The event was organized by partner music schools: the Feliks Nowowiejski State Music School of the First and Second Degree in Zgorzelec and Musikschule Johann Adam Hiller in Görlitz.

After two days of competition, the international jury assessed more than one hundred pianists from Poland, Germany, the Czech Republic and Austria. Participants competed for attractive prizes in 6 age categories, performing works from three different stylistic periods.

The awards were presented, among others, by Zgorzelec County Head Artur Bieliński, Görlitz County Head Bernd Lange and the school principals.

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Here are the winners:

  • prize for the highest score in category I from the Zgorzelec County Head: Barbara Ruda – First-Degree Music School in Wieliczka
  • prize for the highest score in category II from the Mayor of Zgorzelec: Julia Leniart – Comprehensive Music School No. 2 of the First Degree in Wrocław
  • prize for the highest score in category III from Landkreis Görlitz: Antoni Kawecki – Z. Brzewski Comprehensive Music School of the Second Degree in Warsaw
  • prize for the highest score in category IV from the City of Görlitz: Cyril Vinzent – Musikschule Ottmar Gerster Weimar
  • prize for the highest score in categories V and VI from the Mayor of Zgorzelec: Kamil Pacholec – Ludomir Różycki Comprehensive Music School in Kielce
  • prize for the highest score in the Duo category from Städtisches Klinikum Görlitz: Julia Meyerding and Jeremias Katsouris – Musikschule Minz, and Lea Rau and Jacqueline Krebs – Musikschule Minz
  • prize for the highest score in the chamber music category from Carrefour Hypermarket: Natalia Tomczuk and Paulina Tomczuk – Karłowicz State Music School.

Special awards:

  • prize for the youngest participant in category 1a from August Förster GmbH: Soley Blümel – Hauer Musikschule in Wiener Neustadt
  • prize for the youngest student from Zgorzelec County from the Zgorzelec County Head: Zofia Chojnacka – Feliks Nowowiejski State Music School of the First and Second Degree in Zgorzelec
  • prize for the best student from Zgorzelec County from the Zgorzelec County Head: Zofia Chojnacka – Feliks Nowowiejski State Music School of the First and Second Degree in Zgorzelec
  • special prize for the best interpretation of a contemporary work from the Blin family: Kamil Pacholec – Ludomir Różycki Comprehensive Music School in Kielce
  • special prize for the best interpretation of a classical work from Stifung der Sparkasse ON: Julia Dmochowska – Karłowicz POSM of the Second Degree in Poznań
  • special prize for the best interpretation of a Romantic work from Przedsiębiorstwo Handlowe „ELF” Jan Bawół: Cyril Vinzent – Musikschule Ottmar Gerster Weimar
  • special prize for the best interpretation of a work by Johann Sebastian Bach from the Mayor of Zgorzelec: Magdalena Adamczak – K. Komeda-Trzciński Music School Complex in Ostrów Wielkopolski
  • special prize for the best interpretation of a work by Fryderyk Chopin from the Zgorzelec County Head: Julia Leniart – Comprehensive Music School No. 2 of the First Degree in Wrocław
  • Grand Prix for the highest score from the Mayor of Zgorzelec and Stadt Görlitz: Antoni Kawecki – Z. Brzewski Comprehensive Music School of the Second Degree in Warsaw.

At the end, the distinguished young pianists performed their winning pieces brilliantly, providing the large audience with wonderful impressions.

The piano duos from the music school in Minz gave an exciting performance: the younger duo – Julia Meyerding and Jeremias Katsouris – and the older duo – Lea Rau and Jaqueline Krebs. Six-year-old Soley Blumel from Austria delighted the audience with her performance of Prokofiev. Barbara Ruda from Wieliczka and Julia Leniart from Wrocław presented exceptionally mature interpretations; the latter created a moving atmosphere in Fryderyk Chopin’s well-known Nocturne in C-sharp minor. However, the greatest applause went to Kamil Pacholec from Kielce for his masterful performance of Sergei Prokofiev’s Sonata, while the Grand Prix winner, Antoni Kawecki from Warsaw, confirmed his mastery by concluding the concert with a Prelude by Rachmaninoff. Sonatas were performed by Zofia Chojnacka from Zgorzelec and Julia Dmochowska from Poznań. Magdalena Adamczak from Ostrów Wielkopolski presented a different character of polyphony. Romantic works were also represented, including Edward Grieg’s atmospheric Suite performed by Cyril Vinzent from Weimar.

Dorota Adaszewska/PSM I i II st. im. F. Nowowiejskiego w Zgorzelcu/ii