Piotr Paleczny

{{Short description|Polish classical pianist (born 1946)}}

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{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Piotr Paleczny

| image = JKRUK 20090706 PIOTR PALECZNY BUSKO FESTIWAL IMG 8269.jpg

| caption = Piotr Paleczny, Busko-Zdrój, Poland, 5 July 2009

| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist

| birth_name = Piotr Paleczny

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1946|5|10|df=y}}

| birth_place = Rybnik, Poland

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| instrument = Piano

| genre = Classical music

| occupation = Musician, Classical pianist, Educator

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| website = [http://www.chopin.edu.pl/en Official Page of FCUM]

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Piotr Paleczny (born 10 May 1946 in Rybnik, Poland) is a Polish classical pianist, winner of the 3rd prize of the VIII International Chopin Piano Competition in 1970.{{cite web |url=http://www.culture.pl/web/english/resources-music-full-page/-/eo_event_asset_publisher/eAN5/content/the-fryderyk-chopin-international-piano-competition |title=Paleczny Winner of the Third Prize in 1970 |publisher=culture.pl |access-date=22 November 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120926045642/http://www.culture.pl/web/english/resources-music-full-page/-/eo_event_asset_publisher/eAN5/content/the-fryderyk-chopin-international-piano-competition |archive-date=26 September 2012 |url-status=dead}}

In 1990 he served on the jury of the Paloma O'Shea Santander International Piano Competition;[http://www.concursodepianodesantander.com/C_Concursos_Premiados.aspx Paloma O’Shea Santander International Piano Competition “Winners, members of the jury and artistic guests”] in 2010 on The Sendai International Music Competition in Japan;{{cite web |url=http://www.simc.jp/2010/jury/index_e.html |title=The Jury of The Sendai International Music Competition 2010 |publisher=simc.jp |access-date=22 November 2010}} and in 2011 on the jury of the Prix AmadèO de Piano 2011.

He teaches piano at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw, and has been a professor at the university since 1998.{{cite web |url=http://www.chopin.edu.pl/en/people/piotr-paleczny |title=Paleczny Teaching at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music |publisher=Chopin University of Music |access-date=22 November 2010}}