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International Flute Competition Kraków
Next edition
No future edition is announced on the official pages we could check.
Overview
Founded in 1989, this competition is organised by the Krzysztof Penderecki Academy of Music in Kraków. The 2023 edition had up to 60 candidates after recorded qualification, three live rounds and a final with chamber orchestra including Penderecki's Flute Concerto.
- Organiser
- Krzysztof Penderecki Academy of Music in Kraków
- Instruments
- Flute
- Category
- Solo flute
- Age limits
- Born after 19 March 1993 (2023 edition)
Rules & repertoire
Registration & fee
Online application in English; 2023 fee PLN 700.
Rounds & time limits
- Qualification recordings
- Round 1 (up to 60 candidates)
- Round 2 (12 candidates)
- Final (6 candidates, with orchestra)
Repertoire
2023: Round 1 a Telemann Fantasy and Karg-Elert Caprice Op. 107 No. 30 from memory plus a contemporary work; Round 2 two works from groups C and D; Final Mozart KV 313 first movement and Penderecki Concerto for Flute and Chamber Orchestra.
Jury & prizes
Jury
Not published on the official pages we could check.Prizes
- 1st PLN 40,000
- 2nd PLN 20,000
- 3rd PLN 10,000
- Penderecki special prize PLN 10,000
- Yamaha flute
- Rector's prize for best Polish participant
Past editions
- 2023 — Kraków (9th edition) source
1st Tomasz Sierant (Poland); 2nd Daniel Mieczkowski (Poland); 3rd Albert Szentgyörgyváry (Hungary)
Summarised from official sources, last checked 10 Nov 2026. Main source