About Competition

Director

Dyrektor konkursu - Ewa Bogusz-Moore
Director

Ewa Bogusz-Moore

Dyrektor konkursu - Ewa Bogusz-Moore

Director

Ewa Bogusz-Moore

Ewa Bogusz-Moore – general director of the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra in Katowice. In April 2019 she was invited to join the European Concert Hall Organization.


She started her musical career as a cellist. Before taking the position in NOSPR Ewa Bogusz-Moore acted as a deputy director at the Adam Mickiewicz Institute where she was entrusted with developing the strategy of promoting Polish classical music throughout the world. Her business model of the “Polska Music” programme encouraged international cooperation, e.g. with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, English National Opera, Berliner Philharmoniker, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Royal Opera House, or Cité de la Musique. On behalf of the Adam Mickiewicz Institute, she coordinated the celebrations of Witold Lutosławski’s Year and was the manager of I, CULTURE Orchestra, an educational orchestral project supporting development in Eastern Europe.


Ewa simultaneously combines orchestral management, creating and supporting musical projects with prominent organizations around the world. Her passion for the transformative power of arts together with business acumen allows her to deliver effective programs across the arts and education sectors.

Honorary Committee

Komitet honorowy - Sir Simon Rattle
Honorary Committee

Sir Simon Rattle

Komitet honorowy - Eugeniusz Knapik
Honorary Committee

Eugeniusz Knapik

Komitet honorowy - Joanna Wnuk-Nazarowa
Honorary Committee

Joanna Wnuk-Nazarowa

Komitet Honorowy - Andrzej Jasiński
Honorary Committee

Andrzej Jasiński

Piotr Beczała
Honorary Committee

Piotr Beczala

Komitet honorowy - Sir Simon Rattle

Honorary Committee

Sir Simon Rattle

Sir Simon Rattle was born in Liverpool and studied at the Royal Academy of Music.

For some years Principal Guest Conductor of the Rotterdam and Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestras, in 1980 he became Principal Conductor and Artistic Adviser of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, stepping up to Music Director from September 1990 until August 1998.  He is also Founding Patron of the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group and since the early 1990s, has been a Principal Artist of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.

In September 2002 Sir Simon became Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of the Berliner Philharmoniker, where he remained until June 2018.

In September 2017, Simon took up the position of Music Director of the London Symphony Orchestra.

Komitet honorowy - Eugeniusz Knapik

Honorary Committee

Eugeniusz Knapik

From 1970 to 1976, Eugeniusz Knapik studied at the State Higher School of Music (now the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music) in Katowice, tutored by Henryk Mikołaj Górecki (composition) and Czesław Stańczyk (piano). In 1976, he was granted a scholarship from the French Government, enabling him to undertake composition studies with Olivier Messiaen in Paris.

He has been continuously performing as a soloist, as well as in duos and ensembles, both in Poland and abroad. He rose to fame as the first Polish performer of O. Messiaen’s Vingt regards sur l’enfant-Jésus (Twenty Contemplations on the Infant Jesus) cycle; the recording of the piece, made in 1979 (published by the DUX label in 2011), won the Fryderyk 2012 and the Diapason d’Or 2012 awards. Eugeniusz Knapik has given multiple performances during the Warsaw Autumn International Festival of Contemporary Music.

He has won numerous prizes in composing competitions. His pieces have twice represented the Polish Radio at the UNESCO International Rostrum of Composers in Paris. He has also won the Polish Composers’ Union’s annual prize and the Minister of Culture and Arts prize. In 1999, he won the President of the City of Katowice Award, while in 2005 he was awarded the Knight’s Cross of the Polonia Restituta order, the Commission of National Education Medal, and the Medal for Merit in Culture ‘Gloria Artis’. In 2009, he was created a honorary member of the Polish Composers’ Union. In 2014, he won the Lutosławski Medal.

In 1988, commissioned by the director of the Théâtre de la Monnaie, he began work on The Minds of Helena Troubleyn opera trilogy. In recent years, he reached for monumental works, including: Up into the Silence, Moby Dick, Beauty Radiated in Eternity, Concerto of Song Offerings.

Eugeniusz Knapik serves as head of the Composition and Theory of Music Department at the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice. From 2002 to 2008, he served as the Academy’s rector.

Komitet honorowy - Joanna Wnuk-Nazarowa

Honorary Committee

Joanna Wnuk-Nazarowa

Born in Gdynia on 28th May 1949, Joanna Wnuk-Nazarowa has been living in Krakow since she was five.  It was also there that she graduated from the State Music High School (diploma in piano theory, also attending violin and oboe classes).  She studied at the Academy of Music in Kraków, in the conducting and composition class (1974 graduate, tutored by professor K. Penderecki). She continued her education in conducting masterclasses with professor H. Swarovsky (Austria, 1971-72). She completed her opera internship at the Silesian Opera in Bytom in 1973. From 1973 to 1974, she was the musical director of the Teatr Ludowy in Nowa Huta, and from 1977 to 1979 she held the same post at the Stary Theatre in Kraków.  Since 1974, she has been a lecturer at the Academy of Music in Kraków and member of the Department for Analysis and theory of Music.  She has participated in numerous seminars and scientific sessions. She has published both articles for general press and scientific texts (including several publications on Zygmunt Konieczny’s theatre works).  As a conductor, she participated in important international festivals (Warsaw Autumn, Oregon Bach Festival). 

In 1991, she won the competition for the post of General Director of the State Philharmonics in Kraków. She contributed significantly to rebuilding the Philharmonics’ seat after a fire (11.12.1991).  She achieved the concert hall being reintroduced into use in less than half a year and the whole building in a year after the fire. The renovation of the building was an example of extraordinary efficient organisation and funds management.

While preparing concert programmes for the Kraków Philharmonics, she ensured a special place for Polish music. She was particularly invested in the programme of musical education for the youth.  She was consultant for the Programme Council of the Kraków 2000 Festival and member of the Villa Decius society.

She became Minister of Culture and Arts, recommended by the Unia Wolności party.  She served at the post from 30.10.1997 to 25.03.1999. During her term in office, she was an ardent supporter of the development of national minorities’ culture. As minister, she actively participated in significant international fora: a global UNESCO conference on culture in Stockholm (Multiculturalism of societies); a global meeting of ministers of culture in Canada (Our creative diversity), and a meeting of ministers of culture of the European Union countries. In December 1998, she was head of the Polish delegation to an international conference on asset restitution for the victims of the Holocaust held in Washington.

From 2000 to 2018, she served as general and programme director of the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra in Katowice. She was the initiator and originator of every project of the Orchestra: Maraton twórczości Góreckiego (Górecki’s Works Marathon), Pociąg do muzyki Kilara (Feeling Kilar), Muzyczne Podróże Morskie (Musical Sea Journeys), Dzień Kilara (Kilar Day), Noc Kilara (Kilar Night), Festiwal Górecki-Penderecki w 75. rocznicę urodzin (The Górecki-Penderecki Festival on the 75th birthday), and the biennial Festiwal Prawykonań - Polska Muzyka Najnowsza (Festival of Premieres - Polish New Music). 

Joanna Wnuk-Nazarowa’s music for theatre is a significant part of her composing work (including the music for Eugène Ionesco’s Exit the King, Molier’s The Misanthrope at the Stary Theatre, William Shakespeare’s Richard III at the Wybrzeże Theatre, Gombrowicz’s Operetka at the Horzyca Theatre in Toruń), alongside her music for television theatre (including Słowacki’s Sen Srebrny Salomei [The Silver Dream of Salomea], classified within the TVP’s Theatre’s golden hundred). She has also arranged music for a number of TV plays (including ones directed by  Kazimierz Kutz: Kolacja na cztery ręce [Four-handed Supper], Antygona w nowym Jorku [Antigone in New York], Emigranci [The Emigrants], Wujaszek Wania [Uncle Wania], and Ziarno zroszone krwią [A seed sprinkled with blood]).

Having retired, in 2018, she began composing more intensively. The year 2020 marked 47 years from her composing (National Philharmony in Warsaw) and conducting (Kraków Philharmonics) debuts.

Joanna Wnuk-Nazarowa has been awarded multiple honours and prizes, including The Gold Cross of Merit (2005), Silver (2005) and Gold „Gloria Artis” Medals, Honorary Award of the Polish Composers’ Union (2009), Knight’s Cross (2011) and Officer’s Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (2018), Gold Medal of Merit for National Defence, The „Kobieta Humanitas” [Woman Humanitas] prize in the Culture category (2015), Gold Medal for Protector of Places of National Memory, The „Meritorious Activist ofCulture ” honorary badge, 3rd-degree Minister of Culture and Arts’ Award for Educational Activity, Honorary Coryphée of Polish Music (2018), ZAiKS’ Award for the Centennary of the Society(2018), and the Lithuanian Darius and Girėnasa Medal (1998).  In 2021, she was made Honorary Citizen of Katowice.

Komitet Honorowy - Andrzej Jasiński

Honorary Committee

Andrzej Jasiński

Andrzej Jasiński was born in Częstochowa in 1936. In 1959, he graduated with honours from the State Higher School of Music in Katowice in professor Władysława Markiewiczówna’s class. A year later, he won the Grand Prix of the M. Canals International Piano Competition in Barcelona, and subsequently completed his studies in Paris (1960-1961) with professor Magda Tagliaferro. He made several tours around the former USSR. He has also performed in Europe, Japan, Brazil, and Uruguay. He has performed in every philharmony in Poland. He participated in numerous music festivals, including seven performances at the Polish Piano Festival in Słupsk. He made archive radio recordings, including ones with the WOSPR. He has performed and recorded an album with the NOSPR wind quintet.

Since 1962, he has been teaching at the Academy of Music in Katowice. He has been head of the Piano Department for many years (since 1973). His active teaching work resulted in educating a number of performing pianists and teachers. From 1979 to 1982, he taught at the Higher School of Music in Stuttgart. He has taught piano courses in multiple countries, including ones given regularly for 30 years at the Mozarteum in Salzburg. He continues intensive collaboration, both as a teacher and a juror, with musical institutions in Japan and in China. Since 1975, he has been a juror of numerous piano competitions worldwide, including the Queen Elisabeth of Belgium, M. Longue, A. Rubinstein, P. Tchaikovsky, F. Busoni, and van Cliburn competitions.  He has been juror of the Fryderyk Chopin International Piano Competition in Warsaw nine times and chair of its jury three times.  He has received multiple high state honours for his artistic and educational activity, including the Commander’s Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta and the Gloria Artis Medal.  He was awarded honorary doctorates from the Katowice, Warsaw and Lviv academies of music.

Piotr Beczała

Honorary Committee

Piotr Beczala

Piotr Beczala is one of the most renowned and sought-after tenors of our time and a constant guest in the world’s leading opera houses. The Polish-born artist is acclaimed by audiences and critics alike not only for the beauty of his voice, but also for his ardent commitment to each character he portrays.

Since his debut as Duca in Rigoletto by Verdi in 2006, Piotr Beczala is a regular guest at the Metropolitan Opera New York. Here, he has performed in a new production of Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin opposite Anna Netrebko, Prince in Dvorak’s Rusalka, Edgardo in Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor, Rodolfo in Puccini’s La Bohème, as well as in the title roles of Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette and Faust. In 2011, he accompanied the MET on a tour to Japan, singing Rodolfo and Edgardo. 2012 saw Piotr Beczala make his role debut as Chevalier des Grieux in Laurent Pelly’s new production of Massenet’s Manon, alongside Anna Netrebko as the eponymous heroine, conducted by Fabio Luisi. The production was part of the “HD live” series by the MET and was broadcast live in cinemas throughout the US and over 50 countries worldwide. It was released on DVD, as was his interpretation of the Duke in a new production of Rigoletto, alongside Diana Damrau in January 2013, for which he received the ECHO Klassik Award “Singer of the Year” in 2014. In the 2015/16 season he was making his highly acclaimed debut in the title role of Wagner´s Lohengrin opposite Anna Netrebko at the Semperoper Dresden.

In addition to his operatic work, he has sung many of the great choral and orchestral vocal works with the world’s most distinguished orchestras and maestri. Celebrating his 20th stage anniversary Piotr Beczala gave a concert at Theatre Wielki in Warsaw in 2012. Also in 2012, he sang the New Year’s Eve concerts at the Semperoper Dresden for the second consecutive year. The concerts, which were led by Christian Thielemann, were broadcast on TV and released on CD and DVD by Deutsche Grammophon. In 2014 he joined a spectacular group of colleagues for Le Concert de Paris, an annual concert event and celebration at the Eiffel Tower with an estimated live audience of more than half a million people.

Piotr Beczala’s is represented on dozens of CDs in a vast array of works, ranging from staples of the repertory, including Faust live from Vienna (Orfeo) and La Traviata from Munich (Farao), which was nominated for a 2008 Grammy Award, to such rarely-heard works as Szymanowski’s Król Roger and Offenbach’s Rheinnixen (Accord) and - Strauss II’s Simplicius (EMI). In addition, Piotr Beczala sings on a recording of Lucia di Lammermoor with Natalie Dessay in the title role and Valery Gergiev leading the Mariinsky Opera on the Company’s own label.

Piotr Beczala was born in Czechowice-Dziedzice in Southern Poland and received his initial vocal training at the Katowice Academy of Music, where he was given instruction by such illustrious singers as Pavel Lisitsian and Sena Jurinac. His first engagement was at the Landestheater Linz and in 1997 he became a company member of the Zürich Opera. The Zurich audience could hear him as Alfredo in La traviata, Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor, the title role of Faust, Tamino in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte, Elvino in Bellini’s  La Sonnambula, and also as the soloist in orchestral songs by Richard Strauss, Riccardo in Verdi’s Un Ballo in maschera as well as Rodolfo in La Bohème.

Composition

Entries: 1.07-30.09.2022

The composition competition is a tribute to Karol Szymanowski, a great master craftsman of composing, who could use his art to lead a spiritual dialogue with the world of current affairs, simultaneously creating works of timeless value. Such are the works we are awaiting: ones belonging to the current times and universal, touching upon matters of significance for us today, simultaneously reaching beyond the horizon of this-worldiness.

We await works in one of the four disciplines: piano, violin, voice, or string quartet. The composition competition takes place a year ahead of the performing competition so as to enable the inclusion of the winning pieces as obligatory in its repertoire.

In addition to being awarded monetary prizes, the winning pieces will be published and included in the repertoire of the performing competition in 2023. Furthermore, all the prize-winning compositions will be recorded and published on a CD.

The prizes for the awarded compositions in the piano, violin and voice disciplines:
1st prize      3,000 €
2nd prize    2,000 €
3rd prize     1,000 €

The prizes for the awarded compositions in the string quartet discipline:
1st prize       4,000 €
2nd prize     3,000 €
3rd prize      2,000 €

Francesco Filidei przewodniczącym jury Konkursu
Chairman

Francesco Filidei

Agata Zubel

Agata Zubel

Daniel Cichy

Yann Robin jurorem Konkursu

Yann Robin

Rozalie Hirs jurorką Konkursu Szymanowskiego

Rozalie Hirs

Helena Tulve

Helena Tulve

Francesco Filidei przewodniczącym jury Konkursu

Chairman

Francesco Filidei

An organist and composer of international renown. He graduated from the Luigi Cherubini Conservatory in Florence and from the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris. 

Filidei’s music is very expressive but, at the same time, unobtrusive. He is a master of building up tension and deftly manoeuvring orchestration.

He has mastered the exceptional capability of employing sounds of any kind in his compositions. Not only that, but he can also create a beautiful piece with the use of animal sounds, mechanic ones, or silence.

Filidei is a laureate of such prestigious awards as: Siemens Förderpreisträger, Abbiati Award, Les Grands Prix Internationaux du Disque - Académie Charles Cros, or the Simone and Cino Del Duca Foundation’s 2018 Commande awarded by the Académie des Beaux-Arts. Filidei has also been composer-in-residence for numerous ensembles and music festivals. 

He has been played with a number of world-class orchestras, including WDR, SWR, RSO Wien, ORT, RAI, the Tokyo Philharmonic, Bayerischen Rundfunk, LaVerdi, and numerous modern music ensembles. 

Filidei also teaches composition. He has taught at the Royaumont Foundation’s Voix Nouvelles program, the University of Iowa, Takefu, the International Academy in Tchaikovsky City, Darmstädter Ferienkurse, and many other distinguished institutions worldwide.

Agata Zubel

Agata Zubel

A composer and vocalist. As an artist, she breaks down stereotypes and enjoys international recognition, both as a creator of her own music and as an interpreter of the most challenging works of the vocal repertoire. 

She delivers a fascinating blend of the 50s’ and the 60s’ musical means with contemporary electro-acoustic elements. The New York Times has called her one of the greatest composers and vocalists in the world.

She has worked with multiple prestigious philharmonics, such as Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, Konzerthaus in Vienna, Konzerthaus in Berlin, Musikgebouw in Amsterdam, Musikverein Wien, Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, Philharmonie in Berlin, in Cologne, Luxembourg, Moscow, Essen, Royal Albert Hall, Royal Festival Hall in London, Casa da música in Porto, National Sawdust in New York, Seattle Symphony, Chicago Symphony, Baltimore Symphony, L’Opéra de Reims, National Philharmonic in Warsaw, and many more.

