3rd International Competition of Polish Music

The The 3rd International Competition of Polish Music will take place from 2 to 9 July 2023 at the Artur Malawski Podkarpacka Philharmonic Hall in Rzeszów.

The competition is held every two years and can be designed for different performance ensembles. The third edition of the competition will be held in two categories – piano and chamber ensembles. The competition is open to musicians-instrumentalists who apply individually and as chamber ensembles (from duos to six-member ensembles). There are no restrictions on the age and nationality of participants in the competition.

The primary objective of the International Competition of Polish Music is to popularise Polish music worldwide and showcase the masterful works written by 60 distinguished Polish composers.

The Competition promotes Polish music written in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, especially newly discovered works that can be restored to concert practice by the participants of the event. The Competition is dedicated to professional musicians, regardless of their age or citizenship. It aims to disseminate the featured compositions amongst a wide spectrum of international recipients and provide the legacy of the successive generations of Polish composers with appropriate analyses and new editions. The Competition equally endeavours to promote talented musicians who are willing to include lesser-known works written by Polish composers in the repertoire they regularly perform. It was also established to promote Poland as a meeting place of the international public during artistic events.

For more information visit the website of the 3rd International Competition of Polish Music. To apply for the pianist category click here. For the chamber ensemble visit this page. 

a) First Prize –  €20,000;

b) Second Prize – €10,000;

c) Third Prize – €8,000;

d) Fourth Prize – €6,000; 

e) Fifth Prize – €4,000;

f) Sixth Prize – €2,000;

g) Honourable Mentions – €500;

h) In Category I, a prize of 1000 euros for the best performance of a work by one of the following composers to be selected by the Participant: Antoni Stolpe, Eugeniusz Pankiewicz, Raul Koczalski;

i) In Category II, a prize of 1000 euros for the best performance of a work by one of the following composers to be selected by the Participant: Antoni Stolpe, Witold Maliszewski, Antoni Szałowski.