Polen i Norge

The competition is exceptional in that it allows the participants to prepare their own individual programmes. Compiling them for performance during the auditions of the competition, they can choose from amongst a pool of works written by 56 Polish composers, who were mostly active in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Alongside the likes of Chopin and Penderecki, there are some less familiar names representing a variety of styles and musical epochs, e.g. Antoni Kątski and Tadeusz Paciorkiewicz as well as outstanding Polish women composers: Maria Szymanowska and Grażyna Bacewicz.

The participants performing at the 2nd Stanisław Moniuszko International Competition of Polish Music will contest in two categories: pianists and chamber ensembles for the total prize money of more than 80,000 euros jointly.

The jury in both categories consists of distinguished Polish and foreign musicians and musical personalities.

The regular applications can be submitted via e-forms until 14 May 2021. The participating musicians will also have a chance to win numerous additional prizes in the form of financial rewards and, for example, invitations to perform in the most prestigious concert halls in Poland and at selected festivals. Furthermore, the Polish Institutes (Instytuty Polskie), in collaboration with the competition, will award recital performances in the cities where they are located, such as Bratislava, Saint Petersburg or Vienna. 

The first edition of the competition was held in 2019. There were over 80 participants from 6 countries. The piano category was won by Pavel Dombrovsky from Russia and the chamber ensemble category by a duo of violinists: Marta Gidaszewska and Robert Łaguniak, who currently perform as the Polish Violin Duo.

The rulebook, framework schedule of the competition, application forms, information on the repertoire, composers and sheet music, as well as all the updates, can be found on the dedicated website: www.polishmusiccompetition.pl.