Her discography consists of more than a dozen titles, including the “Fryderyk” Award-winning Cascando and Apparition, Dream Lake, Blots on the Sun, Not I, or Poems with her vocal interpretations of songs by Copland, Berg and Szymański.

The artist has been honoured with such prestigious awards as: “Passport” Award of the “Polityka”, Coryphaeus of Polish Music, European Composer Award, Erste Bank Kompositionspreis, “Gloria Artis” Medal, and many more. 

Agata Zubel is also active in teaching, she is a lecturer of the Academy of Music in Wroclaw. What’s more, she and Cezary Duchnowski perform as the ElettroVoce duet.

Daniel Cichy

A musicologist and director-editor-in-chief of the PWM Edition.

He graduated from the Jagiellonian University in Krakow, where he also obtained his PhD under the supervision of Prof. Alicja Jarzębska, and Ruprecht-Karls-Universität in Heidelberg. 

He worked at the Institute of Music at the Silesian University in Cieszyn. Currently, he is a lecturer at the Institute of Musicology at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow.

Daniel Cichy is a laureate of the Ray E. & Ruth A. Robinson Musicology Award, the Deutscher Musikrat and Ernst-von-Siemens-Musikstiftung scholar, and other recognized awards.

In 2009 he released his book Internationale Ferienkurse für Neue Musik w Darmstadcie. Dzieje, rola i znaczenie w myśli teoretycznej, praktyce kompozytorskiej i życiu muzycznym drugiej połowy XX wieku.

Moreover, he is active as a music critic and journalist. 

The PWM is our strategic partner, preparing editions of the awarded compositions for performances in the performing part of the Competition.

Yann Robin jurorem Konkursu

Yann Robin

A composer and artistic director of the Ensemble Multilatérale. He actively promotes modern music, e.g. by organizing Controtempo Festival in Rome. 

The artist simultaneously studied jazz at CNR in Marseille and composition and analysis at Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse, and later he continued education at IRCAM Institute.

His compositions have been performed by such ensembles and orchestras as: Klangforum Wien, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Seattle Symphony, New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Ensemble Intercontemporain, and more.

His albums are well recognized with such awards as: Diapason d'Or, "Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik" and "Coup de Cœur" Académie Charles Cros. 

He has composed for numerous institutions like: Ircam, Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra, New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Casa Da Musica w Porto, and festivals like Aix-en-Provence.

An important part of his work is education. He is often invited to various conferences, courses, or master classes worldwide.

Rozalie Hirs jurorką Konkursu Szymanowskiego

Rozalie Hirs

A composer and a poet. She graduated from Columbia University and the Royal Conservatoire of the Hague. Moreover, she holds a degree from Twente University, where she studied Chemical Engineering.

Her art works, both literature and music, are imagination stimulating. They are described as lyrical and experimental. She creates vocal, orchestra, and electronic compositions, often blending traditional instruments with electronic sounds. 

Hirs’s compositions have been performed by such ensembles as: Amsterdam Sinfonietta, ASKO|Schönberg, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Klangforum Wien, Musikfabrik, and the artist herself as she performs at international festivals. 

She has been invited by the Nieuw Ensemble to develop a program for the OpenMusic and contemporary compositional techniques course, which later she ran at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam. She has also worked at Columbia University and has given guest lectures at Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London.

Helena Tulve

Helena Tulve

An Estonian composer. She studied at the Tallinn Secondary Music School, the Estonian Academy of Music, and the Conservatoire Superieur de Paris.

Drawing inspiration from Gregorian chant, oriental melodies, spectral music, and the avant-garde experiments of IRCAM, Tulve creates compositions that perfectly reflect the cultural richness of her country of origin. The sonic center of her works is not only timbre, but also intonation tensions, harmonic structures or melodic shapes, and the axis of her entire oeuvre - the constant transformation of life energy, which takes many forms and contains within itself numerous contradictions.

The composer has participated in Darmstadt International Summer Course for New Music, International Bartók Festival in Szombathely, and electronic music course at IRCAM in Paris.

Currently, she is a professor of composition at the Estonian Academy of Music and art director of the Estonian Music Days. The artist has been honoured with the Estonian Order of the White Star and French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.

Szymon Bywalec - przewodniczący komisji kwalifikacyjnej
Chairman

Szymon Bywalec

Joanna Freszel w komisji kwalifikacyjnej Konkursu

Joanna Freszel

Emilia Sitarz - komisja kwalifikacyjna Konkursu Szymanowskiego

Emilia Sitarz

Anna Kwiatkowska w komisji kwalifikacyjnej Konkursu

Anna Kwiatkowska

Grażyna Draus w komisji kwalifikacyjnej Konkursu

Grażyna Draus

Andrzej Kwieciński komisja kwalifikacyjna Konkursu Szymanowskiego

Andrzej Kwieciński

Karol Nepelski komisja kwalifikacyjna Konkursu Szymanowskiego

Karol Nepelski

Szymon Bywalec - przewodniczący komisji kwalifikacyjnej

Chairman

Szymon Bywalec

Joanna Freszel w komisji kwalifikacyjnej Konkursu

Joanna Freszel

Emilia Sitarz - komisja kwalifikacyjna Konkursu Szymanowskiego

Emilia Sitarz

Anna Kwiatkowska w komisji kwalifikacyjnej Konkursu

Anna Kwiatkowska

Grażyna Draus w komisji kwalifikacyjnej Konkursu

Grażyna Draus

Andrzej Kwieciński komisja kwalifikacyjna Konkursu Szymanowskiego

Andrzej Kwieciński

Karol Nepelski komisja kwalifikacyjna Konkursu Szymanowskiego

Karol Nepelski

01.07.2022 beginning of the call for entires
30.09.2022 deadline for entries
31.10.2022 announcement of the results of the competition

 

Apply: https://szymanowski-competition.appassimo.com

Rules of the 2nd Karol Szymanowski International Music Competition - composition

The most important rules:

  1. We accept chamber pieces for one of the following instruments: violin (solo or with piano), voice (solo or with piano), piano, and string quartet.
  2. The violin, piano, and voice pieces ought to be from 3 to 5 minutes long.
  3. The string quartet pieces ought to be from 5 to 8 minutes long.
  4. The age limit for participants is 40.
  5. We accept entries from 1st July 2022 to 30th September 2022 through the online form which will be made available on the Competition website on 1st July.
  6. The voice pieces ought to be one of the following voice types: high, middle or low.
  7. The pieces submitted may have lyrics in any language. If you are using a language different from English, please provide a working translation into English, so that the jurors are able to comprehend your piece better.
  8. You may enter any number of pieces for the Competition. Entering each piece requires an entry fee of €25/110zł.
  9. The pieces you wish to enter for the Competition must not have been published anywhere else before.
  10. In each category, the pieces must be possible to perform with an instrument in standard tuning and without any modifications. If you win, your piece will become part of the Competition repertoire in the performing disciplines. This is why the way the instrument is used in your piece must not make it difficult for the participants to perform the remainder of the programme.

The above are only some of the most important rules of the Competition. Please read the complete Rules.

Piano

Pablo Borrás
1st place

Pablo Borrás

not granted
2nd place

not granted

Hyunsu Kim
3rd place

Hyunsu Kim

Bartosz Witkowski
distinction

Bartosz Witkowski

Michał Janocha
distinction

Michał Janocha

Pablo Borrás

1st place

Pablo Borrás

not granted

2nd place

not granted

Hyunsu Kim

3rd place

Hyunsu Kim

Bartosz Witkowski

distinction

Bartosz Witkowski

Michał Janocha

distinction

Michał Janocha

Violin

Amer Ali
1st place

Amer Ali

Jinwook Jung
2nd place

Jinwook Jung

Manolis Ekmektsoglou
3rd place

Manolis Ekmektsoglou

Andrea Nassivera
distinction

Andrea Nassivera

Pasquale Punzo
distinction

Pasquale Punzo

Amer Ali

1st place

Amer Ali

Jinwook Jung

2nd place

Jinwook Jung

Manolis Ekmektsoglou

3rd place

Manolis Ekmektsoglou

Manolis Ekmektsoglou

Andrea Nassivera

distinction

Andrea Nassivera

Pasquale Punzo

distinction

Pasquale Punzo

String quartet

Maria Vincenza
1st place

Maria Vincenza

Hed Bahack
2nd place

Hed Bahack

Hyunsu Kim
3rd place

Hyunsu Kim

Dario Michelon
distinction

Dario Michelon

Andrea Mattevi
distinction

Andrea Mattevi

Maria Vincenza

1st place

Maria Vincenza

Hed Bahack

2nd place

Hed Bahack

Hyunsu Kim

3rd place

Hyunsu Kim

Dario Michelon

distinction

Dario Michelon

Andrea Mattevi

distinction

Andrea Mattevi

Voice

Noemi Conti
1st place

Noemi Conti

Alejandro Mata
2nd place

Alejandro Mata

Krystian Neścior
3rd place

Krystian Neścior

Noemi Conti

1st place

Noemi Conti

Alejandro Mata

2nd place

Alejandro Mata

Krystian Neścior

3rd place

Krystian Neścior

Violin

Entries: 1.11.2022-31.01.2023

In Karol Szymanowski’s music, the violin is a symbol of friendship and love. The composer was a long-time close friend of the ingenious virtuoso Paweł Kochański, who became a professor at the New York Juilliard School after leaving Poland. Kochański inspired Szymanowski and accompanied him on his way to creating his two phenomenal violin concertos.

Love was what Szymanowski felt for his ‘chosen people’, as he would call the Górale people of the Podhale region. It is the violin that reflects the echoes of their music best. The Karol Szymanowski competition searches for violinists who are able to express the sense of such love and friendship best.

Rules of the 2nd Karol Szymanowski International Music Competition

Rules for the Qualifying Committee

Rules for the Jury

Appendix No4 - Competition Repertoire in the violin discipline

  1. The Competition is open for performers of any nationality, performing on a professional level, satisfying the following age criteria:
    1. instrumentalists: born from 1991 to 2006
    2. string quartet: born from 1991 to 2006
    3. vocalists:
      1. ladies: born from 1991 to 2003
      2. gentlemen: born from 1988 to 2003
  2. The Participants' age must be compliant with the criteria on the day of deadline for entries, i.e. on 31.01.2023.
  3. Each Participant may only participate in one competition discipline. No Participant shall participate in a given discipline more than two times.
  4. The application fee is €100. It shall be paid for each person entered for the Competition, hence in the case of a quartet, from each ensemble member. The cost of the bank transfer shall be paid by the sender.
  5. In the case of a string quartet, one quartet member completes an application on behalf of the entire team. The remaining members of the quartet receive an e-mail from the application form, in which they are required to accept the regulations. The quartet's application is considered complete if all documents and approvals are complete.
  6. The Organiser shall provide the Participants with pianos, practice rooms, and a pianist-cameralist. A Participant may bring their own pianist.
  7. In the finals, the Participants will be accompanied by the Organiser's Orchestra. Except for the string quartet discipline.
  8. Except for the string quartet discipline, Participants shall perform their programme from memory.
  9. The list of persons and ensembles qualified for the Competition shall be made public by 01.03.2023.

The winners will receive high monetary prizes and the title of a laureate will surely open up new artistic opportunities before them.

1st prize      25,000 €
2nd prize    18,000 €
3rd prize     10,000 €

Special prize for the best performance of a piece by Karol Szymanowski: 6,000 €.

Honourable mention for the best accompanying pianist: 2,000 €.

Daniel Stabrawa
Chairman

Daniel Stabrawa

Jakub Jakowicz

Jakub Jakowicz

Jennifer Pike

Jennifer Pike

Peter Herrestal 

Peter Herresthal

Barnabas Keleman

Barnabás Kelemen

Qian Zhou

Qian Zhou

Szymon Krzeszowiec

Szymon Krzeszowiec

Daniel Stabrawa

Chairman

Daniel Stabrawa

Jakub Jakowicz

Jakub Jakowicz

Jennifer Pike

Jennifer Pike

Peter Herrestal 

Peter Herresthal

Barnabas Keleman

Barnabás Kelemen

Qian Zhou

Qian Zhou

Szymon Krzeszowiec

Szymon Krzeszowiec

Szymon Krzeszowiec

Szymon Krzeszowiec

Piotr Tarcholik

Piotr Tarcholik

Łukasz Błaszczyk

Łukasz Błaszczyk

Szymon Krzeszowiec

Szymon Krzeszowiec

Piotr Tarcholik

Piotr Tarcholik

Łukasz Błaszczyk

Łukasz Błaszczyk

Repertoire PDF

 

Selection stage:

  • a video recording made from 15.11.2022 to 31.01.2023, sent to the Organiser by 31.01.2023.
  • the participant is free to choose the repertoire; the performance must be violin with piano accompaniment, duration no longer than 20 minutes.

· the recording must contain

- no fewer than 2 stylistically varied pieces, composed in different epochs, but no earlier than in the year 1800;

- solo violin pieces are allowed, provided that they do not exceed 50% of the total time of the recording

·  the image must be captured with one camera, without any cuts during the performance of a given piece; the image must show the violinist’s complete silhouette from a distance no greater than 5 metres.

·  acceptable file format of video: mp4, .mov, .webm, link from youtube

·  File-size limit for videos: up to 5GB with a choice whether to upload the file natively (up to 5GB) or paste a youtube link.

·  it is permissible to perform the repertoire while recording from notes or memory

The Competition programme must be performed from memory.
The following pieces are exceptions from the above restriction:
- Ludwig van Beethoven’s piano and violin sonatas to be performed in the 1st stage (point 1) - piano and violin sonatas to be performed in the 2nd stage and
- Witold Lutosławski’s Partita for violin and piano

For sonatas by Ludwig van Beethoven, Franz Schubert, and Johannes Brahms, we recommend using urtext editions, such as G. Henle Verlag or Bärenreiter-Verlag,

Competition Repertoire:

1st Stage / 20-30 minutes

1. second movement of any sonata for piano and violin by Ludwig van Beethoven except for the Violin Sonata in A major op. 47 (The Kreutzer Sonata)

  1. to be chosen from Karol Szymanowski’s works –
    1. Mythes (Myths) three poems op. 30 for violin and piano - one part of the cycle
    2. Romance in D major op. 23
  2. one violin sonata to be chosen from Eugène Ysaÿe’s 6 violin sonatas op. 27 (1924)
    1. Violin sonata in G minor op. 27 No 1
    2. Violin sonata in A minor op. 27 No 2
    3. Violin sonata in D minor op. 27 No 3
    4. Violin sonata in E minor op. 27 No 4
    5. Violin sonata in G major op. 27 No 5
    6. Violin sonata in E major op. 27 No 6

 

2nd Stage / 45-60 minutes

  1. one piece to be chosen from the following

a. Karol Szymanowski – Violin sonata in D minor op. 9

b. Ludwig van Beethoven – Violin sonata in A major op. 47 (The Kreutzer Sonata)

c. Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy – Violin sonata in F major (1838)

d. Maurice Ravel – Violin sonata in G major

e. Franz Schubert – Violin sonata in A major D. 574

f. Johannes Brahms -     Violin sonata No 1 in G major op. 78

g.                                    Violin sonata No 2 in A major op. 100

h.                                    Violin sonata No 3 in D minor op. 108

i. Robert Schumann – Violin sonata No 2 in D minor op. 121

j. Gabriel Fauré – Violin sonata in A major op. 13

k. César Franck – Violin sonata in A major M.8

l. Richard Strauss – Violin sonata in E flat major op. 18, TrV 151

m. Ottorino Respighi – Violin sonata in B minor

 

2. one virtuoso piece to be chosen from the following

a. Ernest Chausson – Poème for violin and orchestra op. 25, arr. for violin and piano

b. Maurice Ravel - Tzigane, rapsodie de concert for violin and piano

c. Camille Saint-Saëns – Introduction et rondo capriccioso in A minor for solo violin op. 28

d.                                     Havanaise in E major for solo violin op. 83

e. Pablo de Sarasate – Fantasy on themes from Georges Bizet’s Carmen opera

f. Karol Szymanowski – Nocturne and Tarantella for violin and piano op. 28

g. Henryk Wieniawski – Fantaisie brillante sur (...) „Faust” de Gounod op. 20

h.                                     Thémé original varié op. 15

i.                                      Polonaise Brillante in A major op. 21

j. Franz Waxman – Fantasy on themes from Georges Bizet’s Carmen opera for violin and orchestra, arr. for violin and piano

k. Eugène Ysaÿe / Camille Saint-Saëns - Caprice d'après l'Étude en forme de valse de Saint-Saëns

l. Béla Bartók – Rhapsody No.1 for violin and piano BB 94a

m.                      Rhapsody No.1 for violin and piano BB 96a

n. Arnold Schönberg – Fantasy for violin and piano op. 47

o. Witold Lutosławski – Partita for violin and piano

3. any miniature for violin and piano / duration3-5minutes
4. one of the three pieces awarded in the composition competition [its performance time does not count in the performance time for the remainder of the programme to be performed in the 2nd stage]

