Jakub Polaczyk, (born 1983 in Kraków) is a Polish-American composer and pianist based in New York City.
Recipient of many national and international awards: Global Music Awards Silver Medalist (2023),[1] Runner-up of the John Eaton Composition Competition by New York Composers Circle (2024),[2] Winner of the Clouzine Magazine Best Instrumental Album (2024),[3]American Prize in Composition 2020[4] and Iron Composer 2013.
He studied in Poland with: Marcel Chyrzyński, Krzysztof Penderecki, Marek Chołoniewski (pl), in Belgium with Jan Van Landeghem and in the USA with Reza Vali.
[6] Between 2018-2023 Polaczyk was the vice president of the non for profit organization NYDAI and in 2020 - 2023 was the Artistic Director of the International Chopin & Friends Festival in NYC.
[7] " Conversations with Jakub Polaczyk" by Dennis Woytek got a Bronze statuette at the 43rd Telly Awards in New York City in 2023.