The meeting of the Jury of the 6th Krzysztof Penderecki International Competition for Young Composers was held on the 15th of February 2023. 34 scores from 12 countries (China, the Czech Republic, France, Japan, South Korea, Germany, Peru, Poland, Slovakia, Turkey, the United Kingdom, Italy) were submitted to the Competition.
The Jury decided to award the Main Prize – 1,000 USD – to the composition titled: Earnendel for 7 Instruments (emblem: CM1004) by Junghoon Nam from South Korea.
Moreover, the Jury decided to grant 3 honourable distinctions to the compositions titled:
Star Atlas I – the Big Dipper No.5 – ‘Lian Zhen’ by Meng Sicong from China (emblem: (⊙﹏⊙),
Meteor Sink Into The Sea by Lixing Ding from China/Germany (emblem: D.),
Dance of Water by Xiaowen Lei from China (emblem: ).
The official reading of the protocol and the premiere of the composition granted the Main Prize will take place on the 15th of April 2023, during the concert within the 35th Cracow International Festival of Composers.
The jury was composed of: Marcel Chyrzyński (Chairman), Zbigniew Bargielski, Ivan Buffa (Slovakia), Federico Gardella (Italy) and Wojciech Widłak. Aleksandra Patalas was the Secretary of the Competition.
More about the Competition: http://festiwal.zkp.krakow.pl/konkurs/