3rd Stage

  1. one of the following violin concertos by Karol Szymanowski –
    1. Violin Concerto No. 1 op. 35
    2. Violin Concerto No. 2 op. 61
  2. one of the following violin concertos (alphabetical order of the composers’ names):
    1. Béla Bartók – Violin Concerto No. 2 BB 117
    2. Krzysztof Penderecki – Violin Concerto No. 1
    3. Sergei Prokofiev – Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major op. 19Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor op. 63
    4. Mieczysław Weinberg – Violin Concerto in G minor op. 67
1.11.2022-31.01.2023 entries
1.03.2023 announcement of the list of participants who have qualified for the competition
4.09.2023 performance order draw
5–7.09.2023 1st stage
9–10.09.2023 2nd stage
16,20.09.2023 final
22.09.2023 laureates' concert

 

Abigel Kralik

Abigel Kralik

Adam Suska

Adam Suska

Aleksandra Maria Steczkowska

Aleksandra Maria Steczkowska

Alena Hove

Alena Hove

Barbara Żołnierczyk

Barbara Żołnierczyk

Bjørg Pas

Bjørg Pas

Dongyoung Jake Shim

Dongyoung Jake Shim

Eimi Wakui

Eimi Wakui

Élise Bertrand

Elise Bertrand

Elvin Hoxha Ganiyev

Elvin Hoxha Ganiyev

Helene Freytag

Helene Freytag

Hyeon Hong

Hyeon Hong

Hyojin Ellen Kim

Hyojin Ellen Kim

Issei Kurihara

Issei Kurihara

Jakub Staszel

Jakub Staszel

Julia Mirzoev

Julia Mirzoev

Karolina Górny

Karolina Górny

Kristóf Tóth

Kristóf Tóth

Kryštof Kohout

Kryštof Kohout

Manuel De Almeida-Ferrer

Matthew Hakkarainen

Matthew Hakkarainen

Maya Wichert

Maya Wichert

Mira Marton

Mira Marton

Piirsalu Triinu

Piirsalu Triinu

Qianru Elaine He

Qianru Elaine He

Russell Iceberg

Russell Iceberg

Sara Dragan

Seina Matsuoka

Seina Matsuoka

Sherzod Abdiev

Sherzod Abdiev

Șimonca-Oprița Ștefan

Șimonca-Oprița Ștefan

Sofia Manvati

Sofia Manvati

Wojciech Niedziółka

Wojciech Niedziółka

Wonbeen Chung

Yurina Arai

Yurina Arai

Abigel Kralik

Abigel Kralik

Listed in 2020’s Forbes Hungary “30 under 30” list, Hungarian-American violinist, Abigel Kralik is quickly gaining attention as “a shooting star in the truest sense of the word” (MRK). As a passionate soloist and chamber musician she has appeared as a featured artist at the Verbier, Budapest, Krzyzowa and Moritzburg Festivals, as well as the Perlman Music Program. Abigel began her studies in Budapest after which she earned her Bachelor’s and Master’s degree from The Juilliard School under the tutelage of Itzhak Perlman and Laurie Smukler where she was a proud recipient of the Kovner Fellowship. She is now Artist in Residence at the Queen Elisabeth Chapel in Belgium.

Adam Suska

Adam Suska

Aleksandra Maria Steczkowska

Aleksandra Maria Steczkowska

Alena Hove

Alena Hove

Alena Hove currently studies at the Colburn Conservatory under the internationally acclaimed Robert Lipsett.  She has performed with the Pacific Symphony, Burbank Philharmonic, San Fernando Valley Symphony Orchestra, Seattle Symphony, Seattle Philharmonic, and more. Her recent accomplishments include being selected as the featured artist of the Colburn Conservatory's upcoming season, where she will be performing the Korngold Violin Concerto with Stéphane Denève and the Colburn Orchestra at the Walt Disney Concert Hall.  

Barbara Żołnierczyk

Barbara Żołnierczyk

Bjørg Pas

Bjørg Pas

Bjørg first tried the violin at the age of 4. At 5 years old she started her studies at the Barratt-Due Institute of Music, a place she's studied at since. In 2020 Bjørg was a soloist in a concert series with the Oslo Philharmonic for the first time, leading to an experience that led her play 15 concerts. In 2022 she perfored as a soloist with known Norwegian orchestras as well as the festival orchestra for the Mozartmania festival in Spain. Bjørg has taken part in many competitions, among these The Cooper International Violin Competition. She's known as a chamber musician and a composer. She’s received many forms of support and is currently the loaner of a G.B Guadagnini 1773 violin.

Dongyoung Jake Shim

Dongyoung Jake Shim

Dongyoung Jake Shim gained international recognition winning 1st Prize/Bach Prize at the Stulberg International String Competition. After winning a prize both at the Irving M.Klein International String Competition and the Zhuhai International Mozart Competition, he was also one of the Laureates at the J.S.Bach Competition. He gave debut performances on three different continents including venues such as Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center. He has appeared at chamber music festivals including the The Verbier Festival and Perlman Music Program. He is currently an AD candidate at the Curtis Institute studying with I.Kavafian and S.Ashkenasi. His former teachers include D.Weilerstein at the NEC.

Eimi Wakui

Eimi Wakui

Eimi Wakui is a winner and laureate of a number of international competitions such as Tibor Varga Violin Competition, Euro Asia Competition, Oleh Krysa Violin Competition, Mirecourt Violin Competition, Vaclav Huml Violin Competition, Yankelevitch Violin Competition, Schoenfeld International String Competition, Antonio Vivaldi Competition. And she was a finalist awarded special prizes and given concerts in three competitions in Poland, as International Karol Lipiński Violin Competition, International Violin Competition-Toruń and Mieczysław Wajnberg International Violin Competition and etc. Currently she is studying at University Mozarteum Salzburg with Prof. Pierre Amoyal.

Élise Bertrand

Elise Bertrand

Born in September 2000, Elise Bertrand began her musical studies with the piano at the age of 5 and, in parallel, with the violin, at the age of 8, then composition at 11. Elise passed her master’s degree in violin at the Paris Conservatoire where she is currently studying composition and chamber music in master degree. She is also Artist in residence at the Queen Elizabeth Music Chapel in Augustin Dumay’s violin class. Since 2023, Elise plays a violin from Joseph Gagliano, Napoli, 1796, a loan from Fondation d’entreprise Société Générale C’est vous l’avenir. Since she was 16 Elise has received commissions and recorded in 2021 her first CD "Lettera Amorosa" around her works.

Elvin Hoxha Ganiyev

Elvin Hoxha Ganiyev

Elvin Hoxha Ganiyev is a solo concert violinist with a broad and diverse repertoire who is currently pursuing his Konzertexamen degree at Folkwang Universität der Künste in Essen with Prof. Aleksey Semenenko and his second Master’s degree in Instrumentalsolist program of UdK Berlin with Mark Gothoni simultaneously. He holds a Master’s Degree from Hochschule für Musik Theater und Medien Hannover in Germany, where he studied with Professor Krzysztof Wegrzyn, and also a Bachelor’s Degree from Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía in Spain, from the class of Professor Zakhar Bron.

Helene Freytag

Helene Freytag

Helene is studying at the UdK Berlin with Prof. L. Honda-Rosenberg. As a scholarship holder of the Int. Music Academy in Liechtenstein she takes part in the intensive weeks with A. Chumachenco, I. Turban and M. Bouchkov. Helene is prize winner of the 15th Int. Violin Competition in Honour of K. Lipinski and H. Wieniawski in Lublin, the Int. Kocian Competition in Usti nad Orlici and the Tibor Varga Junior Competition. As a chamber musician she was awarded with the WDR3-Klassikpreis and several broadcasts in WDR and NDR. As a soloist she has performed with the Staatskapelle Halle and the Sion Festival Orchester. She plays a L. Ventapane violin loan from the Deutschen Musikinstrumentenfond.

Hyeon Hong

Hyeon Hong

Hyeon Hong, violin, has won the Grand Prize in the New York International Classic Competition and 2nd prize in the Vietnam International Competition. She has been awarded first prizes in the Ewha Kyunghyang Competition, TBC Music Competition, and has also been awarded major prizes at the Busan Music Competition and numerous other competitions. Hyeon has been concerto soloist with the Bucheon Philharmonic Orchestra, Sun Symphony Orchestra, and Gyeonbuk Provincial Symphony Orchestra. She has performed in concert halls including Lincoln Center, Seoul Arts Center, and Berliner Philharmonie Kammermusiksaal. Hyeon is currently pursuing her M.M at New England Conservatory with Donald Weilerstein.

Hyojin Ellen Kim

Hyojin Ellen Kim

Violinist Hyojin Ellen Kim has established a remarkable career, showing great promise as an international performer, culminating in her New York debut with the Mid-Atlantic Philharmonic Orchestra, at the Merkin Hall. Kim has also performed with the Moravian Philharmonic at the Smetana Hall, Prague, and the Dacapo Kammer Philharmonie at Herkulessaal, Munich. After spending her early academic years in Korea, Kim moved to New York and recently graduated from the Juilliard School and now continuing her studies for a Master's degree. Kim currently studies with Hyo Kang and Adele Anthony, and her chamber coaches include Emanuel Ax, Astrid Schween, Jerome Lowenthal, Areta Zhulla, and more.

Issei Kurihara

Issei Kurihara

Issei Kurihara Grand Prix of International Violin Competition Naleczow. 3rd prize of international competition “Uladimir Spivakov” , 1st prize of Yankelevich international violin competition. Top prize and many special prizes of “Rodolfo Lipizer Prize “international violin competition. 1st prize of International Beethoven Competition,1st prize of Joseph Mayseder International Violin Competition.1st prize of Tadeusz Wroński international solo violin competition. He has performed with following orchestras Vienna Camerata Orphica and Altomonte Orc.Linz,National Symphony Orchestra of the Republic of Bashkortostan,Brasov Philharmonic Orchestra,National symphony orchestra “Serghei Lunchevici”.

Jakub Staszel

Jakub Staszel

Julia Mirzoev

Julia Mirzoev

Julia Mirzoev has been featured on CBC’s “Top 30 Classical Musicians Under 30”, and classical 96.3 FM. Her awards include top prizes at the Klein international competition, the OSM competition, the Yale University Broadus Erle prize, and grand prize at the Canadian Music Competition. Julia has also performed solo with the Scarborough Philharmonic, Sinfonia Toronto, the Canadian Sinfonietta, the University of Toronto Symphony, Orchestra Toronto, and the Toronto Symphony. As a chamber musician, Julia has been a winner of the Yale Chamber Music competition, and has been invited to the Perlman and Yellow Barn Music festivals. Her teachers include Ani Kavafian, Jonathan Crow, and Andrew Wan.

Karolina Górny

Karolina Górny

Kristóf Tóth

Kristóf Tóth

Born in Budapest, Hungary, Kristof started his violin studies at the age of four. Currently he is a student of Kristof Barati and Peter Kovats at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music, Budapest. He has won numerous national and international violin competitions including the Ilona Fehér International Violin Competition in 2017.Ever since making his orchestral debut with Budapest Strings at the age of thirteen he is regularly performing with both Hungarian and European orchestras such as the Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra, the Haydn Philharmonie or the Cluj Philharmonic Orchestra.He is regularly taking part in festivals such as the Festival Academy Budapest, Kaposfest, Auer Festival.

Kryštof Kohout

Kryštof Kohout

Kryštof Kohout is an emerging Czech violinist based in London. Having recently made his solo debut at the Barbican Hall playing the Berg Violin Concerto, he has performed as a soloist and chamber musician at concerts and festivals throughout Europe and in the USA. As a soloist he has appeared with orchestras such as the Pilsen Philharmonic Orchestra, Moravian Chamber Soloists and London Classical Orchestra and has worked with violinists including Leonidas Kavakos, Midori and Anne-Sophie Mutter. He has recently received awards from the Hattori Foundation, Harrison Frank Family Foundation and was the youngest finalist and prizewinner in the 70th Royal Over-Seas League Competition.

Manuel De Almeida-Ferrer

A passionate young violinist hailing from Lisbon, Manuel has performed on numerous stages in countries such as the UK, Belgium, Denmark and China. He debuted as soloist at the age of twelve with Orquestra Gulbenkian under the baton of Michael Zilm and has performed both as a soloist and chamber-musician ever since, alongside Johannes Schlaefli, the Hermes Ensemble, Tony Nys, Karen Gomyo and Kyril Zlotnikov, and performing with orchestras across his native Portugal. He is a prize-winner in several solo and chamber music competitions, namely Prémio Jovens Músicos, Vasco Barbosa Competition, the Triomphe de l’Art Competition and the Jeunesses Musicales Spain Competition.

Matthew Hakkarainen

Matthew Hakkarainen

Matthew Hakkarainen is the first American violinist to win first prize at the Lipizer International Violin Competition, in Gorizia, Italy. He received his B.M. from the Curtis Institute of Music, where he studied with Pamela Frank, and currently attends the Juilliard School, studying with Sylvia Rosenberg and Ronald Copes. Matthew won the New World Symphony Concerto Competition, performing as a soloist with Michael Tilson Thomas and the NWS. He also won the Aspen Music Festival Violin Competition. Matthew has appeared as a soloist with the Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra, Jacksonville Symphony, Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra Sinfonica Bulgaria Classic di Plovdiv, and others.

Maya Wichert

Maya Wichert

Maya Wichert started playing the violin at the age of four. Since 2015 she is student at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Munich, today she is in the class of Prof. Lena Neudauer. In addition, Maya receives private lessons from Prof. Krzysztof Węgrzyn. Maya has already performed as a soloist with such orchestras as Ulm Philharmonic Orchestra, Jena Philharmonic, Baden-Baden Philharmonic, Munich Chamber Orchestra, Symphony Orchestra of Liechtenstein and the Southwest German Philharmonic Orchestra Konstanz. Maya received numerous awards at international violin competitions and is the winner of the Discovery Award of the International Classical Music Awards (ICMA).

Mira Marton

Mira Marton

Polish violinist Mira Marton spent ten years in specialist music schools in her native country before gaining a place at The Yehudi Menuhin School under the tutelage of Lutsia Ibragimova. She now studies with Radu Blidar at the Royal College of Music in London, where she receives the Russell Race Scholarship. Mira’s concert experience includes performing in major venues around the world, among others, Wigmore Hall in London, Forbidden City Concert Hall in Beijing, the National Philharmonic Hall in Warsaw. The violinist’s future engagements include a recording of Matthew Taylor’s Concertino for Violin and Strings with BBC NOW Orchestra and several other concerto performances around the UK.

Piirsalu Triinu

Piirsalu Triinu

Triinu Piirsalu is an Estonian violinist. From 2019 she studies in the Sibelius Academy with prof. Réka Szilvay. During 2022/23 she is an exchange student at the Norwegian Academy of Music with prof. Peter Herresthal. Triinu is an active musician who often plays with different chamber music groups and as a soloist with major orchestras in Estonia.Triinu has taken part in several competitions in Estonia and abroad and latest have been in Jan 2023 II edition of Anja Ignatius Violin Competition in Finland - 1st prize. Triinu has taken part in several masterclasses with Mi-kyung Lee, Vilde Frang, Stella Chen and others. In her free time Triinu enjoys playing folk music from different countries.

Qianru Elaine He

Qianru Elaine He

Based in New York City, Qianru Elaine He is a violinist who has participated and performed in music festivals such as Verbier Festival, Tanglewood Music Festival, Music Academy in the West, Bach Virtuosi Festival, and Juilliard Focus! Festival. She is also humbled to have participated the International Music Seminar of Prussia Cove, and performed in the masterclasses of Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Donald Weilerstein, Itzhak Perlman and so on. Ms. He holds Bachelor and Master of Music degrees from The Juilliard School as recipient of the Irene Land Scholarship and the Dr. & Kassie Biros Neuman Scholarship, and is currently pursuing her Doctor of Musical Arts at Manhattan School of Music

Russell Iceberg

Russell Iceberg

Russell Iceberg has recently won grand prizes at the Golden Violin Competition, the Peter Mendell award, and top prizes at the Allentown Symphony’s Schadt Competition, including the audience award. Russell’s mentors have included Andrew Wan, Blair Milton, Robin Scott and Ian Swensen. Russell has performed as soloist with the Maryland Symphony Orchestra, the Northwestern University Alumni Symphony, the Colorado College Summer Music Festival Orchestra, and L’orchestre I Medici de McGill. Russell has advanced to live rounds and semi-finals of prestigious competitions including the YCA, Wigmore Hall, Premio Paolo Borciani, Trondheim, Chesapeake, and WDAV as a string quartet violinist. 

