Maksymilian Błaszczyński was born in 2002 in Łódź, Poland. He is a student at the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice in the class of Prof. Arkadiusz Adamski.

During competitions and festivals he received many awards, including 1st Prize at Pro Bohemia Ostrava (2023); 3rd Prize at Sava Dimitrov Competition in Sofia (2023); Main Prize at XIV Competition of XX and XXI Century Music for Young Performers in Warsaw (2022); 2nd Prize at III International Clarinet Competition Antonio Sosa in Candelaria (2022).

In 2024 he won audition for the Principal Clarinet position of International Lutoslawski Youth Orchestra. The same year he was on reserve list of European Union Youth Orchestra. Maksymilian participated in many masterclasses with such personalities like: Shirley Brill,
Gabor Varga, Igor Františák, Florent Héau, Philippe Cuper, Jean-Michel Bertelli, Nicholas Cox, Johann Hindler.

Program

1st round

Patricia Gil Jiménez / Rhythms and tones for the Angels for clarinet and electronics
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart / Concerto 1st movement