RESULTS OF 31ST INTERNATIONAL FRYDERYK CHOPIN PIANO COMPETITION FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH IN SZAFARNIA

Results of the 31st International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition for Children and Youth in Szafarnia

The jury consisted of:

prof. Piotr Paleczny (The Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw, Poland) – Jury Chairman
prof. Anthony Adkins (Royal College of Music in London, Great Britain)
prof. Clara Biermasz (The Chopin Stichting Foundation, Netherlands)
prof. Alberto Nosè (The Evaristo Dall’Abaco Conservatory of Music in Verona, Italy)
prof. Zbigniew Raubo (The Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice, Poland)
prof. Michał Szymanowski (The Feliks Nowowiejski Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz, Poland)

after competition auditions of 54 participants from three groups, which held on May 22-25, 2024, awarded the following prizes:

Group I

1^st prize: ALEXANDER ZHOU (USA)

2^nd prize: RUIQI TAN (CHINA)

3^rd prize: MIKOŁAJ BRZOSTOWICZ (POLAND)

4^th prize: JEFFREY SHIELD (AUSTRALIA)

5^thprize: JACQUELINE WAN NING WANG (AUSTRALIA)

6^th prize: DEREK SUN (CANADA)

Distinctions:

1) CHEN CARSON (CANADA)

2) SZYMON GOŚLIŃSKI (POLAND)

Group II

1^st prize: YURI YASUI (JAPAN)

2^nd prize: SOPHIE XIN MENG (CANADA)

3^rd prize: ZEMING WU (CHINA)

Special distinctions:

1) ZIRUI YIN (CHINA)

Distinctions:

1) YULIANNA BEZIAZYCHNA (UKRAINE)

2) AMANDA ZOYA KIERUN (POLAND)

3) BELINDA ZHU (USA)

4) JINGWEN JIANG (CHINA)

Group III

1^st prize: TIANYAO LYU (CHINA)

2^nd prize: MATTHEW CHANG (USA)

3^rd prize: KENNETH CHEN (CANADA)

Special distinctions:

1) IVAN PETRENKO (UKRAINE)

2) FILIP KAUCH (POLAND)

Distinctions:

1) TIAN LIANG (AUSTRALIA)

2) VÁZQUEZ CARLA ROMÁN (HISZPANIA)

3) MACIEJ JERZY BIEŃKOWSKI (POLSKA)

The jury decided to award additional prizes to the following participants:

1. Grand Prix of the Competition

TIANYAO LYU (CHINA)

2. Prize of National Fryderyk Chopin Institute in the character of a recital in Żelazowa Wola on the occasion of Children’s Day (09.06.2024):

FILIP KAUCH (POLAND), MACIEJ JERZY BIEŃKOWSKI (POLAND), JAN MATEUSZ KWIATKOWSKI (POLAND), MIŁOSZ GRZYWIŃSKI (POLAND), KAROLINA SIEMIENOWICZ (POLAND), KRZYSZTOF ANTONI RADOMSKI (POLAND), MIKOŁAJ BRZOSTOWICZ (POLAND

3. Prize of National Fryderyk Chopin Institute in the character of a recital during „Kwadranse Muzyczne” cycle:

MIKOŁAJ BRZOSTOWICZ (POLAND), AMANDA ZOYA KIERUN (POLAND), SZYMON GOŚLIŃSKI (POLAND)

4. Prize of the Chopin in the Garden of Arts foundation in the character of recital in the Chopin Centre in Szafarnia, for best three polish participants:

MIKOŁAJ BRZOSTOWICZ (POLAND), AMANDA ZOYA KIERUN (POLAND), FILIP KAUCH (POLAND)

5. The Award of Ljubljana Festival. Concert during 32nd Young Virtuosi, International Music Cycle of the Ljubljana Festival 2024/2025 in Slovenia:

FILIP KAUCH (POLAND), IVAN PETRENKO (POLAND)

6. Award of the Mayor of the Radomin Commune, Mr. Piotr Wolski, in the form of PWM sheet music publications:

SZYMON GOŚLIŃSKI (POLAND)

7. Award of the Consul of the Republic of Poland in Navarre, the Basque Country and La Roja Angel Tellechea Goyena:
FILIP KAUCH (POLAND)

8. The Award of the Chopin Stichting Foundation in the character of recital:
 IVAN PETRENKO (UKRAINE)
JAN MATEUSZ KWIATKOWSKI (POLAND)

9. Award of the György Ferenczy Foundation in Budapest for the best performance of a mazurka (invitation to Hungary): 
MATTHEW CHANG (USA)
FILIP KAUCH (POLAND)