Sara Dragan

Seina Matsuoka

Seina Matsuoka

She is a Japanese Violinist, based in Vienna.In 2019, was selected as a semifinalist of Queen Elisabeth Competition 2019.In 2022, won 1st Prize at 1st VŠMU International Violin Competition, 1st Prize at 26th International Chamber Music Competition “Giulio Rospigliosi” as Piano Duo, Jury Encouragement Prize at 8th Sendai International Music Competition, and Special Prize at 10th Fritz Kreisler International Violin Competition, 2022. She studied in Japan under Prof.Machie Oguri, currently she is studying under Prof. Michael Frischenschlager since 2017 and under Prof. Peter Schuhmayer since 2022, under Prof. Stefan Mendl for chamber music at University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna.

Sherzod Abdiev

Sherzod Abdiev

Sherzod Abdiev, born in Tashkent/Uzbekistan in 1999 year, began studying the violin at age 6. He attended Academic Music High School under Moscow State Conservatory, under tutilage Lyudmila Slavianova, and currently studies with Professor Qian Zhou at Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music in Singapore. He performed a recital with State Symphony Orchestra of Uzbekistan in Tashkent at age 19. He has won 1st prize “Merzlyakovka priglashaet” Moscow (2018). He participated in masterclasses with Shalom Mintz, Krzysztof Wegrzyn, Sergey Ostrovsky, Dora Schwarzberg. He plays a Panormo 1795 violin generously loaned from Rin Collection.

Șimonca-Oprița Ștefan

Șimonca-Oprița Ștefan

Bachelor student of the Hochschule für Music Saar, studies violin with David Grimal since 2016. He graduated from the "Sabin Drăgoi" College of Arts in Arad, Romania. He was the soloist of several Romanian orchestras, as well as the prestigious PKF orchestra, in a concert in Prague. He is a member and occasionally the concertmaster of Les Dissonances orchestra, founded by David Grimal, with whom he participated in several tours in France, Italy, Belgium, Spain, Romania ("George Enescu" International Festival in Bucharest) and is still invited to participate in future tours. He won the Grand Prix at the "Remember Enescu". He is also winner of several scholarships around Europe.

Sofia Manvati

Sofia Manvati

Wojciech Niedziółka

Wojciech Niedziółka

Wonbeen Chung

Wonbeen Chung was born in 1997 in Daejeon, South Korea. She completed her Bachelor’s degree at the age of 21 with Prof. Mi-kyung Lee at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Munich, Germany and master’s degree with Prof. Pierre Amoyal at the University Mozarteum Salzburg. Wonbeen Chung has won numerous national competitions and 2015 she made recital debut in Korea at the Kumho Arthall as Kumho Young Artist. She was a finalist of the 6th International Violin Competition Henri Marteau. 2019 she won the 2nd prize in the Postacchini international violin competition. Since 2021 she is a scholarship student of Yehudi Menuhin Live Music Now Salzburg.

Yurina Arai

Yurina Arai

Yurina Arai was born 1994 in Japan. She is recipient of numerous awards at both domestic and international competitions. She has won 1st Prize at the 5th International Jascha Heifetz Competition, 2nd Prize at the 69th Prague Spring International Music Competition, 1st Prize at the Arthur Grumiaux International Competition for Young Violinists, and 2nd Prize(1st prize not awarded) at the 32nd Valsesia Musica International Competition. Since graduating from Tokyo University of the Arts in 2017, she has continued her studies at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna,Austria. She is currently studying with Prof. Christian Altenburger.

Piano

Entries: 1.11.2022-31.01.2023

Is it possible to imagine Karol Szymanowski’s world without the piano? Absolutely not! The piano was his confidant and inseparable companion at times of creative reveries. It was the instrument which enabled him to express himself not only as a composer, but also as a performer.

In Tymoszówka, the Szymanowskis’ family estate, the piano was virtually a member of the family. The story of its alleged destruction – by being thrown into a pond – is at the same time a story of an end of an era, also an era in the history of music. Yet, history goes on. In the competition, we search for pianists who are able to find the meaning of Szymanowski – here and now.

Rules of the 2nd Karol Szymanowski International Music Competition

Rules for the Qualifying Committee

Rules for the Jury

Appendix No3 - Competition Repertoire in the piano discipline

  1. The Competition is open for performers of any nationality, performing on a professional level, satisfying the following age criteria:
    1. instrumentalists: born from 1991 to 2006
    2. string quartet: born from 1991 to 2006
    3. vocalists:
      1. ladies: born from 1991 to 2003
      2. gentlemen: born from 1988 to 2003
  2. The Participants' age must be compliant with the criteria on the day of deadline for entries, i.e. on 31.01.2023.
  3. Each Participant may only participate in one competition discipline. No Participant shall participate in a given discipline more than two times.
  4. The application fee is €100. It shall be paid for each person entered for the Competition, hence in the case of a quartet, from each ensemble member. The cost of the bank transfer shall be paid by the sender.
  5. In the case of a string quartet, one quartet member completes an application on behalf of the entire team. The remaining members of the quartet receive an e-mail from the application form, in which they are required to accept the regulations. The quartet's application is considered complete if all documents and approvals are complete.
  6. The Organiser shall provide the Participants with pianos, practice rooms, and a pianist-cameralist. A Participant may bring their own pianist.
  7. In the finals, the Participants will be accompanied by the Organiser's Orchestra. Except for the string quartet discipline.
  8. Except for the string quartet discipline, Participants shall perform their programme from memory.
  9. The list of persons and ensembles qualified for the Competition shall be made public by 01.03.2023.

The winners will receive high monetary prizes and the title of a laureate will surely open up new artistic opportunities before them.

1st prize      25,000 €
2nd prize     18,000 €
3rd prize     10,000 €

Special prize for the best performance of a piece by Karol Szymanowski: 6,000 €.

Kevin Kenner
Chairman

Kevin Kenner

Sinae Lee

Sinae Lee

Jonathan Plowright

Jonathan Plowright

Joanna Domańska

Joanna Domańska

Mikhail Rudy

Mikhail Rudy

Janusz Olejniczak

Janusz Olejniczak

Ewa Pobłocka

Kevin Kenner

Chairman

Kevin Kenner

Sinae Lee

Sinae Lee

Jonathan Plowright

Jonathan Plowright

Joanna Domańska

Joanna Domańska

Mikhail Rudy

Mikhail Rudy

Janusz Olejniczak

Janusz Olejniczak

Ewa Pobłocka

Magdalena Lisak

Magdalena Lisak

Andrzej Pikul

Andrzej Pikul

Joanna Domańska

Joanna Domańska

Magdalena Lisak

Magdalena Lisak

Andrzej Pikul

Andrzej Pikul

Joanna Domańska

Joanna Domańska

Repertoire PDF

 

Selection stage:

  • a video recording made from 15.11.2022 to 31.01.2023, sent to the Organiser by 31.01.2023. 
  • a programme of the candidate’s choice, composed of stylistically varied pieces, containing a virtuosic piece, duration no longer than 30 minutes. Single movements of cyclic forms are allowed.
  • the image must be captured with one camera, without any cuts during the performance of a given piece; the image must show hand action and the pianist’s complete silhouette, right profile, from a distance no greater than 5 metres.
  • acceptable file format of video: mp4, .mov, .webm, link from youtube 
  • File-size limit for videos: up to 5GB with a choice whether to upload the file natively (up to 5GB) or paste a youtube link.
  • it is permissible to perform the repertoire while recording from notes or memory

The Competition programme must be performed from memory. 

The Piano Sonata No. 2 in A major op.21  (2nd stage) marked „* ” is an exception.

 

1st Stage  / 25-30 minutes

  1. two virtuosic études: one by Fryderyk Chopin and one by Franz Liszt  
  2. one étude by Karol Szymanowski, to be chosen from the following:

   Étude in G flat major op.4 No 2     or

   Étude in C major op.4  No 4

  1. one piece by Fryderyk Chopin to be chosen from the following:
    1. Ballade in G minor op. 23 
    2. Ballade in F major op. 38 
    3. Ballade in A flat major op. 47 
    4. Ballade in F minor op. 52 
    5. Andante spianato et grande polonaise brillante in E flat major op. 22
    6. Polonaise in F sharp minor op. 44 
    7. Polonaise in A flat major op. 53 
    8. Polonaise-Fantaisie in A flat major op. 61 
    9. Fantaisie in F minor op. 49 
    10. Barcarolle in F sharp major op. 60 
  2. two Mazurkas by Karol Szymanowski, to be chosen from op. 50 or op. 62
  3. should the programme prove not long enough to fill the time prescribed for the 1st stage: any composition by Karol Szymanowski  (other than those to be performed at any stage of the competition)

2nd Stage / 55-60 minutes

  1. one piano sonata by Ludwig van Beethoven except for the following:
    1. Sonata in C minor op. 10 No 1
    2. Sonata in E major op. 14 No 1
    3. Sonata in G major op. 14 No 2
    4. Sonatina in G minor op. 49 No 1
    5. Sonatina in G major op. 49 No 2
    6. Sonata in F sharp major op. 78
    7. Sonata in G major op.79
    8. Sonata in E minor op. 90
    9. Sonata in B major op. 106
  2. Karol Szymanowski’s works -  a repertoire of minimum 20 minutes’ duration; one piece to be chosen from the following is compulsory; in order to fill the time required (20 minutes), another piece chosen from the following or any piano composition by Karol Szymanowski, other than those performed in the 1st stage, must be performed
    1. one or more pieces from the Métopes, 3 Poèms op. 29 cycle  
    2. one or more pieces from the Masques (Masks), 3 Pieces op. 34 cycle
    3. Variations in B flat minor op. 3
    4. Variations on a Polish Folk Theme in B minor op. 10
    5. Fantasy in C major op. 14
    6. 12 Études op. 33
    7. Sonata No. 1 in C minor op. 8
    8. Sonata No. 2 in A major *
    9. Sonata No. 3 op. 36

 

  1. a piece or pieces by the following composers to fill the time of the 2nd stage (alphabetical order):

Grażyna Bacewicz [either 10 Concert Etudes for Piano (1957) or Piano Sonata No. 2 (1953)]

Béla Bartók

Claude Debussy 

Sofia Gubaidulina [either Chaconne (1962) or Sonata (1965)]

Sergei Prokofiev

Sergei Rachmaninoff

Maurice Ravel

Alexander Scriabin 

Igor Stravinsky

  1. one of the three pieces awarded in the composition competition [its performance time does not count in the performance time for the remainder of the programme to be performed in the 2nd stage], to be chosen by the participant

 

3rd Stage

  1. Karol Szymanowski – Symphony No 4 (Symphonie concertante) for piano and orchestra op. 60 
  2. one piece to be chosen from the following (alphabetical order of the composers’ names):

Béla Bartók – Piano Concerto No 3 

Krzysztof Penderecki –   Piano Concerto Resurrection

Sergei Prokofiev – Piano Concerto No 3 in C major op. 26  

Sergei Rachmaninoff –   Piano Concerto No 2 in C minor op. 18 

Maurice Ravel –   Piano Concerto in G major

 

 

 

1.11.2022-31.01.2023 entries
1.03.2023 announcement of the list of participants who have qualified for the competition
4.09.2023 performance order draw
5–7.09.2023 1st stage
9–10.09.2023 2nd stage
15,19.09.2023 final
23.09.2023 laureates' concert

 

Adrian Hodor

Adrian Hodor

Aleksandra Świgut

Aleksandra Świgut

Angela Szu-Hsuan Wu

Angela Szu-Hsuan Wu

Bella Schütz

Bella Schütz

Boyang Wu

Boyang Wu

Carter Johnson

Carter Johnson

Daniel Aulak

Daniel Aulak

Darya Dadykina

Darya Dadykina

Derek Hartman

Derek Hartman

Diana Ostrolutska

Diana Ostrolutska

Francesco Maccarrone

Francesco Maccarrone

Jeffery Andy Macsim

Jeffery Andy Macsim

Jung Chanyeon

Jung Chanyeon

Kacper Żaromski

Kacper Żaromski

Kaho Araishi

Kaho Araishi

Kevin Chow

Kevin Chow

Kim Sunah

Kim Sunah

Krzysztof Wierciński

Krzysztof Wierciński

Lily Phee

Lily Phee

Mateusz Tomica

Mateusz Tomica

Michał Basista

Michał Basista

Mikołaj Sikała

Mikołaj Sikała

Nao Mieno

Nao Mieno

Natalie Schwamová

Natalie Schwamová

Otal Josquin

Otal Josquin

Paul Williamson

Paul Williamson

Riito Shimata

Riito Shimata

Robert Maciejowski

Robert Maciejowski

Sofya Menshikova

Sofya Menshikova

Thomas Gaspard

Thomas Gaspard

Zuzanna Pietrzak

Zuzanna Pietrzak

Adrian Hodor

Adrian Hodor

Born in Bilbao, he began to play the piano at the age of 10 at "Artebi" with professor Ireneusz Jagla. He has participated as a soloist in different music festivals, such as: Música-Musika International Festival, in Bilbao, Frederic Chopin International Festival in Duszniki Zdroj, Poland (where he received classes from Joaquin Achúcarro) and International Festival Bieszczady bez granic, Poland, where he won the “Gold Parnas 2020” award as well as the audience award. He has played in Italy, Spain, Sweden, Poland, and played with orchestras such as the Bilbao Symphony Orchestra, Lviv Chamber Orchestra and the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music Orchestra.

Aleksandra Świgut

Aleksandra Świgut

Angela Szu-Hsuan Wu

Angela Szu-Hsuan Wu

Angela Szu-Hsuan Wu is a Taiwanese pianist currently residing in London. She has obtained a bachelor’s degree in performance with the distinction of “Outstanding Achievement in Piano" in 2016 and an Artist Diploma in 2018 from McGill University. At the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, Angela has completed her Master’s in Performance in 2020 and Artist Diploma in 2022 with Distinction. Her teachers include Ronan O’Hora, Martin Roscoe, Kyoko Hashimoto, André Laplante, and Sara Laimon.

Bella Schütz

Bella Schütz

Born in Paris in 2002, Bella Schütz is currently pursuing Master studies at the UdK Berlin with Björn Lehmann as well and in the class of Jan Jiracek von Arnim at the mdw (Vienna). She was first trained by Branka Balevic and then graduated from the Mozarteum Salzburg in the class of Jacques Rouvier. Bella has won awards in various international piano competitions : Piano Campus, Jeunes Talents en Normandie, Lagny-sur-Marne. She has followed masterclasses with renowned pedagogues such as Tatiana Zelikman, Lilya Zilberstein, Matti Raekallio and Michel Béroff. Bella regularly appears in festivals such as the Nohant Festival Chopin, the Chigiana Festival, the Festival d’Auvers-sur-Oise.

Boyang Wu

Boyang Wu

Wu Boyang, male, 19 years old. He has been admitted to the Central Conservatory of Music majoring in piano since 2022 and studied with Professor Misha Namirovsky. In 2020, he participated in the 15th Shenzhen Double Piano Competition and won the first place in the professional group A. In 2019 and 2021, he participated in the Piano Concerto Festivals held in Taipei and Fuzhou, and performed Rachmaniv's Second Piano Concerto and Tchaikovsky's First Piano Concerto with the Taipei Youth Orchestra. He was invited by the "Russian Cultural Center" to participate in the Performance of "Classical Concert in Commemoration of the 130th Anniversary of Prokofiev's Birth”.

Carter Johnson

Carter Johnson

Canadian pianist Carter Johnson’s most recent competition awards include being the first prize laureate in the 2021 International Competition of Polish Music as well as first prize winner of the 2020 Valsesia International Competition. Venues in which he has performed concertos or solo recitals include the Maison Symphonique in Montreal, the Shenzhen Concert Hall, and the Warsaw National Philharmonic Hall. Johnson holds a Bachelor of Music from the University of British Columbia, a Master of Music from the Juilliard School (under Joseph Kalichstein and Matti Raekallio), and is completing a Master of Musical Arts from the Yale School of Music where he currently studies with Wei-Yi Yang.

Daniel Aulak

Daniel Aulak

Darya Dadykina

Darya Dadykina

Darya was born in Kiev. She graduted from National Tchaikovsky Music Academy of Ukraine (Prof. V. Kozlov) and HfM "Hanns Eisler" Berlin.She is Prize Winner of numerous competition as V. Krainev's Competition for Young Pianists (Ukraine, 2008), "New names" (Russia, 2008), Bremen European Piano Competition (Germany, 2012). She played as soloist, chamber musician and soloist with orchestra in Ukraine, Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, China, Greece, Italy, Germany, Austria, Spain. Currently Darya is making her Postgraduate Diploma by Prof.Koehler in Musikinstitut der Martin-Luther- Universitaet Halle-Wittenberg. Darya is co-founder of the International Medtner Society (Berlin 2017).

Derek Hartman

Derek Hartman

Derek Hartman is a pianist from Minneapolis, Minnesota. He is a candidate for the Doctor of Musical Arts program at the Yale School of Music, where he studies with Boris Slutsky. Derek received his Bachelor of Music in piano performance and music theory at Northwestern University in 2019 under the instruction of James Giles. He has appeared as a soloist with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, and he was awarded top prizes in the Music Teachers’ National Association Young Artist Piano Competition, the PianoArts North American Competition, and the Thaviu-Isaak Endowed Piano Scholarship Competition. Derek is also a dedicated music educator and an avid chamber musician.

