The jury of the 7th Krzysztof Penderecki International Competition for Young Composers, after reviewing 14 scores, decided to award Main Prize and two distinctions.
15 scores from 9 countries were submitted to the competition: Austria (1), China (1), France (1), Hong Kong/West, Britain (1), Kosovo (1), Poland (6), Sweden (1), Ukraine (1), USA (2).
The jury was composed of: Marcel Chyrzyński (chairman), Zbigniew Bargielski, Ivan Buffa (Slovakia), Federico Gardella (Italy), Gośka Isphording (Poland/Germany) and Wojciech Widłak. The secretary of the competition was Aleksandra Patalas.
The Main Prize of USD 1,000 was awarded to the work Musical clicks, whistles and knocks (emblem: Star).
Moreover, the Jury decided to award 2 honorary distinctions for the works: October-abschied (emblem: Nysewalk) and Breathings (emblem: 211289).
The winner of the Main Prize was Ylli Daklani from Kosovo.
The distinctions went to Filip Gołdanowski from Poland (emblem: Nysewalk) and Otto Wanke from Austria (emblem: 211289).
Competition website: http://festiwal.zkp.krakow.pl/konkurs/
