YHPA 2023-1

The VI Young Horn Player Academy

was held in days

24-26.03.2023


on Zespół Państwowych Szkół Muzycznych im. W. Kilara in Katowice
Ułańska 7b street

and

on Akademia Muzyczna im. K. Szymanowskiego in Katowice
Zacisze 3 street

Akademia Młodego Waltornisty 2023

The International Young French Horn Player Competition was part of the festival.

The Jury of the Competition composed of:

  • Prof. Wiesław Grochowski – Chairman
  • Prof. Jindřich Petráš
  • Dr Michał Szczerba

decided to award the following Awards and Honorable Mentions

Group I


1st Prize

Krzysztof Uherek
Tymon Werner

2nd Prize

Julia Dziura
Tomasz Wołosz

3rd Prize

Wilhelm Bardowski
Edmund Farley
Stanisław Frączek

Honorable Mention

Wojciech Danisz
Hubert Madej
Franciszek Szałański
Krzysztof Tondera
Mateusz Ziaja

Group II


1st Prize

Dorian Ćuić – Croatia
Julian Merecki

2nd Prize

Tymoteusz Czernohorski
Maksim Radanec – Croatia

3rd Prize

Szymon Kozłowski
Antoni Nowak
Rea Prišlin – Croatia

Honorable Mention 1st degree

Konrad Bańczyk
Tymoteusz Ujma

Honorable Mention 2nd degree

Klaudia Dziekońska
Andrzej Hajdaniuk
Serena Maria Lubomirska-Aksamit
Oliwia Okoń
Maciej Rybak
Zofia Sławińska
Natalia Święty
Katarzyna Żurek

Group III


1st Prize

Agata Wachowska
Zofia Wiaterek

2nd Prize

Antoni Chmiel
Piotr Gunther

3rd Prize

Mateusz Klimek
Karolina Łaban
Maksymilian Pieczka
Dora Vinković – Croatia
Iwo Sawaszkiewicz-Ziomka

Honorable Mention 1st degree

Gabriel Mandrela
Jan Walkiewicz
Illia Zherebtsov

Honorable Mention 2nd degree

Jakub Adamski
Piotr Iwanów
Michał Krzyżostaniak
Aleksander Łojek
Wiktoria Porębska
Miłosz Skrzek

Group IV


1st Prize

Cyprian Chomik
Martyna Jamrozik
Klaudie Škárková – Czechy

2nd Prize

Amelia Czapnik
Dominic Ledwig
Piotr Najdek

3rd Prize

Oliwier Pelc
Agata Sobkiewicz
Dawid Sokół

Honorable Mention 1st degree

Wojciech Cebula
Norbert Jaszczyk
Patrycja Kolis
Mateusz Kubat
Jan Żurek

Honorable Mention 2nd degree

Agata Marek

CONGRATULATIONS!

The festival program includes also:

All auditions and events within the festival was open to the public, free admission.

As part of the VI Young Horn Player Academy was held

International Competition
Young Horn Player


The competition includes four age categories:

  • I Group for participants born in 2013 and later
  • II Group for participants born in 2010-2012
  • III Group for participants born in 2007-2009
  • IV Group for participants born in 2003-2006

The competition was a one-stage event. Participants performed the following program:

  • Group – one or two pieces of choice with piano accompaniment.
    The duration of the entire program is up to 5 minutes
  • II Group – one or two pieces of choice with piano accompaniment.
    The duration of the entire program is 6-8 minutes
  • III Grouptwo pieces of free choice (or two parts of a cyclical piece) with piano accompaniment.
    Total duration of the entire program is 8-12 minutes
  • IV Group
    1. Obligatory piece: E. Bozza  – Chant lointain
    2. One of the compositions to choose from
    – W. A. Mozart – Concerto No. 1 in D major KV 412, I movement
    – W. A. Mozart – Concerto No. 2 in E flat major KV 417, I movement
    – W. A. Mozart – Concerto No. 3 in E flat major KV 447, I movement
    – W. A. Mozart – Concerto No. 4 in E flat major KV 495, I movement
    – Fr. Strauss – Concerto No. 1 in C minor op. 8, I movement
    – C. Saint-Saens – Morceau de Concert op. 94, I movement
    – K. Matys – Konzeststück nr 2 op. 24 cz. I
    – R. Strauss – Concerto No. 2 in E flat major op. 11, I movement

There was no requirement to perform the repertoire from memory.

Details in the Competition Regulations.

The competition auditions of Groups I-III took place on March 24 and 25, 2023 at the State Music Schools Complex. W. Kilar in Katowice.

On March 26, 2023, Group IV auditions took place at the Academy of Music in Katowice. On that day, the Silesian Horn Symposium (a series of lectures) was also held, as well as the Concert of Laureates and the performance of the Horn Choir consisting of all participants of the Festival.