Marcin Patrzalek, known professionally as Marcin, is a Polish fingerstyle guitarist who rose to global fame after winning America's Got Talent in 2019 at just 22 years old — becoming the first guitarist in the show's history to win the competition.
Born in Opole, Poland, Marcin began playing guitar at age seven and quickly developed a signature style that treats one acoustic guitar as an entire band. His arrangements layer bass lines, chord harmony, melody, and body percussion into seamlessly integrated performances that consistently leave audiences speechless.
His arrangement of Ed Sheeran's "Shape of You" became a viral phenomenon with over 40 million views across platforms, demonstrating his ability to take a contemporary pop song and reveal its full harmonic and rhythmic potential through solo fingerstyle. He approaches each arrangement as a compositional puzzle: finding ways to make a single guitar sound complete without sacrificing musicality for spectacle.
Trained in classical guitar at the Karol Lipinski Academy of Music in Wroclaw, Marcin combines formal technical rigor with creative spontaneity. His YouTube channel has attracted millions of subscribers. Beyond covers, his original compositions show a maturing voice drawn from classical, jazz, and world music influences.