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Karol Szymanowski International Music Competition

كاتوفيتسه, بولندا

الموقع الرسمي الشروط والبرنامج المطلوب

الدورة المقبلة

الدورة
2027
المواعيد
Violin auditions 4-12 September 2027; prize-winners' concert 19 September 2027
المكان
كاتوفيتسه
الموعد النهائي للتسجيل
31 January 2027, 23:59 (performance categories)
الرسوم
EUR 100 or PLN 440

المصدر: szymanowski-competition.com

نظرة عامة

International competition held every five years by NOSPR in Katowice. It has categories for piano, voice, string quartet, violin and composition. Total prize money is over EUR 300,000.

الجهة المنظِّمة
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra in Katowice (NOSPR), with the Ministry of Culture, the City of Katowice, Polish Radio, the Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice and the Szymanowski Music Society in Zakopane
الآلات
كمان, بيانو, غناء, رباعي وتري, التأليف الموسيقي
الفئة
بيانو منفرد, كمان منفرد, الكمان في موسيقى الحجرة, الأوبرا والغناء العام, التأليف لموسيقى الحجرة والآلة المنفردة, الرباعي الوتري
بالتناوب
Categories change; 2027: violin
الدورة المقبلة: كمان
شروط السن
Violin: 18-32 (born between 1 January 1995 and 31 January 2009)

الشروط والبرنامج المطلوب

التسجيل والرسوم

  • Performance-category applications run from 1 November 2026 to 31 January 2027 at 23:59. All nationalities. Exact birth ranges: piano, violin and each quartet member, 1 January 1995–31 January 2009; women singers, 1 January 1995–31 January 2007; men singers, 1 January 1992–31 January 2007. One category per entrant, at most two entries in the same category across editions. Previous prizewinners are ineligible.
  • Attach a Polish or English biography in Word (about 700 characters), music education documents, two recent photos including a portrait (300–1200 dpi, JPG/JPEG/PNG), HD video and every round’s proposed programme with keys, movements and durations. Declare any jury or qualification-committee student relationship. Where applicable declare whether you bring a pianist for Rounds 1 and 2. Attach proof of non-refundable fee (€100 or PLN 440 per person, including each quartet member). The published checklist does not require a recommendation letter.

الأدوار والمدد الزمنية

Video preselection · 15 November 2026–15 January 2027 recording window

  • All four groups submit by 31 January. Film with one camera at most 5 m away, no cuts within a work. MP4, MOV, WEBM or YouTube, maximum 5 GB combined. Piano: up to 30 min, varied styles including the Szymanowski work planned for Round 2, full figure and hands from the right. Individual movements allowed.
  • Violin: up to 20 min, at least two contrasting works from different periods, including one movement of Szymanowski Mythes Op. 30 or Romance Op. 23. Solo violin up to half the video, frame both players. Quartet: up to 20 min, two contrasting movements from any quartet, distinct from the live programme and all players visible. Voice: up to 15 min, one opera aria plus two songs, all three in different languages and distinct from the live programme, full-body front view.

Piano · Round 1 25–30 min, Round 2 50–60 min, orchestral final

  • Round 1: one virtuoso Chopin étude plus one Liszt étude, Szymanowski étude Op. 4 No. 2 or 4, one Chopin from Op. 23, 38, 47, 52, 22, 44, 53, 61, 49 or 60, and two Szymanowski mazurkas from Op. 50.
  • Round 2: choose one Beethoven sonata, excluding Op. 10 No. 1, both Op. 14 and Op. 49 sonatas, and Op. 78, 79, 90 and 106. Add at least 20 min of Szymanowski from Op. 29 or 34 (individual pieces allowed), Op. 3, 10, 14, 33, 8, 21, 36 or 62, or the 1909 C-sharp minor Prelude and Fugue. Add one Appendix 3 option: Bacewicz Sonata 2, Barber Op. 26, Bartók Op. 14, Sz. 80 or Sz. 81, Berg Op. 1, Debussy L.95, L.110/111 or L.100, Falla Fantasia Bætica, or Ravel M.43 or M.55. For the listed Debussy/Ravel cycles, one or more pieces may be selected.
  • Final: Szymanowski Symphony No. 4 Op. 60 is mandatory, plus one concerto from Bartók No. 3, Panufnik, Ravel in G or Gershwin in F. Piano programme from memory.