Diana Ostrolutska

Diana Ostrolutska

Francesco Maccarrone

Francesco Maccarrone

Graduated with honors from the G.Verdi Conservatory in Turin, Francesco Maccarrone is currently attending the Master of Music at the HfMT in Hamburg, with A. Madzar. His studies also benefited from meeting A. Vardi and R. Plano. Winner of the 2021 edition of the Elisa-Meyer competition and first prize in 2019 at the National Competition "La Palma d'Oro," Francesco has given recitals in several halls in Italy and abroad. A "De Sono" Scholarship Holder since 2018, he has also been selected several times for the scholarship made available by the "International Music Academy" of Liechtenstein, thanks to which he took part in several "Intensive Weeks" held by Maestro P. Gililov.

Jeffery Andy Macsim

Jeffery Andy Macsim

Jeffery Macsim is the recipient of the Grand Prix of the 2018 Concours International de Piano S.A.R. la Princesse Lalla Meryem in Morocco. Recent engagements include a tour of solo recitals across Morocco, courtesy of Institut Francais in 2019, as well as performances in the Mafra Music Festival in Lisbon & Terceira, Portugal - May/Oct 2021. His interests include new music - recent performances include a Manson Ensemble concert under Timothy Weiss and a Riot Ensemble concert - March 2022. He frequently works with and premieres works by living composers - for example, 'Metanoia' for piano & flute by Wojtek Chalupka (ISCM 2021 Polish selection). He studies with Prof. Christopher Elton.

Jung Chanyeon

Jung Chanyeon

2022 Joongang Music Competition 1st Prize Seoul National University “SNU Piano Duo Concert” 2021 Kumho Young-Artist Recital Korea Liszt Competition 1st Prize 2020 Korea Chopin Competition 2nd Prize 2019 Concours ‘Piano Campus’ Prize jejouedupiano.com 2018 Ehwa Kyunghyang Music Competition 2nd Prize Korea Chopin Competition 3rd Prize Sunhwa Arts Middle, High School (Graduate) Seoul National University (Bachelor)

Kacper Żaromski

Kacper Żaromski

Kaho Araishi

Kaho Araishi

Kaho Araishi began learning the piano at the age of three. She won the 5th prize at 3rd Shigeru Kawai International Piano Competition in 2019. She won the Honor Diploma at Sardoal International Piano Competition in Portugal in 2020. She won the 2nd prize at Danubia Talents 3rd ‘Wiener Klassiker’ International Online Music Competition in Hungary in 2021. She performed at Kyoto City University of Arts Piano Festival and on-campus recital by on-campus selection in 2021 and graduation concert in 2022. She became the Aoyama Music Foundation Scholarship Student in 2021. She studies the piano with Makoto Ueno and studies the Harpsichord with Sakurako Mitsuhashi at the Kyoto City University of Arts.

Kevin Chow

Kevin Chow

Australian pianist Kevin Chow is currently based in Europe, completing his Konzertexamen studies with Alfredo Perl at the Detmold Musikhochschule. Kevin was recently a finalist in the Maj Lind International Piano Competition Kevin has also given concerto performances that include Mozart, Beethoven, Liszt, Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff and Prokofiev with orchestras such as the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Thailand Philharmonic, Morocco Philharmonic Orchestra, Fremantle Symphony and Melbourne Conservatorium of Music Symphony Orchestras. His teachers have included Boris Berman, Boris Slutsky, Peter Serkin, Yoon Sen Lee and Glenn Riddle.

Kim Sunah

Kim Sunah

She won 2nd prize at 10th Johann Nepomuk Hummel International Piano Competition and Schumann competition in Düsseldorf, 1st prize at Orbetello Junior Piano Competition, Special prize at International Tchaikovsky competition for young musicians, and Franz Liszt Competition for young pianists in Weimar. She performed with Manchester Camerata, Slovak Philhamonic, Gunpo prime pillharmonic Orchestera, Heyri symphony Orchestra and performed in Spring Festival with LG in Lincoln Center, Recital in Kumho Prodigy Concert, Yamaha little pianist series, Ceramic palace hall Prodigy Concert and Win art hall. She currently studying in University Mozarteum Salzburg with Prof. Pavel Gililov.

Krzysztof Wierciński

Krzysztof Wierciński

Lily Phee

Lily Phee

A protégé of Mrs Rena Phua, Lily Phee is a graduate at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts. She is currently studying in the Krzysztof Penderecki Academy of Music with Andrzej Pikul. Wins from her home country are the First Prizes at the Singapore International Youth Piano Competition and the Singapore International Classical Piano Competition. She was also the ‘Yamaha Artist’ in 2018. She played recitals in Denmark, Russia, Hong Kong and Thailand, getting exposure. She won First Prizes at the Isaac Albéniz Summer Music Festival, and Recondite Armonie III international Piano competition. Lately, she debuted with the Częstochowa Philharmonic Orchestra through the ‘Gram z Orkiestrą’ competition.

Mateusz Tomica

Mateusz Tomica

Michał Basista

Michał Basista

Mikołaj Sikała

Mikołaj Sikała

Nao Mieno

Nao Mieno

She graduated from the Tokyo University of the Arts, that postgraduate school and master’s program at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music. She has won numerous awards including second prize in the PTNA Piano Competition and Gold prize in the Chopin International Piano Competition in ASIA. She got the 17th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition’s diploma. In Japan, she has performed in numerous recitals. In Poland, She invited to the Chopin concert at the Royal Łazienki in 2022. She has performed with renowned orchestras including the Japan Philharmonic Orchestra and the Witold Lutosławski Chamber Philharmonic. She studied with Bronisława Kawalla, Hiroshi Arimori, Chiharu Sakai.

Natalie Schwamová

Natalie Schwamová

She completed her studies at the Prague Academy of Music with Frantisek Maly and in Reina Sofía School of Music in Madrid with Dimitri Bashkirov, currently studying with Milana Chernyavska. She has been awarded in more than 20 international competitions. Among them the 2nd prize in the Pilsen Smetana Competition, 1st prize at the Fryderyk Chopin Competition in Marienbad. Performed with the Buenos Aires Symphony, Symphony Orchestra of Prague, Prague Chamber Philharmonic, Bohuslav Martinů Philharmonic, Aarhus Symphony Orchestra etc.She has performed in Rudolfinum in Prague, National Auditorium in Madrid, Palau de la Música Catalana in Barcelona, Hall of the Warsaw Philharmonic among others.

Otal Josquin

Otal Josquin

Chapelle Musicale Reine Elisabeth Teacher: Louis Lortie Avedis Kouyoumedjian 2010 / 2015 Vardhuie Yeristan) - Denis pascal Awards Conservatoire of Marseille (CRR) Teacher : Bruno Rigutto) Conservatoire of Lyon (CRR) Laureat of the Bluthner Fondation and « Révélation de l’adami » International competition anf Festival piano en Mayenne (France) : 3rd Prize Concours international piano Campus (France) : 3rd Prize 5th International Piano Competition arte con anima in Rhodos (Greece) : Finalist Alain Marinaro Grand Prix International Competition Piano Claude Bonneton (France) : 3rd Prize and Special Prize contemporary music Promusicis prize

Paul Williamson

Paul Williamson

Included in CBC Music’s 2017 edition of “30 Hot Canadian Classical Musicians under 30,” Paul Williamson is quickly establishing himself as one of Canada’s promising young pianists. He received first prize at the 2014 Canadian National Music Festival and the 2017 CFMTA National Piano Competition, and is also a prizewinner of the 2020 WMC McLellan Competition and the 2022 Shean Piano Competition. As a soloist, he has appeared with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, the University of Manitoba Symphony Orchestra, and the Fraser Valley Symphony Orchestra. Williamson is an Artist Diploma degree candidate at the Colburn School where he studies with Fabio Bidini.

Riito Shimata

Riito Shimata

Born in Düsseldorf, Germany in 2001, he spent time in Japan from the age of two and started playing the piano at the age of six. Major awards include the Chopin International Piano Competition in ASIA, first prize in Student Music Concours of Japan, and third prize in PTNA piano competition G category in 2017 and many other awards in Japan. He also won the 2nd prize at the Wiener Danubia Piano Talents Competition in 2020. He is currently studying piano at Tokyo University of The Arts under Chiharu Sakai. He has performed in concerts in Japan, Taiwan, Austria, and Germany, and is also active as a concert organizer, composer, and director of video works.

Robert Maciejowski

Robert Maciejowski

He comes from a family with deeply rooted musical tradition, son of musicians. Robert started to play the piano at the age of seven, under pianist Teresa Jarosz where for next six years he continued to gain the basics and skills in piano. Then he continued his artistic education in Tarnow music school, making his solo debut concert at the very young age of 10. After many excellent presentations on the national arena he demonstrated promise and was enrolled at age 13 in prof. Miroslaw Herbowski’s piano class from the Music Conservatory of Cracow. In that time music becomes his true passion in life. Currently he is studying with adt dr Hubert Salwarowski.

Sofya Menshikova

Sofya Menshikova

Sofya Menshikova is a student of professor Konstantin Scherbakov at the Zürich University of Arts. In 2020 she graduated from the Central Music School at the Tchaikovsky Moscow Conservatory, professor Mira Marchenko. She is a Prize winner of Second International R.Schumann competition in Dusseldorf, of Duttweiler Hug competition in Zürich, scholar of Landolt Foundation as the best student at the entrance exams, scholar of Patenschaft Stipendium ZHDK. Sofya works with world famous conductors and takes part in different musical festivals and academies. She has performed in different concert halls around the world, such as Tonhalle Zürich, Carnegie hall, Robert Schumann hall, Theater Gütersloh.

Thomas Gaspard

Thomas Gaspard

Born in 1997, Gaspard Thomas earned several awards at international competitions (1st Prize at the France-Amériques Competition 2019 in Paris, quarter finalist at Jaén 2021). He is Artist in residency at the Singer-Polignac Foundation. He performed as soloist Chopin both concertos, Rachmaninov No. 1, Beethoven No. 4. He was invited at Festival Chopin in Nohant, Festival Chopin in Bagatelle, Lisztomanias in Châteauroux. He plays recitals with cellist Stéphanie HUANG (France, Milan, Brussels) or violonist Élise BERTRAND (Sommets musicaux, Gstaad). He worked with artists as Andras SCHIFF, Bertrand CHAMAYOU, Bernard d'ASCOLI. He graduated a Master at the CNSMDP (Prof. Claire DÉSERT).

Zuzanna Pietrzak

Zuzanna Pietrzak

She is currently studying Konzertexamen with Prof. Hubert Rutkowski at the HfMT in Hamburg. As an 18- and 24-year-old, she performed at the Chopin Competition in Warsaw. So far she has given concerts in Europe, Middle East, Asia and Africa. Her recent artistic endeavors include winning the Elyse Meyer Competition in Hamburg, making her debut with the Lublin Philharmonic Orchestra, winning the title of laureate of the 56th Polish Piano Festival in Słupsk and winning the 2nd prize at the Theodor Leschetizky Int. Piano Competition. She is also deeply involved in chamber music activities, co-performing at festivals such as Chopin Festival Hamburg, WarszeMuzik, Kyoto Music Students Festival.

String Quartet

Entries: 1.11.2022-31.01.2023

A string quartet is an intimate form. It is a most challenging form, both for the composer and for the performers. Karol Szymanowski’s two string quartets are true gems, world-class masterpieces of the genre.

Like light focused in a lens, Szymanowski’s quartets concentrate within themselves the essence of his musical language, his style, and his emotionality. To perform them convincingly, one needs perfect workmanship and wide cultural horizons. Yet, the Karol Szymanowski Competition does not look for convincing performers. It looks for arch-masters.

Rules of the 2nd Karol Szymanowski International Music Competition

Rules for the Qualifying Committee

Rules for the Jury

Appendix No5 - Competition Repertoire in the string quartet discipline

  1. The Competition is open for performers of any nationality, performing on a professional level, satisfying the following age criteria:
    1. instrumentalists: born from 1991 to 2006
    2. string quartet: born from 1991 to 2006
    3. vocalists:
      1. ladies: born from 1991 to 2003
      2. gentlemen: born from 1988 to 2003
  2. The Participants' age must be compliant with the criteria on the day of deadline for entries, i.e. on 31.01.2023.
  3. Each Participant may only participate in one competition discipline. No Participant shall participate in a given discipline more than two times.
  4. The application fee is €100. It shall be paid for each person entered for the Competition, hence in the case of a quartet, from each ensemble member. The cost of the bank transfer shall be paid by the sender.
  5. In the case of a string quartet, one quartet member completes an application on behalf of the entire team. The remaining members of the quartet receive an e-mail from the application form, in which they are required to accept the regulations. The quartet's application is considered complete if all documents and approvals are complete.
  6. The Organiser shall provide the Participants with pianos, practice rooms, and a pianist-cameralist. A Participant may bring their own pianist.
  7. In the finals, the Participants will be accompanied by the Organiser's Orchestra. Except for the string quartet discipline.
  8. Except for the string quartet discipline, Participants shall perform their programme from memory.
  9. The list of persons and ensembles qualified for the Competition shall be made public by 01.03.2023.

The winners will receive high monetary prizes and the title of a laureate will surely open up new artistic opportunities before them.

1st prize      38,000 €
2nd prize     26,000 €
3rd prize      14,000 €

Special prize for the best performance of a piece by Karol Szymanowski: 10,000 €.

Peter Schuhmayer
Chairman

Peter Schuhmayer

Arkadiusz Kubica

Arkadiusz Kubica

Kiryl Zlotnikov

Kyril Zlotnikov

Izabella Szalaj-Zimak

Izabella Szałaj-Zimak

Guy Danel

Guy Danel

Jonathan Brown

Jonathan Brown

Piotr Reichert

Piotr Reichert

Peter Schuhmayer

Chairman

Peter Schuhmayer

Arkadiusz Kubica

Arkadiusz Kubica

Kiryl Zlotnikov

Kyril Zlotnikov

Izabella Szalaj-Zimak

Izabella Szałaj-Zimak

Guy Danel

Guy Danel

Jonathan Brown

Jonathan Brown

Piotr Reichert

Piotr Reichert

Arkadiusz Kubica

Arkadiusz Kubica

Justyna Duda

Justyna Duda-Krane

Artur Rozmystowicz

Artur Rozmysłowicz

Arkadiusz Kubica

Arkadiusz Kubica

Justyna Duda

Justyna Duda-Krane

Artur Rozmystowicz

Artur Rozmysłowicz

Repertoire PDF

 

Selection stage:

  • a video recording made from 15.11.2022 to 31.01.2023, sent to the Organiser by 31.01.2023
  • the recording shall contain pieces other than those entered for the competition, duration no longer than 20 minutes.
  • the recording must contain two contrasting movements of any string quartet.
  • the image must be captured with one camera, without any cuts during the performance of a given piece; the image must show the musicians’ silhouettes from a distance no greater than 5 metres.
  • acceptable file format of video: mp4, .mov, .webm, link from youtube
  • File-size limit for videos: up to 5GB with a choice whether to upload the file natively(up to 5GB) or paste a youtube link.
  • it is permissible to perform the repertoire while recording from notes or memory

The Competition programme may be performed with the use of sheet music.

