Competition

Krakow, 7th February 2024

Minutes of the Meeting of the Jury

of the 7th Krzysztof Penderecki International Competition

for Young Composers

The meeting of the Jury of the 7th Krzysztof Penderecki International Competition for Young Composers was held on the 7th of February 2024.

15 scores from 9 countries – Austria (1), China (1), France (1), Hongkong/Great Britain (1), Kosovo (1), Poland (6), Sweden (1), Ukraine (1), USA (2) – were submitted to the Competition. 1 of them was rejected as it was against regulations.

The Jury consisted of: Marcel Chyrzyński (Chairman), Zbigniew Bargielski, Ivan Buffa (Slovakia), Federico Gardella (Italy), Gośka Isphording (Poland/Netherlands) and Wojciech Widłak. The Secretary of the Competition was Aleksandra Patalas.

The Jury, after examining 14 scores, decided to award the Main Prize – 1,000 USD – to the composition titled:

Musical clicks, whistles and knocks (emblem: Star)

Moreover, the Jury decided to grant 2 honourable distinctions to the compositions titled:

October-abschied (emblem: Nysewalk)

Breathings (emblem: 211289)

When the envelopes had been opened, it appeared that the winner of the Main Prize is Ylli Daklani from the Republic of Kosovo.

The winners of the honourable distinctions are Filip Gołdanowski from Poland (emblem: Nysewalk) and Otto Wanke from Austria (emblem: 211289).

The official reading of the minutes and the premiere of the composition granted the Main Prize will take place on the 28th of April 2024, during the concert within the 36th Krakow 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 

And 2 (two) honorable equivalent distinctions:

Olgierd Juzala-Deprati (Poland) – Strumienie 

Lina Tonia (Greece) – U_topia 


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 

And 3 (three) honorable equivalent distinctions:

Otto Wanke (Austria) – Interpolations 

Andrzej Ojczenasz (Poland) – De profundis 

Xinyang Wang (China) – San-Guei 


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 

And 3 (three) honorable equivalent distinctions:

Orhan Veli Özbayrak (Turkey) – Dialoge 

Tetsuya Yamamoto (Japan/France) – Éclat dans le brouillard 

Wojciech Chałupka (Polska) – Metanoia 


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

And 3 (three) honorable equivalent distinctions:

Franciszek Araszkiewicz (Poland) – Jeux Holomorphes 

Michał Dorman (Poland) – From the ground

Ashley John Long (Great Britain) – The Dreaming 


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 

And 3 (three) honorable equivalent distinctions:

Andrea Gerratana (Italy) – Le Maree

Maciej Kabza (Poland) – The Infinity Mirror

Candra Bangun Setyawan (Republic of Indonesia) – Hidden Carving


Results of the 6th Krzysztof Penderecki International Competition for Young Composers (15 February 2023).

The subject of the competition was a piece for chamber ensemble (flute, oboe, clarinet, piano, violin, viola and cello).

Main Prize:

Junghoon Nam (South Korea) Earnendel

And 3 (three) honorable equivalent distinctions:

Meng Sicong (China) – Star Atlas I – the Big Dipper No.5 – ‘Lian Zhen’

Lixing Ding (China/Germany) – Meteor Sink Into The Sea

Xiaowen Lei (China) – Dance of Water