Peter Jablonski
Peter Jablonski (born 1971) is a Swedish concert pianist. Biography. Peter Jablonski was born in Lyckeby, Sweden to a Swedish mother and Polish father. He studied percussion and piano at Malmö Conservatory from 1982 to 1986. He performed as a drummer at the Village Vanguard jazz club in New York at the age of nine. He debuted as a pianist in Sweden at the age of 12, with Mozart concerto k 453. In 1989 he moved to the United Kingdom. There he studied composition, conducting and piano at the Royal College of Music in London. He signed to  Decca Records in 1991, with a debut recording of Gershwin's piano concerto in F with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Vladimir Ashkenazy, followed by Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Lutoslawski's Paganini Variations, and Shostakovich's concerto no.1 for piano and trumpet, again with the RPO and Ashkenazy - for which he won an Edison award. With Ashkenazy he also recorded Scriabin's "Prometheus" and piano concerto with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin. He later recorded Tchaikovsky's second and third piano concertos with the Philharmonia Orchestra and Charles Dutoit and Tchaikovsky's first piano concerto with  Peter Maag. Other recordings include the complete piano sonatas by Prokofiev, and albums dedicated to Chopin, Liszt, Mussorgsky, Mozart, Stravinsky, Szymanowski and Grieg. He made his debuts at Washington's Kennedy Center in 1992 and at London's Royal Festival Hall in 1993. In 2008 he made his conducting debut with the Cracow Philharmonic Orchestra in Sibelius Symphony nr 1. Washington Post wrote about Jablonski: "It may happen once a season or once in a lifetime. Along comes a talent, not merely your run-of-the-mill virtuoso, but someone, something extraordinary that makes you rethink a piece of music  you thought you’ve known forever". In 2020, Jablonski released his debut album for Ondine Records, Scriabin's complete Mazurkas, to great critical acclaim. In 2021, Jablonski's recording of the works by a Russian composer Alexey Stanchinsky, also for Ondine, has been warmly accepted both by audiences and critics, earning him the Gramophone Editor's Choice in May 2021. It has been listed among the best classical releases of the year by the Gramophone. He is an ambassador for DONNE Foundation, a charity dedicated to promoting and supporting the work of women in music.