 

1st Stage

1. one of Ludwig van Beethoven’s 6 String Quartets op. 18 (1800):

  1. String Quartet in F major op. 18 No. 1
  2. String Quartet in G major op. 18 No. 2
  3. String Quartet in D major op. 18 No. 3
  4. String Quartet in C minor op. 18 No. 4
  5. String Quartet in A major op. 18 No. 5
  6. String Quartet in B major op. 18 No. 6

2. a first movement of a string quartet by Karol Szymanowski, other than in the 3rd stage:

  1. String quartet No. 1 in C major op. 37, 1st movement. Lento assai – Allegro moderato
  2. String quartet No. 2 op. 56, 1st movement. Moderato, dolce e tranquillo

2nd Stage

1. one string quartet by one of the following composers (alphabetical order):

Johannes Brahms

Alexander Borodin

Pyotr Tchaikovsky

Antonín Dvořák

Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy

Robert Schumann

Bedřich Smetana

 

2. one piece from the following

  1. Aleksander Tansman – String quartet No. 6
  2. Grażyna Bacewicz – String quartet No. 5
  3. Tadeusz Baird – String quartet
  4. Witold Lutosławski – String quartet
  5. Henryk Mikołaj Górecki – String quartet No. 2 Quasi una fantasia op.64
  6. Paweł Szymański – Pięć utworów for string quartet
  7. Krzysztof Penderecki – String quartet No. 3 Kartki z niezapisanego dziennika

3. one of the three pieces awarded in the composition competition [its performance time does not count in the performance time for the remainder of the programme to be performed in the 2nd stage]

3rd Stage

  1. one of Karol Szymanowski’s string quartets
    1. String quartet No. 1 in C major op. 37
    2. String quartet No. 2 op. 56
  2. one of the following string quartets
    1. Claude Debussy – String quartet in G minor op. 10
    2. Maurice Ravel – String quartet in F major
    3. Carl Nielsen – String Quartet in F major op. 44
    4. Alban Berg – String quartet op. 3
    5. Alban Berg - Lyrische Suite for string quartet
    6. Béla Bartók – String quartet No. 2 op. 17 BB 75
    7. Béla Bartók – String quartet No. 3 BB 93
    8. Béla Bartók – String quartet No. 4 BB 95
    9. Zoltán Kodály – String quartet No. 2 op. 10
    10. Leoš Janáček – String Quartet No. 1 “Inspired by Tolstoy’s Kreutzer Sonata”
    11. Leoš Janáček – String quartet No. 2 Listy duvérmé
    12. Aulis Sallinen – String quartet No. 3 Aspekteja Peltoniemen Hintrikin Susumarssista
    13. Alfred Schnittke – String quartet No. 3
    14. Arnold Schönberg – String quartet No. 3 op. 30
    15. Benjamin Britten – String quartet No. 2 in C major op. 36
    16. Benjamin Britten – String quartet No. 3 op. 94
1.11.2022-31.01.2023 entries
1.03.2023 announcement of the list of participants who have qualified for the competition
4.09.2023 performance order draw
14–16.09.2023 1st stage
18–19.09.2023 2nd stage
21.09.2023 final
23.09.2023 laureates' concert
Absalon String Quartet

Absalon String Quartet

AKELA

AKELA

Atenea Quartet

Atenea Quartet

Erinys Quartet

Erinys Quartet

Nerida Quartet

Nerida Quartet

Neuma Quartet

Neuma Quartet

Quartet HANA

Quartet HANA

Quartet Infinito

Quartet Infinito

Quartetto Eos

Quartetto Eos

Quíron Quartet

Quiron Quartet

Fluss Quartet

The Fluss Quartet

Monbijou Quartet

The Monbijou Quartet

Turicum Quartet

Turicum Quartet

Absalon String Quartet

Absalon String Quartet

Absalon String Quartet is a young Copenhagen-based ensemble formed in 2020. The quartet gained recognition after they won Rued Langgaard Competition in 2021. The ensemble played concerts at Rued Langgaard Festival, Bornholm Music Festival and the Oslo Chamber Music Festival. ASQ has also taken part in masterclasses with David Harrington from the Kronos Quartet and with members of the Danish String Quartet. In 2023 the quartet won 1st prize at the Danish Radio Chamber Music Competition. ASQ consists of violinists Thera Ortved and Andreas Larsen, Alva Rasmussen on viola and Olga Chwaszczewska on cello. They study with Professor Tim Frederiksen at the Royal Danish Academy of Music.

AKELA

AKELA

AKELA was founded in 2019 at the Royal Danish Academy of Music and has since been interpreting quartet repertoire with presence and curiosity at chamber music festivals, masterclasses, competitions and concerts. The quartet consists of Clara Glasdam, Gustav Ranum, Kirsten Wilbrandt Kjær and Oskar Reuben Friis-Hansen. As AKELA they strive towards being a caring ensemble and have played around 50 concerts of different characters - both in nursery homes and in prominent concert halls. AKELA has participated in masterclasses with teachers such as Hatto Beyerle (Alban Berg Quartet), Johannes Meissl (Artis Quartet) and DSQ. In 2022 the quartet was selected to join Le Dimore del Quartetto.

Atenea Quartet

Atenea Quartet

The internationally awarded Atenea Quartet was founded in 2019 in Barcelona, from the desire of four passionate musicians to discover and deepen the immense string quartet repertoire. The Quartet has received several national and international awards since its founding, such as the “Prix Credit Suisse Jeunes Solistes 2023”, the first prize in the Competition el Primer Palau 2022, and the first prize in the Orpheus Swiss Chamber Music Competition in 2021. Despite its youth, the ensemble has been invited to various festivals, such as the second Barcelona String Quartet Biennial, the Palau de la Música de Catalunya, the Wissembourg Music Festival, and the Festival d'Aix-en-Provence.

Erinys Quartet

Erinys Quartet

The Erinys Quartet was formed by an international group of musicians in Finland at the Sibelius Academy. Erinys has made appearances at festivals and concerts in Finland, Spain, and Italy, as well as the USA where they attended the 2022 Dover Quartet Workshop at Curtis Institute of Music. In 2021 Erinys participated in the Trondheim Int’l Chamber Music Competition. Erinys Quartet has primarily studied with Marko Ylönen, receiving additional guidance from Günter Pichler (Alban Berg Quartett) and the Pacifica and Dover Quartets. They have also worked with members of the Jerusalem, Meta4, Vermeer, and Chilingirian, Quartets. Since 2021 Erinys has been supported by Le Dimore del Quartetto.

Nerida Quartet

Nerida Quartet

Passion that overcomes boundaries: the "Nerida Quartet”, inspired by the Nereids of Greek mythology, embodies the symbol of water as a strong yet flowing element that can always take on new forms in their music making. Achievements of the international quartet (Switzerland/Italy/Bulgaria/Germany/New Zealand) include 1st prize at the ORPHEUS Competition, the sponsorship prize at the Boris Pergamenschikow Competition Berlin, and prizewinner at the Schenk Foundation Competition. Invitations to festivals include Festival Musikdorf Ernen, Gent Festival van Vlaanderen, and Heidelberger Frühling. The ensemble currently studies chamber music with Patrick Jüdt at the Bern University of the Arts.

Neuma Quartet

Neuma Quartet

Neuma Quartet was established in 2022. They have graduated with distinction from the Academy of Music in Łódź and Bydgoszcz. They have participated jointly in some chamber competitions, achieving very high notes, among others, they have reached the final in the International Rubinstein Competition and qualified for this year's edition of the International Nielsen Chamber Competition. They have debuted at concerts with the laureate of the Chopin competition - Leonora Armellini, with whom had such great opportunity to give jointly the competition’s opening concert at one of the most prestigious chamber competition in Poland - Kiejstut Bacewicz international Chamber Music Competition in Łódź.

Quartet HANA

Quartet HANA

The HANA Quartet was founded in April 2019 at the Munich University of Music and Performing Arts.  Since 2021, the HANA Quartet has been studying with Prof. Raphaël Merlin, Prof. Hariolf Schlichtig and the Quatuor Ébène. The musicians are regularly having musical lessons from Prof. Eberhard Feltz and Prof. Dirk Mommertz. They have participated in masterclasses by Prof. Oliver Wille and Quatuor Voce. In 2020, the HANA Quartet received 3rd prize at the "Felix Mendelssohn University Competition" in Berlin and played in the Konzerthaus Berlin. In September 2022, the quartet received a special prize “Förderpreis Jeunesses Musicales Deutschland” at the ARD competition in Munich.

Quartet Infinito

Quartet Infinito

1stVn Mako Ochiai

2ndVn Kentaro Konishi

Va Moeko Kikuta

Vc Soichiro Matsutani

This Quartet founded in 2021, is formed by 2nd year students of the Tokyo University of the Arts. Studied under Toshihiko Ichitsubo, Katsuya Matsubara, and Yukiko Yoshida, they joined master classes of Daniel Gaede, and the Ensemble Tenka Toitsu Academy led by Kota Nagahara, Yasuhiro Suzuki, and Kenji Nakagi. Participated in Chapter 20 of Project Q in 2022. They are appointed as 7th Fellow of the Suntory Hall Chamber Music Academy.

Quartetto Eos

Quartetto Eos

Formed in 2016 in Rome, the Quartetto Eos immediately caught the attention of the musical world winning in 2018 the "Farulli Prize" awarded by the Italian Music Criticism within the "Franco Abbiati" prize. Eos Quartet is a pupil of the Ebène Quartet at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München. The Quartet won the Anton Rubinstein Competition in Düsseldorf, the Sergio Dragoni Competition in Milan and the Orpheus Competion in Winterthur. The Eos Quartet collaborates with Calogero Palermo, Jerusalem Quartet, Cremona Quartet, Aron Chiesa, Enrico Dindo, Enrico Pace. Eos Quartet is "Artist in Residence" at the Singer Polignac Foundation in Paris and recorded for Brilliant and Da Vinci labels.

Quíron Quartet

Quiron Quartet

Founded in late 2020, the ensemble has performed in countries such as Belgium, France, Netherlands, Switzerland and Portugal, in festivals such as Poitou International Chamber Music Festival, Musica em Si Maior Festival, A Corda Caminhos Conjuntos II Chamber Music Cycle, Storioni Festival, Blaricum Music Festival and Crans-Montana Classics. They have worked with masters such as Eberhard Feltz, Mathieu Herzog, Joseph Kluson, Guy Danel, António Saiote, Van Kuijk Quartet and Jerusalem String Quartet. It also integrates the Nederlandse Strijkkwartet Academie, and a Postgraduate degree in String Quartet at the Royal Conservatoire Brussel under the tutelage of Eric Robberecht.

Fluss Quartet

The Fluss Quartet

The Fluss Quartet is a new Quartet, which was founded in Essen, Germany in March 2022. In May 2022, they already made their debut in Antwerpen, Belgium. Currently, Fluss Quartet is having lessons with Professor Andreas Reiner in the Folkwang Universität der Künste, and they currently study Master Kammermusik in Hannover HMTMH with Professor Oliver Wille. The members of the quartet are originally from South Korea and Russia where they began their musical studies. They met in Germany for their advanced studies, and this is where they decided to share their knowledge of chamber music by creating the Fluss Quartet. From June 2022 Fluss Quartett is a member of Dr. Carl Dörken Scolarship.

Monbijou Quartet

The Monbijou Quartet

The Monbijou Quartet is based in Malmö, Sweden. The quartet is relatively newly formed, but has since its start made a name for itself in Sweden and Scandinavia. It is one of the leading, young and promising quartets in Sweden today. The Monbijou Quartet has given concerts and guesting chamber music festivals all over Sweden, and in May of 2023 the quartet participated in the finals in the biggest chamber music competition in Sweden - the biennale Ung & Lovande.

Turicum Quartet

Turicum Quartet

Turicum Quartet is an ensemble based in Switzerland. Some months after their founding they were awarded second prize at the Kiwanis Competition in Zurich. Invitations followed right away: 2023 includes their debut in Tonhalle Zurich with music of the Japanese composer T. Hosokawa, a performance alongside the renowned Gringolts Quartet at Mizmorim Festival and a series of concerts in Germany for Villa Musica. Recently they were invited by Arosa Music Academy, where they had the honour to work with H. Schlichtig (Cherubini Quartet) and M. Fleck (Casal Quartet). The members met at the Zurich University of the Arts and receive guidance and support from Ilya Gringolts and Thomas Grossenbacher.

Voice

Entries: 1.11.2022-31.01.2023

The human soul expresses itself most directly through singing. While singing Szymanowski, one may touch upon the mysticism of the East, get lost in the mist of Młoda Polska poetry, stand against the spiritual titans of Modernism, wander among the rhymes of Tuwim’s Słopiewnie, as well as lose oneself in King Roger’s dilemmas and Roxanne’s sensual charm.

Karol Szymanowski’s sister, Stanisława, was a singer herself. It is singing that his music breathes with. We seek singers who will find a common breath with Karol Szymanowski.

Rules of the 2nd Karol Szymanowski International Music Competition

Rules for the Qualifying Committee

Rules for the Jury

Appendix No6 - Competition Repertoire in the voice discipline

  1. The Competition is open for performers of any nationality, performing on a professional level, satisfying the following age criteria:
    1. instrumentalists: born from 1991 to 2006
    2. string quartet: born from 1991 to 2006
    3. vocalists:
      1. ladies: born from 1991 to 2003
      2. gentlemen: born from 1988 to 2003
  2. The Participants' age must be compliant with the criteria on the day of deadline for entries, i.e. on 31.01.2023.
  3. Each Participant may only participate in one competition discipline. No Participant shall participate in a given discipline more than two times.
  4. The application fee is €100. It shall be paid for each person entered for the Competition, hence in the case of a quartet, from each ensemble member. The cost of the bank transfer shall be paid by the sender.
  5. In the case of a string quartet, one quartet member completes an application on behalf of the entire team. The remaining members of the quartet receive an e-mail from the application form, in which they are required to accept the regulations. The quartet's application is considered complete if all documents and approvals are complete.
  6. The Organiser shall provide the Participants with pianos, practice rooms, and a pianist-cameralist. A Participant may bring their own pianist.
  7. In the finals, the Participants will be accompanied by the Organiser's Orchestra. Except for the string quartet discipline.
  8. Except for the string quartet discipline, Participants shall perform their programme from memory.
  9. The list of persons and ensembles qualified for the Competition shall be made public by 01.03.2023.

The winners will receive high monetary prizes and the title of a laureate will surely open up new artistic opportunities before them.

1st prize       25,000 €
2nd prize     18,000 €
3rd prize      10,000 €

Special prize for the best performance of a piece by Karol Szymanowski: 6,000 €.
Honourable mention for the best accompanying pianist: 2,000 €.

Thomas Hampson
Chairman

Thomas Hampson

Francesca Zambello

Francesca Zambello

Ulrike Sych

Ulrike Sych

Jadwiga Rappe

Jadwiga Rappe

Marcin Habela

Marcin Habela

Peter Mario Katona

Peter Mario Katona

Ewa Biegas

Ewa Biegas

Thomas Hampson

Chairman

Thomas Hampson

Francesca Zambello

Francesca Zambello

Ulrike Sych

Ulrike Sych

Jadwiga Rappe

Jadwiga Rappe

Marcin Habela

Marcin Habela

Peter Mario Katona

Peter Mario Katona

Ewa Biegas

Ewa Biegas

Jadwiga Rappe

Jadwiga Rappe

Urszula Kryger

Urszula Kryger

Ewa Biegas

Ewa Biegas

Jadwiga Rappe

Jadwiga Rappe

Urszula Kryger

Urszula Kryger

Ewa Biegas

Ewa Biegas

Repertoire PDF

 

Selection stage:

  • a video recording made from 15.11.2022 to 31.01.2023, sent to the Organiser by 31.01.2023.
  • the recording shall contain pieces other than those entered for the competition, duration time no longer than 15 minutes.
  • the recording must contain: 1 operatic aria of the candidate’s choice and 2 lieder in two different languages, different from one another and different from the language of the aria;
  • the image must be captured with one camera, without any cuts during the performance of the pieces, and show the singer’s silhouette en face from a distance no greater than 5 metres;

 

Persons who qualify for the competition are requested to perform the following by 30.06.2023:

  • send to the Organiser 2 copies of the sheet music entered for performance in the 1st and the 2nd stage.
  • provide the precise name of the publications which the participant wishes to use while performing their pieces selected for the 3rd stage.

 

1st Stage / 15 minutes

The jury reserves the right to choose the pieces to be presented in the 1st stage.

The set of pieces to be performed by each participant shall be announced by the Jury an hour before the participant’s performance.

The participant decides about the order the pieces are performed in.

1. an aria satisfying all the following conditions:

a. is part of an opera premiered from 1800 to 1840 (written by a composer of any nationality)

b. is representative of the belcanto technique

c. performance – in the original key

 

2. a piece by Witold Lutosławski in original key, to be chosen from the following

a. Lacrimosa version for soprano and organ / whole

b. Chantefleurs et Chantefables for organ and orchestra; words Robert Desnos, arr. for soprano and piano Eugeniusz Knapik / two songs to be chosen from the following

La belle-de nuit

La sauterelle

La Véronique

L’Eglantine, l’Aubépine et la Gycine

La torture

      La rose

L’alligator

L’Angélique

Le papillon

c. Lawina words A.S. Pushkin, trans. J. Tuwim – soprano or tenor

d. Nie dla ciebie words K. Iłłakowiczówna – soprano, mezzosoprano, or tenor

e. Pięć pieśni do słów Kazimiery Iłłakowiczówny for mezzosoprano and piano / two songs to be chosen from the following / performance by a countertenor is allowed

Morze Wiatr Zima

Rycerze

Dzwony cerkiewne
f. Paroles tissées for tenor and chamber orchestra; words Jean-François Chabrun, arr. for tenor and piano Edward Sielicki / one movement to be chosen

Un chat qui s’émerveille...

Quand le jour a rouvert les brances du jardin...

Mille chevaux hors d’haleine...

