Competition Director
The second edition of the Competition took place in 2023 and continued the idea first launched five years earlier.
Its Director was Ewa Bogusz-Moore, then General and Programme Director of NOSPR. The most significant change from the first edition was the separation of the composition competition from the performance competition. The composition competition was held in 2022, and the prize-winning works were subsequently included in the compulsory repertoire for participants in the performance categories in 2023.
The Competition auditions took place at the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice and at NOSPR. The edition lasted 19 days and comprised auditions in four performance categories, Finals with orchestra, and the Awards Gala.
Piotr Beczała
Andrzej Jasiński
Eugeniusz Knapik
Krzysztof Penderecki (1933–2020)
Sir Simon Rattle
Joanna Wnuk–Nazarowa
Piano
Magdalena Lisak
Andrzej Pikul
Joanna Domańska
Voice
Urszula Kryger
Ewa Biegas
String quartet
Arkadiusz Kubica
Justyna Duda–Krane
Artur Rozmysłowicz
Violin
Szymon Krzeszowiec
Piotr Tarcholik
Łukasz Błaszczyk
Composition
Szymon Bywalec
Grażyna Paciorek-Draus
Joanna Freszel
Andrzej Kwieciński
Anna Kwiatkowska
Emilia Sitarz
Karol Nepelski
Piano
Chair
Kevin Kenner
Joanna Domańska
Sinae Lee
Jonathan Plowright
Ewa Pobłocka
Mikhail Rudy
Voice
Chair
Dominik Licht
Ewa Biegas
Francesca Condeluci
Melanie Diener
Marcin Habela
Thomas Mittermayer
String quartet
Chair
Peter Schuhmayer
Jonathan Brown
Guy Danel
Arkadiusz Kubica
Piotr Reichert
Izabella Szałaj-Zimak
Kyril Zlotnikov
Violin
Chair
Daniel Stabrawa
Peter Herresthal
Jakub Jakowicz
Barnabás Kelemen
Szymon Krzeszowiec
Jennifer Pike
Qian Zhou
Composition
Chair
Francesco Filidei
Daniel Cichy
Rozalie Hirs
Yann Robin
Helena Tulve
Agata Zubel
Piano
1st Prize
Kaho Araishi
2nd Prize
Krzysztof Wierciński
3rd Prize
Gaspard Thomas
special prizes:- •for best performance of a work by Karol Szymanowski
- •for best performance of a contemporary work awarded in the composition competition
Honorable Mention
Daniel Aulak
Honorable Mention
Michał Basista
Honorable Mention
Lily Phee
Voice
1st Prize
Magdalena Lucjan
2nd Prize
Jan Żądło
special prizes:- •for best performance of a work by Karol Szymanowski
3rd Prize
Not awarded
Monika Radecka
special prizes:- •for best performance of a contemporary work awarded in the composition competition
String quartet
1st Prize
Not awarded
2nd Prize
Turicum Quartet
3rd Prize
Neuma Quartet
special prizes:- •for best performance of a Karol Szymanowski's quartet
Quiron Quartet
special prizes:- •for best performance of a contemporary work awarded in the composition competition
Monbijou Quartet
special prizes:- •for best performance of a contemporary work awarded in the composition competition
Violin
1st Prize
Seina Matsuoka
special prizes:- •for best performance of a contemporary work awarded in the composition competition
2nd Prize
Elvin Hoxha Ganiyev
3rd Prize
Jakub Staszel
Maya Wichert
special prizes:- •for best performance of a work by Karol Szymanowski
Honorable Mention
Sara Dragan
Composition
1st Prize in piano category
Pablo Borrás
3rd Prize in piano category
Hyunsu Kim
Distinction in piano category
Bartosz Witkowski
Distinction in piano category
Michał Janocha
1st Prize in violin category
Amer Ali
2nd Prize in violin category
Jinwook Jung
3rd Prize in violin category
Manolis Ekmektsoglou
Distinction in violin category
Andrea Nassivera
Distinction in violin category
Pasquale Punzo
1st Prize in string quartet category
Maria Vincenza
2nd Prize in string quartet category
Hed Bahack
Distinction in string quartet category
Dario Michelon
Distinction in string quartet category
Andrea Mattevi
1st Prize in voice category
Noemi Conti
2nd Prize in voice category
Alejandro Mata
3rd Prize in voice category
Krystian Neścior
Distinctions for Collaborative Pianists
Violin category
Yuto Kiguchi
Voice category
