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Every five years, since 1927, Warsaw has become the classical music capital of the world thanks to the Fryderyk Chopin International Piano Competition**.** It is an event that attracts the eyes (or rather the ears) of classical music lovers from all over the world.
For young pianists, it is a watershed moment for which they often prepare since early childhood. Victory is finally a chance for a worldwide career, a place on the most important music stages and a place in the history of music.
Among those who have been documenting this event for two decades is Wojciech Grzędziński - a Polish photojournalist whose work is particularly defined by two distant leitmotifs: war and Chopin.
Wojciech Grzędziński at the National Philharmonic. Paweł Głogowski
Capturing worlds apart
Wojciech Grzędziński, winner of prestigious awards such as the World Press Photo, Grand Press Photo, Visa d'Or or Sony World Photography Awards, has for years been reporting on armed conflicts in Lebanon, Georgia, South Sudan and Afghanistan, and has spent may months in Ukraine since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion of the country.
Every five years, however, he is drawn to Warsaw by the Chopin Competition, of which he is the official photographer.
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