Dormez cette pâleur nous est venue de join ...

g. Tarantella for baritone and piano; words. Hilaire Belloc / performance by a countertenor is allowed

or

Wojciech Kilar – from F. Petrarca’s „Sonnets for Laura” cycle trans. Jalu Kurek in original key – 1 song

Benedetto sia'l giorno

Era il giorno

Soleasi nel mio cor

E mi par d'or in ora

or

A song by H.M. Górecki in original key to be chosen from the following:

a. from the „Trzy pieśni do sł. M. Konopnickiej” op. 68 cycle – 2 songs to be chosen from the following

Przez te łąki , przez te pola

Kiedy Polska

U okienka, u mojego

b. from the „Śpiewy do sł. Juliusza Słowackiego” op. 48 cycle – 1 song to be chosen from the following

We łzach, Panie ręce podnosimy do Ciebie

Panie, o którym na niebiosach słyszę

c. from the „Dwie pieśni do sł. F. G. Lorki” trans. M. Bieszczadowski op. 42 cycle – 1 song

Nokturn

Malagena

d. from the „Trzy fragmenty do sł. S. Wyspiańskiego” op. 69 cycle – 1 song to be chosen from the following

Jakżeż ja się uspokoję

Może z mętów się dobędzie

Poezjo!

e. from the „Błogosławione pieśni malinowe” op. 43 cycle – 2 songs to be chosen from the following

Błogosławione pieśni malinowe

Co ranek skoro ustępują cienie Litość

O! Boże

H. M. Górecki’s songs were published by Boosey & Hawkes in 2013

3. two songs satisfying all the following conditions / transpositions allowed (only if published)

a. sung in two different languages, different from the languages of the pieces presented previously

b. contrastive in mood

c. written by composers from early Romanticism to Neoromanticism

4. one song by Karol Szymanowski chosen by the participant, satisfying the following conditions

a. performance in the original key
b. must not be repeated in other stages of the competition

c. the language version may be a repetition of one of the language versions of the pieces presented in this stage (1st stage)

 

2nd stage / 20 minutes

Participants present the whole programme of the 2nd stage.
The participant decides about the order the pieces are performed in.

1. to be chosen from works by Karol Szymanowski no fewer than three songs, from any opus, or a whole cycle of songs, or a fragment of a cycle / performance in original keys

2. two songs in different languages chosen from the following composers’ works / in original keys (alphabetical order)

Grażyna Bacewicz

Béla Bartók

Alban Berg

Luciano Berio

Lili Boulanger

Benjamin Britten

John Cage

Aaron Copland

George Crumb

Claude Debussy / except for Nuit d’étoiles and Mandoline Artur Honegger

Jacques Ibert

Charles Ives

Leoš Janáček

Wojciech Kilar

Stefan Kisielewski

Zoltán Kodály

György Ligeti

Anna Mahler

Bohuslav Martinů

Olivier Messiaen

Paweł Mykietyn

Roxanna Panufnik

Hans Pfitzner

Poldowski [Irène Wieniawska]

Francis Poulenc

Prasqual

Sergei Prokofiev

Maurice Ravel

Ludomir Różycki

Arnold Schönberg

Igor Stravinsky

Georgy Sviridov

Dmitri Shostakovich

Paweł Szymański

Michael Tippet

Anton Webern

Mieczysław Weinberg

Alexander von Zemlinsky

Agata Zubel

3. one of the three pieces awarded in the composition competition [its performance time does not count in the performance time for the remainder of the programme to be performed in the 2nd stage]

 

3rd stage

1. one or more pieces arranged for voice and orchestra, duration time no longer than 8 minutes; (pieces different from those performed in the preceding stages)

a. Król Roger op. 46, libretto Karol Szymanowski and Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz, one of the following fragments:

Roksana’s Uśnijcie krwawe sny króla Rogera... aria from Act 2 (soprano)

Mój Bóg jest piękny jako ja... Shepherd’s song from Act 1 (tenor)

Hymn to the sun (Roger): Edrisi, już świt!...Słońce! Słońce! Edrisi... from Act 3 (baritone)

b. Trzy fragmenty z poematów Jana Kasprowicza op. 5, instrumentation Grzegorz Fitelberg / 1 hymn to be chosen from the following, different from any performed in a preceding stage (mezzosoprano, baritone, soprano spinto or countertenor)

Święty Boże

Jestem i płaczę

Moja pieśń wieczorna (Błogosławioną niech będzie ta chwila)

c. Penthesilea op. 18 for soprano and orchestra, words Stanisław Wyspiański

d. Des Hafis Liebeslieder für Gesang und Orchester/ Pieśni miłosne Hafiza for voice and orchestra op. 26, words Hans Bethge, translated into Polish by Stanisław Barącz (soprano, mezzosoprano, tenor, countertenor) / a selection – maximum duration approximately 8 minutes (songs different from the ones performed in a preceding stage).

Wünsche / Życzenia

Der verliebte Ostwind / Zakochany wiatr

Tanz / Taniec

Die Perlen meiner Seele / Serca mego perły

Jugend im Alter / Wieczna młodość

Deine Stimme / Głos Twój

Trinklied / Pieśń pijacka

Das Grab des Hafis / Grób Hafiza

e. Pieśni księżniczki z baśni op. 31 words Zofia Szymanowska (soprano) / a selection – maximum duration approximately 8 minutes (songs different from the ones performed in a preceding stage).

Samotny księżyc

Słowik

Taniec

f. Pieśni muezina szalonego op. 42, words Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz (mezzosoprano, tenor, coutertenor / a selection – maximum duration approximately 8 minutes (songs different from the ones performed in a preceding stage)

Allah, Allah Akbar

W południe miasto białe

O tej godzinie

Odeszłaś w pustynię zachodnią

g. Słopiewnie op. 46 bis, words Julian Tuwim (soprano) / a selection – maximum duration approximately 8 minutes (songs different from the ones performed in a preceding stage)

Słowisień

Zielone słowa

Święty Franciszek

Kalinowe dwory

Wanda

h. Trzy kołysanki op. 48, words Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz (soprano or tenor)

instrumentation Jan Krenz

      Pochyl się cicho nad kołyską

Śpiewam morzu, gwiazdom i tobie

Biały krąg księżyca olbrzymi

2. one operatic aria or scene from an opera, to be chosen from the following list:

for sopranos

Samuel Barber – Vanessa, libretto Gian Carlo Menotti

Act 1, Vanessa: Do not utter a word, Anatol...

Leonard Bernstein – Candide, libretto Lillian Hellman and Richard Wilbur after Voltaire

Act 1, Cunegonde: Glitter and be gay...

Leoš Janácek – Její pastorkyňa JW I/4, libretto Leoš Janácek after Gabriela Preissovea

Act 2, Jenůfa: To je mamin ina jizba...

Erich Wolfgang Korngold – Die tote Stadt op. 12, libretto Paul Schott

image 2, Marietta: Glück das mir verblieb...

Gian Calro Menotti – The Medium, libretto

Act 2, Monica’s Waltz: Bravo! And after the theatre...

Krzysztof Penderecki – Paradise Lost, libretto Christopher Fry after John Milton

Act 1, Eve’s dream: Adam, glad I see thy face...

Giacomo Puccini - Turandot, libretto Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni

Act 1, Liú: Signore, ascolta...

Act 3, Liú: Tu, che di gel sei cinta...

Richard Strauss – Ariadne auf Naxos op. 60, TrV 228, libretto Hugo von Hofmannsthal

Zerbinetta: Grossmächtige Prinzessin... (pt 1)

Igor Stravinsky – The Rake’s Progress, libretto Wystan Hugh Auden and Chester Simon Kallman

Act 1, Anna: No word from Tom... (recitative, aria, cabaletta, recommended edition – Boosey & Hawkes)

Mieczysław Weinberg – Passażirka, libretto Jurij Łukin and Aleksandr Miedwiediew after Zofia Posmysz

image 6, Marta: Wurde er mich rufen... (nos. 12-18 / ed. Peermusic Classical)

for mezzosopranos and altos

Benjamin Britten – The Rape of Lucretia op. 37, libretto Ronald Duncan after André Obey

Act 2, Lucretia: Give him this orchid... (nos. 51-77 / ed. Boosey & Hawkes)

Gian Carlo Menotti - The Consul, libretto Gian Carlo Menotti

Act 2, Mother: I shall find for you...

Francis Poulenc – Dialogues des carmélites op. 159, libretto Georges Bernanos

Act 2, Madame de Croissy: Relevez-vous, ma fille...

Richard Strauss – Der Rosenkavalier op. 59, TrV 227, libretto Hugo von Hofmannsthal

Act 1, Octavian: Wie du warst!...

Richard Strauss – Ariadne auf Naxos op. 60, TrV 228, libretto Hugo von Hofmannsthal

prologue, Composer: Sein wir wieder gut...

Igor Stravinsky – The Rake’s Progress, libretto Wystan Hugh Auden and Chester Simon Kallman

Act II, Baba the Turk: As I was saying ... Scorned !..(nos. 152-187 / ed. Boosey &

Hawkes)

for countertenors

Benjamin Britten – A Midsummer Night’s Dream op. 64, libretto Benjamin Britten, Peter Pears after William Shakespeare

Act 1, Oberon: Welcome wanderer!... (nos. 45-53 / ed. Boosey & Hawkes)

Philip Glass – Akhnaten op. 3, libretto Philip Glass and others

Act 1, Akhnaten: Tut wu-a yeri enti...

for tenors

Samuel Barber – Vanessa, libretto Gian Carlo Menotti

Act 1, Anatol: Outside this house...

Leoš Janácek – Její pastorkyňa JW I/4, libretto Leoš Janácek after Gabriela Preissova

Act 1, Laca Klemeň: Vy, stařenko...

Carl Orff - Die Kluge: die Geschichte von dem König und der klugen Frau, libretto Carl Orfa after the Grimm brothers

      scene 6, Eselman: Weh mir, wie konnt’ mir das Geschehn

Giacomo Puccini - Turandot, libretto Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni

Act 3, The Unknown Prince (Calaf): Nessun dorma...

Igor Stravinsky – The Rake’s Progress, libretto Wystan Hugh Auden and Chester Simon Kallman

Act 1, Tom Rakewell: Here I stand... (nos. 27-46 / ed. Boosey & Hawkes)

 or

Act 2, Tom Rakewell: Vary the song... (nos. 1-26 / ed. Boosey & Hawkes)
Act 3, Selem: Ladies, both fair and gracious... (nos. 43-65 / ed. Boosey & Hawkes)

or

Act 3, Selem: Behold it, Roman... (nos. 68 - 97 / ed. Boosey & Hawkes)

for baritones

Samuel Barber – Vanessa, libretto Gian Carlo Menotti

Act 2, The Old Doctor: You rascal you I never knew you had a soul...

Gian Calro Menotti – The Consul, libretto Gian Calro Menotti

Act 1, The Footman: Mrs. Sorel, your husband has many friends...

Erich Wolfgang Korngold – Die tote Stadt op. 12, libretto Paul Schott

image 2, Fritz: Mein Sehnen, mein Wähnen...

Sergei Prokofiev – War and Peace op. 91, libretto Sergei Prokofiev and Mira Mendelssohn after Leo Tolstoy

image 1, Prince Andrei Bolkonsky: Svetloje vesenneje nebo...

Igor Stravinsky – The Rake’s Progress, libretto Wystan Hugh Auden and Chester Simon Kallman

Act 2, Nick Shadow: Come, master, observe the host... (nos. 29 - 47 / ed. Boosey & Hawkes)

1.11.2022-31.01.2023 entries
1.03.2023 announcement of the list of participants who have qualified for the competition
4.09.2023 performance order draw
15–17.09.2023 1st stage
19–20.09.2023 2nd stage
22.09.2023 final
23.09.2023 laureates' concert
Aleksandra Blanik

Aleksandra Blanik

Aleksandra Łaska

Aleksandra Łaska

Aleksandra Wittchen

Aleksandra Wittchen

Alexandra Nowakowski

Alexandra Nowakowski

Anna Koehler

Anna Koehler

Anna Thun

Anna Thun

Artur Plinta

Artur Plinta

Barbara Jop

Barbara Jop

Barbara Skora

Barbara Skora

Catherine Hooper

Catherine Hooper

Colum Donovan-Paterson

Colum Donovan-Paterson

David Roy

David Roy

Dominika Noskiewicz

Dominika Noskiewicz

Ellada

Ellada Mashynskaya

Grzegorz Rubacha

Grzegorz Rubacha

Hailing Piao

Hailing Piao

Jan Żądło

Jan Żądło

Joanna Kędzior

Joanna Kędzior

Johanna Will

Johanna Will

Justyna Bujak

Justyna Bujak

Justyna Khil

Justyna Khil

Karolina Augustyn

Karolina Augustyn

Karolina Borodziuk

Karolina Borodziuk

Łukasz Kostka

Łukasz Kostka

Magda Górniak

Magda Górniak

Magdalena Lucjan

Magdalena Lucjan

Marta Huptas

Marta Huptas

Martin Filipiak

Martin Filipiak

Monika Radecka

Monika Radecka

Natalia Płonka

Natalia Płonka

Paweł Trojak

Paweł Trojak

Shaina Martinez

Shaina Martinez

Shanley Horvitz

Shanley Horvitz

Stanisław Napierała

Stanisław Napierała

Swietlana Różycka

Swietlana Różycka

Tatiana Hajzušová

Tatiana Hajzušová

Yilin Zhang

Yilin Zhang

Zuzanna Ciszewska

Zuzanna Ciszewska

Aleksandra Blanik

Aleksandra Blanik

MA student at the Department of Vocal and Acting at the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice. In both her high school and undergraduate studies she was taught by Prof. Dr. Agata Kobierska. She began her master's studies in the class of Prof. Dr. Ewa Biegas, Dean of the Vocal and Acting Department. Her most recent achievements are: 1st place at the 7th Krystyna Jamroz National Vocal Competition in Kielce; 3rd place at the 1st Monika Swarowska-Walawska International Vocal Competition in Krzeszowice; the Scholarship of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage for outstanding artistic achievements in 2021/2022.

Aleksandra Łaska

Aleksandra Łaska

Aleksandra Wittchen

Aleksandra Wittchen

Aleksandra holds degrees in Music from the University of Cambridge and in Voice & Acting from the Fryderyk Chopin Music University in Warsaw, where she studied with Jolanta Janucik. In 2022, Aleksandra performed the title role in Puccini’s Suor Angelica at the Polish National Opera in Warsaw, which was met with great acclaim and reviews highlighting how she ‘combined a profound dramatic interpretation with a secure vocal performance of the incredibly demanding role’, while her voice was praised for its ‘noble timbre, clear intonation and beautiful legato’. At Cambridge, she sang in the Choir of Gonville & Caius College under Geoffrey Webber, working with Kate Symonds-Joy and Amanda Roocroft.

Alexandra Nowakowski

Alexandra Nowakowski

Polish-American coloratura soprano Alexandra Nowakowski returns to The Metropolitan Opera for the 2022-23 season to cover Barbara/Mrs. Latch in The Hours (Puts), Voce dal cielo in Don Carlo, and Sophie in Der Rosenkavalier. She sings Queen of the Night with Opera Popular de Barcelona, and sings Mozart's Exsultate jubilate, K. 165 with the Symphony in C. She sang a solo recital with The Embassy Series. Alexandra joined the roster of The Metropolitan Opera for the 2021-22 season to cover Zerbinetta in Ariadne auf Naxos, Lucia in Lucia di Lammermoor and Gilda in Rigoletto. She sang Shostakovich's Op. 127 with the Brooklyn Art Song Society, and was a recipient of the Beebe Fund fellowship.

Anna Koehler

Anna Koehler

Anna Thun

Anna Thun

Mezzo-soprano. Already as a child she performed on the stage of the D. Baduszkowa Musical Theater in Gdynia in the play „Król Niechciej…wcale nie bajka”. In 2011 she took up studies at the Faculty of Vocal and Acting at the F. Nowowiejski Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz. In 2017, she graduated with honors from the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw in J. Rappe's singing class. Laureate of the 3rd prize and the special prize of the Ostrava Opera at the 52nd A. Dvorakaw Karlovy Vary International Vocal Competition 2017. Laureate of special prizes at the 9th J. Kiepura International Vocal Competition in Krynica-Zdrój 2022.

Artur Plinta

Artur Plinta

Student of the K. Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice in the class of Prof. Ewa Biegas and M. Łukasz Gaia.

Laureate of vocal competitions of national and international rank. He made his debut in W. Stępień's opera "Black Mirror" as Little John. He created the character of Damon in Händel's opera "Acis and Galatea" and Boy in W. Stępień's musical "Captain Who".

He worked with such conductors as M. J. Blaszczyk, T. Tokarczyk, S. Bywalec, A. Żarska, S. Chrzanowski, M. Świątkiewicz, T. Kozłowski, M. Pastuszka.

He honed his vocal workshop under the guidance of such singers as M. Rzepka, O. Pasiecznik, M. Kwiecień, J. Freszel, P. Beczała Scholarship holder of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage.

Barbara Jop

Barbara Jop

Barbara Skora

Barbara Skora

A student of the Hochschule für Musik Theater und Medien Hannover in the class of Prof. Marek Rzepka. Previously, she honed singing at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw in the class of ad. dr. hab. Magdalena Idzik from 2019-2021. She gained her first opera experience at the Staatsoper Braunschweig in 2022, and even before she began her studies, she won a number of prizes at international and national competitions, led by Magdalena Spytek- Stankiewicz. At the same time, she sang for the first time on the NOSPR chamber stage and performed with the Silesian Chamber Orchestra.

