accordion class at the University of Music Detmold since 2018.
Photography: Anita Wąsik-Płocińska
The artist's homepage: https://www.maciejfrackiewicz.com
CDs released by GENUIN
with Maciej Frackiewicz
Portrait of a Lover
Werke von Schnittke, Berio, Lutoslawski, Rameau, Majkusiak, Piazzolla und Krauze
GEN 19665 – 6.9.2019