Krakow, 15th February 2023
Minutes of the Meeting of the Jury
of the 6th Krzysztof Penderecki International Competition
for Young Composers
The meeting of the Jury of the 6th Krzysztof Penderecki International Competition for Young Composers was held on the 15th of February 2023.
34 scores from 12 countries (China, the Czech Republic, France, Japan, South Korea, Germany, Peru, Poland, Slovakia, Turkey, the United Kingdom, Italy) were submitted to the Competition. 8 of them were rejected as they were against regulations.
The Jury consisted of: Marcel Chyrzyński (Chairman), Zbigniew Bargielski, Ivan Buffa (Slovakia), Federico Gardella (Italy) and Wojciech Widłak. The Secretary of the Competition was Aleksandra Patalas.
The Jury, after examining 26 scores, decided to award the Main Prize – 1,000 USD – to the composition titled:
Earnendel for 7 Instruments (emblem: CM1004)
Moreover, the Jury decided to grant 3 honourable distinctions to the compositions titled:
Star Atlas I – the Big Dipper No.5 – ‘Lian Zhen’ (emblem: (
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Meteor Sink Into The Sea (emblem: D.)
Dance of Water (emblem: 
)
When the envelopes had been opened, it appeared that the winner of the Main Prize is Junghoon Nam from South Korea.
The winners of the honourable distinctions Meng Sicong from China (emblem: (), Lixing Ding from China/Germany (emblem: D.) and Xiaowen Lei from China (emblem: ).
The official reading of the protocol and the premiere of the composition granted the Main Prize will take place on the 15th of April 2023, during the concert within the 35th Kraków International Festival of Composers.
The minutes were concluded.
Minutes prepared by
Aleksandra Patalas
The Secretary of the Competition
Results of the 1st Krzysztof Penderecki International Competition for Young Composers
(15 February 2018).
The subject of the competition was a piece for flute, clarinet, violin, viola and cello.
Main Prize:
Orestis Papaioannou (Greece/Germany) – Quintet in five scenes (Emblem: ≈)
And 2 (two) honorable equivalent distinctions:
Olgierd Juzala-Deprati (Poland) – Strumienie (Emblem: 940227)
Lina Tonia (Greece) – U_topia (Emblem: L90709L)
Results of the 2nd Krzysztof Penderecki International Competition for Young Composers
(11 March 2019).
The subject of the competition was a piece for string quartet.
Main Prize:
Olgierd Juzala-Deprati (Poland) – Szepty (Emblem: 500.K53)
And 3 (three) honorable equivalent distinctions:
Otto Wanke (Austria) – Interpolations (Emblem: 211289)
Andrzej Ojczenasz (Poland) – De profundis (Emblem: bz#2205)
Xinyang Wang (China) – San-Guei (Emblem: CSC9)
Results of the 3rd Krzysztof Penderecki International Competition for Young Composers
(28 February 2020).
The subject of the competition was a piece for flute and piano.
Main Prize:
Otto Wanke (Austria) – streams…contacts (Emblem: 1221)
And 3 (three) honorable equivalent distinctions:
Orhan Veli Özbayrak (Turkey) – Dialoge (Emblem: BOBBA1)
Tetsuya Yamamoto (Japan/France) – Éclat dans le brouillard (Emblem: FONT)
Wojciech Chałupka (Polska) – Metanoia (Emblem: PHOENIX)
Results of the 4th Krzysztof Penderecki International Competition for Young Composers
(20 March 2021).
The subject of the competition was a piece for chamber orchestra.
Main Prize:
Jongsung Oh (South Korea) – A Horny Faun’s Rampage (Emblem: MO)
And 3 (three) honorable equivalent distinctions:
Franciszek Araszkiewicz (Poland) – Jeux Holomorphes (Emblem: Herne)
Michał Dorman (Poland) – From the ground (Emblem: calibri)
Ashley John Long (Great Britain) – The Dreaming (Emblem: CDF929)
Results of the 5th Krzysztof Penderecki International Competition for Young Composers (23 March 2022).
The subject of the competition was a piece for string orchestra.
Main Prize:
Krystian Neścior (Poland) – Palimpsest (Emblem: Zacynthius)
And 3 (three) honorable equivalent distinctions:
Andrea Gerratana (Italy) – Le Maree (Emblem: L50PN)
Maciej Kabza (Poland) – The Infinity Mirror (Emblem: MWD2022)
Candra Bangun Setyawan (Republic of Indonesia) – Hidden Carving (Emblem: –..@)