Peter Jablonski
Encyclopedia
Biography
Peter Jablonski was born in LyckebyLyckeby
Lyckeby is a village in Karlskrona Municipality, Blekinge County, southeastern Sweden....
, Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
to a Polish father and his first teacher was Polish. He was raised in Sweden and later moved to the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
. He has also begun conducting.
Awards
- Edison Award for recording of the Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini by Rachmaninov with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Vladimir Ashkenazy
- International Swede of the YearInternational Swede of the YearInternational Swede of the Year is a prize awarded by the Society for expatriate Swedes and the Swedish daily Dagens Industri.*2009 contenders include: katarina muhr, sara windengard, carl nilsson, c1 representatives*2008 Anne Sofie von Otter, opera singer....
1996 - The 1998 Warsaw Autumn Festival Orpheus Award for his premiere performance of Kilar's Piano Concerto
- The Litteris et ArtibusLitteris et ArtibusLitteris et Artibus is a Swedish royal medal established in 1853 by Charles XV of Sweden, who was then crown prince. It is awarded to people who have made important contributions to culture, especially music, dramatic art and literature....
Medal in June 2005 for his achievement as a pianist.