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Winners of the National Polish F. Chopin Piano Competition 2005 Monday, 07 February 2005
The National Polish F. Chopin Piano Competition, which featured 26 musicians, ended on Sunday, February 6th. The jury under the presidency of Prof. Kazimierz Gierzod decided to give the first prize to Rafal Blechacz, a twenty year old pianist from the Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz. The second prize went to Piotr Banasik from Katowice, third to Piotr Szych and the remaining awards were granted to Szczepan Konczal, Lukasz Trepczynski and Krzysztof Trzaskowski.
The competition has opened new artistic doors for the finalists, who will now be able to perform at Polish philharmonics, major music centres and during Warsaw summer concerts in the Royal Lazienki Park. Moreover, winners of the top four prizes have been invited to participate in this year's International Chopin Festival in Duszniki Zdroj, which will be held as usual in August.
The Jury:
Waldemar Andrzejewski
Kazimierz Gierzod - President
Andrzej Jasinski
Bronislawa Kawalla
Grzegorz Kurzynski
Jozef Stompel
Jerzy Sulikowski
1st prize
Rafal Blechacz (20 years old) - student of Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz
2nd prize
Piotr Banasik (23 years old) - student of K. Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice
3rd prize
Piotr Szychowski (24 years old) - student of Academy of Music in Poznan
4th prize
Szczepan Konczal (20 years old) - student of Academy of Music in Katowice
5th prize
Lukasz Trepczynski (20 years old)- student of Academy of Music in Katowice
6th prize
Krzysztof Trzaskowski (18 years old) - student of State School of Music in Bialystok
Special award for the best performance of a mazurka:
Rafal Blechacz
Special award for the best performance of a polonaise:
Rafal Blechacz
Special award for the best performance of a concerto:
Rafal Blechacz