Catherine Hooper

Catherine Hooper

Catherine Hooper studied at the Royal College of Music in London. She is an Opera Prelude Young Artist and an Associate Artist with OperaUpClose, for whom she will cover Senta in 2023. She has performed in the Glyndebourne Chorus and sung solos from Mozart’s Requiem for Glyndebourne’s outreach work. At RCM, Catherine covered the Queen of the Night with the RCM Opera Studio and in opera scenes performed La Contessa and Donna Anna and Alcina. She performed Vixen Sharp-Ears and Miss Jessel with Byre Opera in Scotland. Catherine has been a soloist for a number of major works, including Fauré’s Requiem, Handel’s Messiah, Petite messe solennelle (Rossini), and Mass in D Minor (Dvořák).

Colum Donovan-Paterson

Colum Donovan-Paterson

Born and raised in Scotland, Colum is a graduate of the Master’s programme at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. He is an alumnus of both The Sixteen’s and the Dunedin Consort’s young artist programmes. He was highly commended at the Leonie Kaiser Prize 2020 and won 3rd place in the Hugh S Roberton Prize 2019. Opera appearances include chorus in L’elisir d’Amore (NGF, Florence) and Götterdämmerung (Sir Andrew Davis & RSNO). Colum has performed alongside The Sixteen in the world premiere of James McMillan’s, 5th Symphony at the Usher Hall, and on tour with the Dunedin Consort. Colum also appears in the Netflix feature film, Outlaw King.

David Roy

David Roy

Baritone. He has had many successes in international and national vocal competitions, including 1st prize in the 2nd Bogdan Paprocki National Vocal Competition, 2nd prize in the 19th Ada Sari International Vocal Competition, 1st prize in the 21st Imrich Godin International Vocal Competition IUVENTUS CANTI 2019, 2nd prize in the 3rd Ars et Gloria International Sacred Music Vocal Competition. In August 2022, he participated in the production of Gioachino Rossini's "Il viaggio a Reims" at the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro. He graduated with honors from the Feliks Nowowiejski Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz in the vocal class of Professor Adam Zdunikowski.

Dominika Noskiewicz

Dominika Noskiewicz

Mezzo-soprano, 5th year student at the K. Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice in the class of Prof. Ewa Biegas and Natalia Skrycka, MA.

She is the laureate of the 1st place at the Imrich Godin International Vocal Competition in Vrablach and 3rd place at the Ars et Gloria International Sacred Vocal Competition in Katowice.

She studied under the tutelage of esteemed artists in workshops including Piotr Beczala, Mariusz Kwiecień, Joanna Freszel, Jan Ballarin, Robert Cieśla, Tadeusz Kozłowski.

Ellada

Ellada Mashynskaya

Graduated from the vocal department of the Molodechno Music College named after M. K. Oginsky (class of teacher Shibko N. G., 2013). Then graduated from the vocal department of the Belarusian State Academy of Music (class of Professor Lyudmila Yakovlevna Kolos, 2021). As a guest soloist performed with the honored team of the Republic of Belarus, the Symphony Orchestra named after M.K. Oginsky. While studying at the Academy of Music took part in the performances of the opera studio, performed the parts of Pamina (The Magic Flute by W.A. Mozart), Marfa (The Tsar’s Bride by N. Rimsky-Korsakov), Countess (The Marriage of Figaro by V.A. Mozart).

Grzegorz Rubacha

Grzegorz Rubacha

Born on March 3, 2000 in Tarnow, Poland. In June 2018. graduated from the Ignacy Jan Paderewski 2nd Degree Music School in Tarnow, with a specialty in vocal performance. In 2019, he began studies at the vocal and acting department of the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice, majoring in vocal performance. In 2022 he graduated from the first degree program and began second degree studies in vocal performance. Laureate of 3rd place in the Mikulasz Schneider Trnavsky International Vocal Competition in Trnava, Slovakia 2021. Laureate of 1st place in the XXIII International Vocal Competition named after Imrich Godin "Iuventus Canti" Vrable Slovakia 2022.

Hailing Piao

Hailing Piao

12.2022. Als Chorsängerin in Staatstheater Kassel 10.2019- 07.2022 Hochschule für Musik Nürnberg, Master Studium 03.2016- 02.2018 Chung-ang University in South Korea, Bechelor of Musik 03.2013- 02.2016 Inha University in South Korea, Master of Mechanical engineering 09.2008- 02.2013 Inha University in South Korea, Bachelor of Mechanical engineering

Jan Żądło

Jan Żądło

Graduate of the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice, Poland, where he received his Doctor of Arts degree in 2022. He was a member of the Opera Academy at the Grand Theater of the National Opera and the Lyon Opera Studio. He won 2nd prize at the Otto Edelmann Singing Competition in Vienna and 2nd prize at the Giuseppe Di Stefano Competition in Trapani. He also received the award for the best performance of Mieczyslaw Weinberg's songs at the Stanislaw Moniuszko International Vocal Competition (2019). He has collaborated with TWON, WOK, TW in Poznań, Silesian Opera, Baltic Opera, and the Glyndebourne on Tour Festival.

Joanna Kędzior

Joanna Kędzior

Johanna Will

Johanna Will

Johanna Will earned her BA in Hamburg,then received a full scholarship for her Master's in NYC. 2021 she was selected for San Francisco Opera's Merola Program,in 2022 she opened the Viennese Opera Ball NYC.Stage credits include Mimi,Angelica,Contessa,Fiordiligi,Tatyana. She was awarded the Rolex Scholarship to the Georg Solti Academia di Bel Canto, where she worked with Angela Gheorghiu and Richard Bonynge.Current coaches include Gerald Martin Moore and Nadine Sierra. She was District Winner of the Met Opera Competition 2021/22, 1st prize at the G. Mahler and Elise Meyer Competition, 2nd at the Mozart and Strauss competition.The Gerda Lissner Foundation honoured her with their Award in 2021.

Justyna Bujak

Justyna Bujak

She graduated from the K. Lipinski Academy of Music in Wroclaw and K. Szymanowski in Katowice. She is a laureate of numerous National and International vocal competitions, including the National Competition for Duets with Piano in Gdansk, Bogdan Paprocki Vocal Competition, the Jan Kiepura International Vocal Competition in Krynica-Zdrój, Imrich Godin International Vocal Competition IUVENTUS CANTI in Vrablach (Slovakia), International Jean Sibelius Vocal Contest (Finland), International Vocal Competition ZŁOTE GŁOSY in Warsaw, Inter-University Competition for Instrumental Duets and Vocal Duets.

Justyna Khil

Justyna Khil

Karolina Augustyn

Karolina Augustyn

Soprano, since the beginning of her vocal path, she has been mainly associated with early music performance. She graduated from the Faculty of Vocal and Acting at the Krzysztof Penderecki Academy of Music in Cracow in the class of Dr. Ewa Wolak, where she continues her master's studies. She has participated in festivals, i.e. Bach Festival in Świdnica, Opera Rara, Mid Europe Early Music Festival and Bach Days. She has collaborated with, among others, Capella Cracoviensis, the Cracow Philharmonic and the orchestra Baroque Collegium 1685, as well as with the Grand Theater - National Opera in Warsaw in the opening of the exhibition Beyond "Aida": Egyptomania on the Polish stage".

Karolina Borodziuk

Karolina Borodziuk

Graduate of the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice. She won first prize in the Rudolf Petrak International Vocal Competition in Žilina, Slovakia (2018); third prize in the Imrich Godin Iuventus Canti Vocal Competition in Vrablach, Slovakia (2018); and third place in the 5th Inter-University Chamber Competition for Instrumental Duets and Vocal Duets (Lodz, 2018).

She has participated in numerous vocal courses under the direction of Ewa Wolak, Jacek Laszczkowski, Thomas Heyer, and others. Her repertoire includes opera parts, sacred music, as well as songs - from the late Renaissance to contemporary works.

Łukasz Kostka

Łukasz Kostka

Magda Górniak

Magda Górniak

Magdalena Lucjan

Magdalena Lucjan

Magdalena Lucjan graduated from the MUK in Vienna, gaining a diploma with distinction, and is currently doing her MA degree in Vocal Performance under the tutelage of Claudia Visca at the MDW in Vienna. Since October 2022 Magdalena is a member of the opera studio at the Polish National Opera in Warsaw. Magdalena was in the final rounds of the International Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition and advanced to the Semifinals. Magdalena made her Switzerland debut as Clorinda in Rossini’s Opera “La Cenerentola” at the Ticino Musica Festival. In December 2022 Magdalena sang the roles of Sandmann/Taumann in “Hansel and Gretel” by E. Humperdinck at the Schlosstheater Schönbrunn.

Marta Huptas

Marta Huptas

Martin Filipiak

Martin Filipiak

Monika Radecka

Monika Radecka

Graduate of the Jozef Adamovich Conservatory of Music in Kosice (Slovakia) with two majors, acting and solo singing. Currently a bachelor's student at the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice at the vocal and acting department in the class of Dr. Ewa Biegas. Laureate of 2nd prize at the Antonin Dvorak International Vocal Competition v Karlovy Vary (Czech Republic, 2022). Finalist at the Imrich Godin Iuventus Canti International Vocal Competition in Vrablach (Slovakia, 2022).

Natalia Płonka

Natalia Płonka

Graduate of the K. Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice in the voice class of Prof. Ewa Biegas and Dr. Ewa Tracz. She is a laureate of many international and national vocal competitions, including 3rd place at the M. Schneider-Trnavský International Vocal Competition in Trnava, 1st place at the 2nd Tournament of Polish Academies of Music, and 1st place at the I. Godin International Vocal Competition in Vrablach. The mezzo-soprano has so far performed with the orchestra of the Silesian Opera conducted by Tadeusz Kozłowski, the Zabrze Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Slawomir Chrzanowski, or on the chamber stage of the National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra in Katowice with the Orchestra of New Music, conducted by Szymon Bywalec.

Paweł Trojak

Paweł Trojak

Graduate of the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw in the class of Prof. Jadwiga Rappé. He honed his skills at the Opera Academy at the Grand Theater - National Opera in Warsaw and at the Mascarade Opera studio in Florence, among others. He was also a member of the prestigious Young Singers Project program at the Salzburg Festival. He is currently a member of the Opéra de Lyon Opera Studio. He has performed on many prestigious stages such as the Salzburg Festival, Opéra de Lyon, Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Teatro La Fenice in Venice, National Opera in Warsaw, Wroclaw Opera and many others. Winner of more than 20 international and national vocal competitions.

Shaina Martinez

Shaina Martinez

Roles include: Violetta (La Traviata), Gianetta and Adina (L’Elisir d’Amore), Cio Cio San (Madama Butterfly), Fiordiligi (Cosi fan tutte), Donna Elvira and Anna (Don Giovanni), Susannah (Susannah), Cendrillon (Cendrillon), Saffi (Der Ziegeunerbaron), Salud (La Vida Breve), Zweite Dame (Die Zauberflöte), and Marie (La fille du Régiment). Awards: Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition, Elizabeth Connell Prize, National Federation of Music Clubs, Loren L. Zachary Society, Opera at Florham, Vero Beach Opera Rising Stars Festival, Eisenberg-Fried Concerto Competition, Talents of the World International Competition, Washington International Competition, XXI Concurso Internacional de Canto Lirico.

Shanley Horvitz

Shanley Horvitz

Shanley Horvitz, an American mezzo-soprano, who recently debuted with Opera San Jose as Meg Page in Verdi’s Falstaff. She has had a fruitful competition season winning 1st place of the: Wagner Society of New York, International Czech and Slovak Competition, International Orpheus Competition, Mario Lanza Institute Competition, and Houston Gilbert & Sullivan Competition. Her recent debuts include: Anacoana in Franchetti’s Cristoforo Colombo with Teatro Grattacielo and the title role in Bizet’s Carmen which she debuted in concert at Carnegie Hall, in the fall she will be debuting as La Gran Vestale in Spontini’s La Vestale.

Stanisław Napierała

Stanisław Napierała

Since October 2019 he studies and continues his vocal education at the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice, in the singing class of prof. Ewa Biegas and Łukasz Gaj MA. He has been awarded with main prizes at many significant, international competitions, among others: 2nd prize on the 55th International Vocal Competition 's-Hertogenbosch, 3rd prize and four special pizes on the XIX Ada Sari International Vocal Art Competition. Regarding stage experience, the young tenor has already performed onstage roles like Young King in Karol Szymanowski's opera „Hagith”, Don Ottavio in „Don Giovanni” by W.A. Mozart and Acis in „Acis and Galatea” by G.F. Haendel.

Swietlana Różycka

Swietlana Różycka

Graduate student at the Academy of Music in Wroclaw in the class of Prof. Monika Kolasa-Hladíková. Her education includes participation in numerous master classes (under Mariusz Kwiecień, Aleksandra Kurzak, Robert Nakoneczny, W. Stephen Smith, Ingrid Kremling-Domanski, Kristīne Gailīte, and others). She honed her skills by also taking part in workshops in acting, white singing, traditional singing, and alivot singing. As part of student projects, she created the roles of the Queen of the Night ("The Magic Flute" by W. A. Mozart), Lisa ("Engagement at the Lanterns" by J. Offenbach), Despina ("Così fan tutte" by W. A. Mozart). She also participated in dance and acrobatic performances.

Tatiana Hajzušová

Tatiana Hajzušová

Tatiana Hajzušová is a 26 years old lyric soprano. Currently she belongs to Slovakia's most talented singers of the youngest generation. Her recent great successes are debuts at the Hvorostovsky Festival in Krasnoyarsk in Russia, where she made her debut as Donna Elvira in The new production of Don Giovanni directed by M.Sturminger. Her career started after winning many international competitions such as Galina Vyshnevskaya in Moscow, Elizabeth Házy in Budapest, A.Dvorak competition in Karlovy Vary ,Mikulas- Schneider Trnavsky in Slovakia among others.

Yilin Zhang

Yilin Zhang

Soprano. Doctoral degree: 2019.10-2022.11 The Chopin University of Music with prof. dr hab.Ryszard Cieśla and coach prof.dr hab. Beaty Szebesczyk Master degree: 2015.10-2018.4 Conservatorio Arrigo Boito di Parma, 2022.7 Special Award”the Best performance of a polish composer ” in Monika Swarowska-Walawska International Competiton in Poland 2022.8 First Prize in Bella Voce international competition in Poland. 2022.10 VIENNA BTHVN competition Third prize 2022.12 Poland“viva calisia”international vocal competition,third prize

Zuzanna Ciszewska

Zuzanna Ciszewska

Previous editions

The first edition of the competition took place in 2018 and it was a truly pioneering event. The initiators were Joanna Wnuk-Nazarowa, then director of NOSPR, and the authorities of the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice.

The competition took place merely four years after NOSPR had moved to its new seat, where the final auditions were run. Invitations to form the Honourable Committee were accepted by Sir Simon Rattle and Krzysztof Penderecki. The competition was divided into five categories: piano, violin, string quartet, voice, and composition.

The participants were judged by a jury composed of the following members:

Piano: Andrzej Jasiński (chair), Joanna Domańska, Olga Kern, Aviram Reichert, Martin Roscoe, Tamás Ungár.

Violin: Bartłomiej Nizioł (chair), Eszter Haffner, Laurent Korcia, Szymon Krzeszowiec, Alexander Trostiansky, Andreas Vierziger.

String Quartet: Valentin Erben (chair), Krzysztof Chorzelski, Tim Frederiksen, Tadeusz Gadzina, Arkadiusz Kubica, Mats Lidström.

Voice: Jadwiga Rappé (chair), Ewa Biegas, Hartmut Höll, Bruno Michel, Mitsuko Shirai, Elżbieta Szmytka.

Composition: Eugeniusz Knapik (chair), Jakob Kullberg, Krzysztof Penderecki, Martin Smolka.

The laureates of the 1st Karol Szymanowski International Music Competition were:

Piano:
• Tymoteusz Bies – 1st prize, special prize for the best performance of a piece by Karol Szymanowski
• Mateusz Krzyżowski – 2nd prize
• Seung Hui Kim – 3rd prize

Violin:
• Sławomira Wilga – 1st prize
• Roksana Kwaśnikowska – 2nd prize
• Maja Horvat – 3rd prize, special prize for the best performance of a piece by Karol Szymanowski:

Voice:
• Ewa Tracz – 1st prize, special prize for the best performance of a piece by Karol Szymanowski
• Sylwia Olszyńska – 2nd prize
• Agnieszka Jadwiga Grochala – 3rd prize

String Quartet:
• Eliot Quartett – 1st prize, special prize for the best performance of a piece by Karol Szymanowski
• Selini Quartet – 2nd prize
• New Music Quartet – 3rd prize

Composition:
• Giovanni Bonato – 1st prize
• Lim Youngjin, Daniele Gasparini, Eunho Chang – 3rd prize ex aequo

Honourable mentions for the best accompanying pianists:
Maurycy Stawujak – best accompanying pianist in the voice category
Radosław Kurek – best accompanying pianist in the violin category

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