COMPETITION
1st INTERNATIONAL WŁODZIMIERZ KAMIŃSKI VIOLIN MAKING COMPETITION
FOR STUDENTS AND GRADUATES
First international violin making competition devoted entirely to students of artistic violin making and to those who have graduated within the last year.
The Competition is held in two rounds. During first round, violin makers of the Jury will assess the aesthetic qualities of the instruments submitted, while violinist will judge the acoustic and ergonomic qualities. In the second round, the Jury in its full composition will assess the acoustic qualities presented from stage. Sound presentations in the second round is open to the public (admission free) and will be given from behind a curtain to eliminate any visual stimuli.
The Laureates’ Concert will be held at the end of the Festival, during which the awarded instruments will be presented.
COMPETITION RESULTS
[32] Martyna Reske – 1st prize PLN 15,000 (Poland, Ignacy Jan Paderewski Academy of Music in Poznań)
[1] Janusz Bryniarski – 2nd prize PLN 11,000 (Poland, Ignacy Jan Paderewski Academy of Music in Poznań)
[17] Seoyeon Kim – 3rd prize PLN 8,000 (South Korea, Istituto d’Istruzione Superiore Antonio Stradivari Cremona)
[24] Kwang Hoon Lee – honourable mention PLN 2,000 (South Korea, Istituto d’Istruzione Superiore Antonio Stradivari Cremona)
[35] Klemens Siatkowski – honourable mention PLN 2,000 (Poland, Ignacy Jan Paderewski Academy of Music in Poznań)
[31] Martyna Reske – honourable mention PLN 2,000 (Poland, Ignacy Jan Paderewski Academy of Music in Poznań)
[the numbers next to the names of the laureates and honourable mentions are the numbers of their instruments].
COMPETITION JURY
Peter Beare (United Kingdom)
luthier, President of the Jury
Ulrike Rempel (Germany)
luthier
Dominique Nicosia (France)
luthier
Roman Barnaś (United States)
luthier
Honorata Stalmierska (Poland)
luthier
Agata Szymczewska (Poland)
violinist
Jarosław Nadrzycki (Poland)
violinist
COMPETITION SECRETARY
Marta Panfil
COMPETITION TIMETABLE
23-24.10.2023
Monday/Tuesday
10.00 – 20.00
Submitting instruments for the Competition
25.10.2023
Wednesday
10.00
Festival Opening
11.00 – 13.00, 15.00 – 18.00
International Violin Making Competition: 1st Round
26.10.2023
Thursday
10.00 – 13.00, 15.00 – 17.00
International Violin Making Competition: 1st Round
18.30 – 20.00
1st Round Results and consultation with the Jury
27.10.2023
Friday
16.00 – 19.00
International Violin Making Competition: 2nd Round
(Aula Nova, admission free)
19.30 – 20.30
2nd Round Results and consultation with the Jury
28.10.2023
Saturday
19.00
Festival Gala and Laureates’ Concert (Aula Nova, admission free)
21.00
Banquet
The instruments qualified for the second stage will be presented by violinist Celina Kotz from the stage of the Aula Nova during the sound presentations. The violinist will perform the same programme on all violins and the presentations will take place anonymously from behind a screen.
TIME AND PLACE
27 October 2023, 4 p.m.
Friday
Aula Nova
Ignacy Jan Paderewski Academy of Music in Poznań
PROGRAMME ON EACH VIOLIN
Scale on each string
Jan Sebastian Bach – Adagio in G minor from the Violin Sonata No. 1
Grażyna Bacewicz – Polish caprice
Celina Kotz – violin