On 24-26 April 2024, at the B. Rutkowski Primary and Secondary Music School in Cracow, auditions and deliberations of the Jury of the Third International Piano Competition ‘Chopin Plus’ took place, with the following Jury: Prof. Gajusz Kęska – Chairman of the Jury, dr hab. Wojciech Kubica, Piotr Kowal, Ph.D. – Secretary of the Competition and Artistic Director. Based on the average score, the following prizes were awarded:
II age group
I prize – Piechanowska Lea
I prize – Kamiński David
II prize – Magdalena Kosowicz
III prize – Piotr Kędra
III prize – Karol Pawlikowski
Distinction – Maria Gołębiewska
III age group
II prize – Rąpała Karol
III prize – Kowal Amelia
III prize – Zygor Emilia
Distinction – Nalepka Maja
Distinction – Kornaś Julia
IV age group
I prize – Yakymenko Mariia
II prize – Szostak Dymitr
II prize – Wang Yuteng
III prize – Balawender Filip
III prize – Shpilko Karina
III prize – Kiełbasińska Irena
Distinctions – Siepioła Gustaw, Orzechowska Amelia, Sochacka Marta, Czubak Emma
V age group
I prize – Faldelli Luca
I prize – Huang Yaqian
II prize – Phee Lily
II prize – Jochemczyk Jonasz
III prize – Jurkiewicz Piotr
III prize – Zhang Yanxin
III prize – Sobich Katarzyna
III prize – Marciniak Karolina
III prize – Le Quang Sinh
Distinction – Dąbek Kamil
The jury also decided to award special prizes:
Miłosz Kusy- participation in the Małopolska Akademia Talentów
Filip Balawender – participation in the Summer Academy of Music in Kraków
Lea Piechanowska – participation in the Youth Academy of Music in Łódź
Mariia Yakymenko, Luca Faldelli, Huang Yaqian – invitation to a concert during the “Music at the Czartoryski” Festival.
CONGRATULATIONS!