About International Piano Competition in Szafarnia
The International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition for Children and Youth is organised by the Chopin Center in Szafarnia, a cultural institution of the Kujawsko-Pomorksie voivodship. The Competition is open also to pianists not enrolled as students in State Musical Schools.
Around fifty young pianists aged 6 to 18 years compete within four age categories. Over three days of auditioning they present their skills in front of a jury comprising professors and instructors from Poland, Europe, United States.
The idea for the competition emerged in 1992. It was then that the first competition of a national range took place, and the subsequent ones were already of an international character. For many young musicians these were the first steps towards a musical career.
The principal ideas of the International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition for Children and Youth in Szafarnia are based on the common experience of music by young pianists, the exchange of knowledge and communication that surpasses cultural differences, thanks to the universal language of music.
2011 edition of Competition has gained a special rank thanks to the interest of such music world personas as Kevin Kenner from the London Conservatory, Louise Samson of the Canadian Club Musical de Quebec, lecturers from the Conservatory of Pampeluna and prominent professors of the Polish Music Academies of Bydgoszcz, Wrocław and Poznań, Foundation of Györg Ferenczy from Budapest and professors from Music Academy in Bethlehem.
The event has been granted the patronage of the Polish Minister of Culture and National Heritage, Bogdan Zdrojewski, the National Fryderyk Chopin Institute, Adam Mickiewicz Institute, the Honorary Consul of the Republic of Poland in Spain, Angel Tellechea Goyena and the Speaker for Kujawsko-Pomorskie Voivodship, Piotr Całbecki.
20th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition for Children and Youth in Szafarnia will take place between May 11-13, 2011. On May 10th 2012, Alberto Nose will perform a recital at the inaugural opening of the Competition in Dwor Artusa in Torun.
