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After six days of auditions at the 21^st Kiejstut Bacewicz International Chamber Music Competition in Łódź the jury announced the results. The award ceremony and the Laureates' Concert took place on the 10^th of April 10 2022 in the Concert Hall of the Academy of Music in Łódź. The Albéniz Trio is the winner of the Competition. The Winners' concert and all Competition auditions are available on the organizer's YouTube channel.

In the first stage the jury members: Łukasz Błaszczyk, Massimiliano Caldi (Włochy/Polska), Michał Drewnowski, Alexander Hintchev (Bułgaria), Agata Igras, Yair Kless (Izrael/Austria), Włodzimierz Zalewski and Sylwia Michalik listened to participants divided into two categories: instrumental and vocal duets, and in the second category trios, quartets and quintets. In the second stage the teams were classified together. The Competition was open to ensembles whose average age at the beginning of the event did not exceed 30 years.

Co-financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, the Italian Cultural Institute in Warsaw, and the STOART Association of Performers.

Competition results:

1st Prize - Albéniz Trio

2nd Prize - Gidaszewska/Łaguniak/Koziak Trio

3rd Prize ex aequo - Upbeat Piano Trio

3rd Prize ex aequo - Capaltome Duo


Distinction - Romarie Piano Duo

Special Prize for the best performance of a work of the Polish composer - Popko / Thieu–Quang

Special Prize for the best performance of a work of the Polish composer - Romarie Piano Duo

Special Prize funded by the Arthur Rubinstein Philharmonic in Lodz - Albéniz Trio

Special Prize for the best ensemble from Poland funded by the Ars Iuventutis Association - Gidaszewska/Łaguniak/Koziak Trio

Special Prize funded by the Radom Chamber Orchestra - Romarie Piano Duo


Congratulations to all participants and especially to prize winners!

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC

On the 18^th of March 2022 during a concert at the Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in Chicago the world-famous Polish composer, percussionist and teacher Marta Ptaszyńska was awarded the Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland for outstanding achievements in the field of composition!

During the concert in Chicago, The Zafa Collective group presented composer’s chamber works: Red Rays, White Shadows, Graffito, Lullaby for Benjamin, The Gates of Light and Sappho Songs. Consul Małgorzata Bąk-Guzik on behalf of the President of the Republic of Poland Andrzej Duda, awarded the artist with the Commander's Cross. After the official ceremony a meeting with the composer took place.

After six days of auditions at the 21^st Kiejstut Bacewicz International Chamber Music Competition in Łódź the jury announced the results. The award ceremony and the Laureates' Concert took place on the 10^th of April 10 2022 in the Concert Hall of the Academy of Music in Łódź. The Albéniz Trio is the winner of the Competition. The Winners' concert and all Competition auditions are available on the organizer's YouTube channel.

In the first stage the jury members: Łukasz Błaszczyk, Massimiliano Caldi (Włochy/Polska), Michał Drewnowski, Alexander Hintchev (Bułgaria), Agata Igras, Yair Kless (Izrael/Austria), Włodzimierz Zalewski and Sylwia Michalik listened to participants divided into two categories: instrumental and vocal duets, and in the second category trios, quartets and quintets. In the second stage the teams were classified together. The Competition was open to ensembles whose average age at the beginning of the event did not exceed 30 years.

Co-financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, the Italian Cultural Institute in Warsaw, and the STOART Association of Performers.

Competition results:

1st Prize - Albéniz Trio

2nd Prize - Gidaszewska/Łaguniak/Koziak Trio

3rd Prize ex aequo - Upbeat Piano Trio

3rd Prize ex aequo - Capaltome Duo


Distinction - Romarie Piano Duo

Special Prize for the best performance of a work of the Polish composer - Popko / Thieu–Quang

Special Prize for the best performance of a work of the Polish composer - Romarie Piano Duo

Special Prize funded by the Arthur Rubinstein Philharmonic in Lodz - Albéniz Trio

Special Prize for the best ensemble from Poland funded by the Ars Iuventutis Association - Gidaszewska/Łaguniak/Koziak Trio

Special Prize funded by the Radom Chamber Orchestra - Romarie Piano Duo


Congratulations to all participants and especially to prize winners!

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC

On the 18^th of March 2022 during a concert at the Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in Chicago the world-famous Polish composer, percussionist and teacher Marta Ptaszyńska was awarded the Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland for outstanding achievements in the field of composition!

During the concert in Chicago, The Zafa Collective group presented composer’s chamber works: Red Rays, White Shadows, Graffito, Lullaby for Benjamin, The Gates of Light and Sappho Songs. Consul Małgorzata Bąk-Guzik on behalf of the President of the Republic of Poland Andrzej Duda, awarded the artist with the Commander's Cross. After the official ceremony a meeting with the composer took place.