First category – Pianists


Georgi Vasilev

I Prize – 20 000 EUR

Non-regulatory special awards:

1 000 EUR for the performance of Milosz Magin’s Concerto No. 2 for piano, strings and timpani. The award is sponsored by Margot Magin – daughter of Milosz Magin and honorary president of the Milosz Magin Foundation.

Concert prizes:

Krzysztof Penderecki European Centre for Music in Lusławice 

Podkarpacka Foundation for the Development of Culture in Sanok 

Henryk Mikołaj Górecki Silesian Philharmonic 

Capella Cracoviensis

Artur Rubinstein Philharmonic in Łódź 

Polish Music Association in Cracow 

Jan Wachowski

II Prize – 10 000 EUR

Non-regulatory special awards:

Award of the National Institute of Music and Dance in the form of the release of a CD of Polish music.

Concert prizes:

Sinfonia Varsovia

Tadeusz Baird Philharmonic in Zielona Góra 

Polish Institute in Berlin, Germany 

Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic – European Art Centre in Białystok 

Polish Sinfonia Iuventus Orchestra 

Social and Cultural Society in Słupsk 

Polish Music Impresariat

Kiryl Keduk

III Prize – 8 000 EUR

Special Regulation Award:

1 000 EUR for the performance of a work by Antoni Stolpe. Award for the performance of the Waltz in B Major by Antoni Stolpe

Non-regulatory special awards

Concert prizes:

Gorzów Philharmonic 

Center for Artistic Education – Gorzow Philharmonic Orchestra

Kalisz Philharmonic 

Polish Institute in Brussels, Belgium 

Ludwig van Beethoven Association in Warsaw 

Warsaw Music Society 

Linda Lee

IV Prize – 6 000 EUR

Non-regulatory special award

Concert prize:

Polish Chamber Philharmonic Sopot 

Danylo Saienko

V Prize – 4 000 EUR / the founder of the award is the Union of Performing Artists STOART

Non-regulatory special award

Concert prize:

Józef Wiłkomirski Sudety Philharmonic in Wałbrzych 

Tomasz Zając

VI Prize – 2 000 EUR


Second category – Chamber ensembles


Aka Duo

I Prize – 20 000 EUR

Non-regulatory special awards

500 EUR for the best performance of a chamber work by Milosz Magin. The prize was awarded for the performance of Milosz Magin’s Andante for violin and piano. The award was founded by Margot Magin – daughter of Milosz Magin and honorary president of the Milosz Magin Foundation.

500 EUR for the best performance of a work composed after 1945 for the interpretation of Mieczyslaw Weinberg’s Moldavian Rhapsody. The award sponsored by the Polish Society of Authors and Composers ZAIKS.

Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC – year-long patronage / prize for the best performance of a composition written after 1945 (granted in both categories).

Concert prizes:

Cappella Gedanensis

Karol Szymanowski Philharmonic in Kraków 

National Forum of Music in Wrocław 

Reverie Piano Duo

II Prize – 10 000 EUR

Non-regulatory special awards

Award of the National Institute of Music and Dance in the form of the release of a CD of Polish music.

500 EUR – sponsored by the Towarzystwo Miłośników Muzyki Stanisława Moniuszki (Stanisław Moniuszko Music Enthusiasts’ Association) for the best performance of a composition by Stanisław Moniuszko.

3000 zlotys – sponsored by Cracow Duo: Kalinowski & Szlezer for the best performance of a piano work or a chamber composition by Aleksander Tansman – La grande vill.

Award of the European Krzysztof Penderecki Music Centre in Luslawice in the form of free access to the Luslawice Concert Hall for the purpose of recording an album or recording promotional audio-video material

Concert prizes:

‘Moniuszko on the Royal Route’ Festival in Warsaw 

Witold Lutosławski Chamber Philharmonic in Łomża 

Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra in Katowice 

Polish Institute in Sofia, Bulgaria 

Polish Music Impresariat

Quintessence

III Prize – 8 000 EUR

Special Regulation Prize

1 000 EUR for the performance of a work by Antoni Szalowski. Award for the performance of Quintet for Wind Instruments by Antoni Szalowski.

Non-regulatory special awards

Concert prizes:

Oskar Kolberg Świętokrzyska Philharmonic in Kielce 

Toruń Symphony Orchestra 

Beethoven Academy Orchestra, Warsaw 

Polish Institute in Bratislava, Slovakia 

Shoven Quartet

IV Prize – 6 000 EUR

Concert prizes:

Henryk Wieniawski Philharmonic in Lublin 

Witold Lutosławski Symphony Orchestra in Płock 

Silesian Wind Quintet

V Prize – 4 000 EUR / the founder of the award is Polish Society of Authors and Composers ZAIKS

Concert prizes:

Lower Silesian Philharmonic in Jelenia Góra

Stanislaw Moniuszko Music Society of Warsaw

Metropolis Piano Quartet

VI Prize – 2 000 EUR

Concert prize:

Feliks Nowowiejski Warmia-Mazury Philharmonic in Olsztyn 

Honourable Mentions – 500 euros:

Aries duo

Diverso String Quartet


In-kind prizes for the competition winners were funded by:

Books and a discount coupon for the PWM online bookstore  – sponsored by the PWM Edition.

Publishing House of the Stanislaw Moniuszko Academy of Music in Gdansk – record awards, book awards (in Polish and English) and sheet music materials.