Preparations are underway for the start of the 8th edition of the prize of the Polish music milieu – Polish Music Coryphaeus. On August 2, 2018, a form for nominating for the award will appear on the website www.koryfeusz.org.pl. Applications will be available until September 10.

The prize in 2018 will be awarded for the eighth time. Polish Music Coryphaeus is a distinction for people, groups of artists and institutions operating in the Polish music area of different ​​genres and styles. This is an award initiated and given by the music community.

The prize will be awarded in the following categories: Personality of the Year, Event of the Year, Honorary Award, and the Discovery of the Year, addressed to young artists.

The winners will receive the Polish Music Coryphaeus statuettes and financial prizes funded by the ZAiKS Authors' Association and the STOART Performing Artists' Union.

The gala award ceremony will take place on October 1, 2018 at the Witold Lutoslawski Polish Radio Concert Studio in Warsaw on the seventh anniversary of the IMiT's activity, falling on the International Music Day. The Gala is co-organized by the Polish Radio Programme 2.

The organizer of the Polish Music Coryphaeus award is the Institute of Music and Dance.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

The rules for awarding the prize are available at: www.koryfeusz.org.pl