I Prize
Georgi Vasilev is a student of the Feliks Nowowiejski Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz. He obtained his bachelor’s degree after studying with Katarzyna Popowa-Zydroń, and he is now doing his Master’s under the guidance of Paweł Wakarecy. The artist perfected his skills with Ludmil Angelov at New Bulgarian University in Sofia. He has also appeared at masterclasses offered by Dmitri Bashkirov, Kevin Kenner, Naum Grubert, Giuseppe Guarrera, Alexis Golovin, Jan Bartoš and Bozhidar Noev.
I prize – 20 000 EUR
Additional and special prizes
1000 euros – sponsored by Margot Magin – Miłosz Magin’s daughter and Honorary President of the Miłosz Magin Foundation for the best performance of the Piano Concerto No. 2 for piano, strings and timpani by Miłosz Magin in the final stage of the competition
Concert prizes:
Krzysztof Penderecki European Centre for Music in Lusławice
Podkarpacka Foundation for the Development of Culture in Sanok
Henryk Mikołaj Górecki Silesian Philharmonic in Katowice
Capella Cracoviensis
Artur Rubinstein Philharmonic in Łódź
Polish Music Association in Cracow
II Prize
Jan Wachowski studied piano with Elżbieta Karaś-Krasztel and Konrad Skolarski. He studied also composition with Paweł Łukaszewski at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw. He continues his studies at the same institution: piano with Konrad Skolarski and chamber music with Katarzyna Jankowska-Borzykowska and Łukasz Chrzęszczyk. The artist has taken part in masterclasses conducted by Nikolai Demidenko, Pavel Gililov, Philippe Giusiano, Krzysztof Jabłoński, Dina Yoffe, Kevin Kenner, Tobias Koch and Wojciech Świtała.
III Prize
Kiryl Keduk graduated from the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw, where he studied with Piotr Paleczny. He also studied at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester with Graham Scott and at the Accademia Pianistica Internazionale in Imola with Boris Petrushansky. He has recorded an album titled My Polish Diary for the Delos label.
IV Prize
Linda Lee studied with Aviram Reichert at Seoul National University. She is now continuing her music education with Boris Berman and Wei-Yi Yang at Yale School of Music.
V Prize
Danylo Saienko was a student of Josef Ermin at the Lviv National Music Academy named after Mykola Lysenko. He also completed studies at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Hamburg with Anna Vinnitskaya and at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Rostock with Matthias Kirschnereit.
VI Prize
Tomasz Zając graduated from the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw, where he studied piano with Alicja Paleta-Bugaj and Agnieszka Przemyk-Bryła, and piano chamber music with Katarzyna Jankowska-Borzykowska. He completed his postgraduate studies at the Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst in Graz with Markus Schirmer. He continues his postgraduate music education at the same academy practising piano chamber music with Chia Chou. He has also perfected his skills under the guidance of Elżbieta Tarnawska, Andrzej Tatarski, Dina Yoffe, Mamiko Sudo, Philippe Giusiano, Tamás Ungar, Andrzej Jasiński, Tobias Koch, Markus Schirmer and Lilya Zilberstein. The artist has recorded two CD albums: Violin &Piano with Natalia Walewska on the violin and Slavic Impressions, his solo effort on a period piano
I Prize
Seina Matsuoka – violin
Yuto Kiguchi – piano
Aka Duo have played together since 2018. The members of the ensemble studied at the Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst in Vienna: Yuto Kiguchi with Markus Hadulla and Seina Matsuoka with Michael Frischenschlager. The ensemble is supervised by Stefan Mendl and Peter Schuhmayer as part of chamber music postgraduate studies at the Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst in Vienna.
II Prize
Rozalia Kierc – piano
Maria Moliszewska – piano
Reverie Piano Duo was founded in 2020. Maria Moliszewska studies piano with Stefan Wojtas at the Feliks Nowowiejski Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz and Rozalia Kierc graduated from the same academy having studied under Stefan Wojtas. The ensemble is supervised by Bartłomiej Wezner at the Feliks Nowowiejski Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz.
III Prize
Seweryn Zapłatyński – flute
Piotr Lis – oboe
Grzegorz Wołczański – clarinet
Marcin Orliński – bassoon
Daniel Otero Carneiro – horn
The ensemble was formed in 2022. The members of the quintet graduated from the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw, Conservatorio Superior de Vigo, Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome and Brass Academy in Alicante, and they also studied at the Conservatoire National Supérieur Musique et Danse in Lyon and Musikhochschule Lübeck. Quintessence gathers together musicians who are employed in the orchestras of the Filharmonia Narodowa (National Philharmonic), Teatr Wielki – Opera Narodowa (Grand Theatre – National Opera) and Polska Opera Królewska.
IV Prize
Wojciech Sojka – violin
Olivia Bujnowicz-Wadowska – violin
Wiktoria Dettlaff – viola
Wojciech Bafeltowski – cello
Shoven Quartet has performed since 2019. The ensemble is made up of students of the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw. Shoven Quartet is supervised by Marcin Markowicz and regularly collaborates with Marcin Masecki, Maciej Młodawski, Wojciech Koprowski and Sebastian Aleksandrowicz.
V Prize
Kornelia Nowak – flute
Bartłomiej Dobrowolski – clarinet
Lorena Mac – oboe
Krzysztof Tomczyk – horn
Cezary Rembisz – bassoon
Silesian Wind Quintet was created in 2022. The ensemble is comprised of musicians working for the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra in Katowice and Kalisz Philharmonic Orchestra, as well as lecturers employed at the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice.
VI Prize
Sulamita Ślubowska – violin
Dawid Jadamus – viola
Łukasz Frant – cello
Joanna Galon-Frant – piano
The ensemble was formed in 2020. The quartet members work for the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra in Katowice and the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice.
Distinction
Marcin Ostrowski – violin
Dagmara Swystun – violin
Tomasz Kulisiewicz – viola
Zofia Kulisiewicz – cello
Diverso String Quartet has performed since 2014. The ensemble members studied chamber music at the Universität der Künste in Berlin with Artemis Quartett, completed the International Artist Diploma course at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, and were tutored by Petr Prause (Talich Quartet), Pavel Fischer (Skampa Quartet), Peter Cropper (Lindsay String Quartet), Frans Helmerson (Michelangelo Quartet), Hatto Beyerle (Alban Berg Quartett) and Sara Bitlloch (Elias String Quartet). In their daily activities, the musicians work as leaders and soloists of symphony orchestras: Polska Opera Królewska (Polish Royal Opera), Częstochowa Philharmonic Orchestra, Zabrze Philharmonic Orchestra and University Philharmonic Orchestra in Wrocław.
Distinction
Jakub Staszel – violin
Yang Xu-Czaja – piano
Aries Duo was founded in 2021. Jakub Staszel is a student of the Ignacy Jan Paderewski Academy of Music in Poznań; Yang Xu-Czaja is employed as a lecturer at the same academy. Chinese-born Yang Xu-Czaja is a graduate of the Royal Academy of Music in London and the Ignacy Jan Paderewski Academy of Music in Poznań.