2nd International Competition of Polish Music Stanisław Moniuszko 2021
12.05.2021
The 2nd edition of the Competition will be held from September 11 to 18, 2021 at the Philharmonic Artur Malawski in the city of Rzeszów. Participants will compete for a total prize pool of over 80,000. EUR in two categories - piano and chamber ensembles. The competition is organized by the Institute of Music and Dance, and the main financial prizes are funded by the Ministry of Culture, National Heritage and Sport.
The deadline for submitting applications for the International Competition of Polish Music Stanisław Moniuszko is extended until May 31, 2021.
Artists will be able to present works by 56 Polish composers, mainly in the 19th and 20th centuries, in the competition. The participants will prepare their own program, selecting pieces for each stage of the competition. In addition to composers such as Chopin, Paderewski, Górecki, or Penderecki, we can find less known representatives of various musical styles and eras, such as Antoni Kątski, Eugeniusz Pankiewicz or Tadeusz Paciorkiewicz. An equally important place is dedicated to Polish composers: Maria Szymanowska and Grażyna Bacewicz.
Musicians-instrumentalists are invited to participate individually and as chamber ensembles - from duets to twelve-person ensembles. There are no age and nationality restrictions. The jury of both categories of the competition consists of outstanding Polish and foreign musicians and figures of musical life.
The first edition of the competition took place in 2019 and attracted 81 participants from 6 countries. The winner in the piano category was a representative of Russia - Pavel Dombrovsky, and in the chamber ensemble category the winner was the violinist duo: Marta Gidaszewska and Robert Łaguniak, currently performing under the name Polish Violin Duo. The regulations, the framework schedule of the competition, application forms, information about the repertoire, composers and sheet music as well as all news about the event are available on the website: www.konkursmuzykipolskiej.pl.
