On March 10, the Jury consisting of: Marek Chołoniewski (chairman), Marcel Chyrzyński, Mieczysław Kominek, Violetta Przech, and Mateusz Ryczek awarded the 2025 Annual Awards of the Polish Composers' Union. The laureates of the Awards are:
- Szymon Bywalec – for outstanding achievements as a conductor and promoter of contemporary music, as well as his dedicated efforts motivating composers to engage in creative work.
- Paweł Hendrich – for outstanding compositional achievements and for leading the Musica Polonica Nova festival since 2016, an important event that stimulates domestic compositional creativity.
- Małgorzata Woźna-Stankiewicz – for her overall scholarly contributions to musicology, with particular emphasis on research into Polish-French musical relations and the musical culture of historical Lesser Poland.
The formal award ceremony is scheduled for September this year during the 68th Warsaw Autumn Festival.
The Annual Award of the Polish Composers' Union has been granted since 1949 – until 1991 to honor composers and performers for their outstanding achievements in music, and since 1991 – to "Polish composers, performers, musicologists, educators, and organizers of musical life for outstanding achievements."
Source: https://www.zkp.org.pl/index.php/pl/zkp-wydarzenia/1216-doroczne-nagrody-zkp-2025-juz-przyznane