Violin · Round 1 25–30 min, Round 2 45–60 min, orchestral final

  • Round 1: second movement of a Beethoven violin sonata excluding Op. 47, one movement of Szymanowski Mythes Op. 30 or Romance Op. 23, and one full Ysaÿe Sonata from Op. 27 Nos. 1–6. Round 2: choose one sonata, one virtuoso work and one Kochański work or transcription from the three separate lists in Appendix 4. The Kochański choice completes the time requirement. Sonata items from the listed live rounds may be played with score.
  • Final: one Szymanowski concerto (Op. 35 or 61), plus one of Bartók No. 2, Britten Op. 15, Penderecki No. 1 or Weinberg Op. 67.

String quartet · three live programmes

  • Round 1: one Beethoven Op. 18 quartet (Nos. 1–6), plus first movement of Szymanowski Op. 37 or 56. That Szymanowski quartet must differ from the one you perform in the final.
  • Round 2: one quartet by Brahms, Dvořák, Grieg, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Smetana or Verdi, plus one of Baird Quartet, Bacewicz No. 5, Górecki No. 2 Op. 64, Lutosławski Quartet, Penderecki No. 3, Paweł Szymański Five Pieces, Tansman No. 6 or Weinberg No. 7 Op. 59.
  • Final: one complete Szymanowski quartet, Op. 37 or 56, plus one of the 16 works in Appendix 5, ranging from Bartók Nos. 2 and 4 to Schönberg Op. 30. Scores are allowed.

Voice · Round 1 15 min, Round 2 20 min, orchestral final

  • Round 1: one 1800–1840 aria in its original key, excluding Russian composers; one choice group from the specified Lutosławski, Kilar or Górecki list; two contrasting songs from 1800–1937 in different languages; one Szymanowski song in original key that is not repeated later. The specified Polish choice may require one song, two songs or a full work depending on the group chosen.
  • Round 2: in original keys, a Szymanowski group of at least three songs, complete cycle or cycle excerpt; two songs in different languages from the international list; and one song from the separate Polish list in Appendix 6. Final: orchestral Szymanowski selection of about eight minutes maximum from the voice-type list, plus one opera aria or scene from the prescribed voice-type list. By 30 June send two score copies of Rounds 1–2 repertoire and the publishers for final editions.

البرنامج المطلوب

  • The repertoire appendices list exact choices, movements and voice types. The composition category has a separate application window opening 1 January 2027.

المصدر: Official applicant portal and category schedule · szymanowski-competition.com · Performance regulations · szymanowski-competition.com · Piano Appendix 3 · szymanowski-competition.com · Violin Appendix 4 · szymanowski-competition.com · Quartet Appendix 5 · szymanowski-competition.com · Voice Appendix 6, including arias by voice type · szymanowski-competition.com

لجنة التحكيم والجوائز

لجنة التحكيم

  • Laurent Breuninger (violin jury)
  • Eszter Haffner (violin jury)
  • Szymon Krzeszowiec (violin jury)
  • Lucie Robert (violin jury)
  • Zohrab Tadevosyan (violin jury)
  • Tong Weidong (violin jury)
  • Soyoung Yoon (violin jury)

الجوائز

  • 1st prize: EUR 30,000
  • 2nd prize: EUR 20,000
  • 3rd prize: EUR 10,000
  • Special prize for the best performance of a Szymanowski work: EUR 5,000
  • Best collaborative pianist: EUR 3,000

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