4th Young Horn Player Academy

took place in Katowice on June 15-17, 2018

in the Complex of State Music Schools, Katowice, Ulanska street 7B

and at the Academy of Music, Katowice, Zacisze street 3

 

 

The organizers

• Art Education Center
• Internet portal waltornia.pl
• Complex of State Music Schools named after W. Kilar in Katowice
• Department of Wind Instruments and Percussion of the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music K. Szymanowski in Katowice

 

 

 

Purpose

• presentation of the artistic achievements of adepts of playing the horn
• presentation of modern methods of teaching basic horn playing
• consultations of teachers, students and parents
• exchange of methodological experience related to school pedagogy
• popularizing the French horn and monitoring the development of young talents
• presentation of the specifics of the instrument
• integration of the horn community in Poland

 

Description

As during the previous edition, the event included a competition and concert part, as well as a performance by the Horn Choir composed of all AMW participants. The Young Horn Player competition has been qualified to the Calendar of International and National Competitions of Artistic Education of the Center for Artistic Education (CEA).

 

Participants could take part in the following forms:

• concert performance (solo or in a chamber ensemble)
• competition performance (solo )
• performance in the Horn Choir

 

Concert and competition presentations of the participants took place in three age groups:

• 1st Group – for participants born in 2008 and later
• 2nd Group – for participants born in 2005-2007
• 3rd Group – for participants born in 2002-2004

 

Concert programme:

• 1st Group – miniature(s) solo or with piano accompaniment, the duration of which may not exceed 3 minutes
• 2nd Group – miniature(s) solo or with piano accompaniment, the duration of which may not exceed 5 minutes
• 3rd Group – miniature(s) solo or with piano accompaniment, the duration of which may not exceed 7 minutes

 

Competition programme:

• 1st GroupI – one or two pieces of choice with piano accompaniment. The duration of the entire program is up to 5 minutes
• 2nd Group – one or two pieces of choice with piano accompaniment. The duration of the entire program is 6-8 minutes
• 3rd Group – one or two pieces of choice with piano accompaniment. The duration of the entire program is 8-12 minutes.

 

It was allowed to perform one piece for solo horn, provided that the second piece was performed with piano accompaniment.

The program of the festival also included lectures, exhibitions of musical instruments, accessories and sheet music.

The performances of the participants were assessed by the Jury appointed by the Center for Artistic Education:

• Prof. Wiesław Grochowski – Chairman
• Dr hab. Damian Walentek
• Dr Adam Wolny
• Mgr Rafał Dudek – Secretary

 

The jury also included all the teachers of the participants of a given age category.

Each participant received a certificate of participation and occasional gifts.

In accordance with the recommendations of the CEA, this year’s edition did not provide for an entry fee, but the participants incurred the costs of travel, accommodation and meals.

On June 17, 2018, lectures were held in the Audiovisual Hall of the Academy of Music in Katowice

• Dr. Waldemar Matera – Horn in the works of Richard Strauss
• dr hab. Damian Walentek – Horn player and composer – friendships and inspirations over the centuries

 

We would like to thank all the participants, their parents and teachers for coming to Katowice and participating in the festival. Congratulations to the winners and see you in 2020.

 

The list of participants

№	first and last name	vintage	school
1.	Serena Lubomirska-Aksamit	2011	SM nr 1 Kraków
2.	Patrycja Bulicka	2003	SM Przasnysz
3.	Piotr Humięcki	2002	SM Przasnysz
4.	Magdalena Kołakowska	2002	SM Przasnysz
5.	Magdalena Łukasiak	2003	SM Przasnysz
6.	Ewa Gach	2004	SM Przasnysz
7.	Izabella Piotrak	2002	SM Przasnysz
8.	Zofia Walis	2006	SM Przasnysz
9.	Martyna Jamrozik	2003	PSM Strzelce Opolskie
10.	Mateusz Klimek	2008	PSM Opole
11.	Stanisław Majcherek	2009	PSM Jaworzno
12.	Klaudia Bąk	2002	SM Przasnysz
13.	Wiktoria Wojtan	2009	ZSM Dąbrowa Górnicza
14.	Szymon Wiankowski	2008	ZPSM Bydgoszcz
15.	Ignacy Miłaszewicz	2010	ZS nr 20 Wrocław
16.	Cyprian Chomik	2005	SM Gdynia
17.	Karolina Julita Łaban	2008	ZSM Białystok
18.	Tomasz Zabrowarny	2008	ZSM Dąbrowa Górnicza
19.	Paweł Rywalski	2008	SM Gdynia
20.	Agnieszka Kunze	2004	PSM Poznań
21.	Jan Dąbrowski	2002	ZPOSM nr 3 Warszawa
22.	Maciej Dujczyński	2003	POSM Katowice
23.	Michał Mocek	2004	POSM Katowice
24.	Filip Swornowski	2004	POSM Katowice
25.	Julia Banaś	2002	POSM Katowice
26.	Weronika Sasim	2004	POSM Katowice
27.	Zofia Kirszniok	2003	POSM Katowice
28.	Angela Warzyńska	2002	PSM Chorzów
29.	Nina Królicka	2007	PSM Chorzów
30.	Tomasz Solak	2006	PSM Wadowice
31.	Krystian Łabędź	2005	PSM Wadowice
32.	Ryszard Grec	2008	OSM Bytom
33.	Szymon Grzonka	2008	PSM Rybnik
34.	Jędrzej Czerski	2005	PSM Zgorzelec
35.	Justyna Wolny	2003	ZPSM Bielsko-Biała
36.	Amelia Czapnik	2005	ZPSM Bielsko-Biała
37.	Aleksandra de Sas Żubr	2003	SM nr 1 Kraków
38.	Laura Skrobot	2008	SM Gdynia
39.	Jeremiasz Trzcionkowski	2005	PSM Rybnik
40.	Agata Wachowska	2008	PSM Tarnowskie Góry
41.	Wojciech Szady	2007	PSM Tarnowskie Góry
42.	Jin Jin Chen	2004	MSM Gostynin
43.	Mikołaj Krysiak	2005	MSM Gostynin
44.	Dawid Lukasczyk	2002	PSM Strzelce Opolskie
45.	Iwo Sawaszkiewicz-Ziomka	2009	ZSM Dąbrowa Górnicza
46.	Karolina Drabczyk	2005	PSM Oświęcim
47.	Filip Doniec	2007	ZPSM Kraków
48.	Konrad Boyd Garland	2006	OSM Płock
49.	Eryk Miś	2004	ZSM Tarnów
50.	Leon Jastrzębski	2005	ZSM Dąbrowa Górnicza
51.	Oliwier Pelc	2005	ZPSM Bielsko-Biała
52.	Jan Figlarski	2006	SM Świątniki Górne
53.	Wiktoria Porębska	2008	ZPSM Kraków
54.	Antoni Chmiel	2009	ZPSM Kraków
55.	Julia Pogoda	2006	ZPSM Kraków
56.	Jakub Adamski	2007	OSM Bytom
57.	Tymoteusz Burzyński	2002	OSM Wrocław
58.	Jan Żurek	2005	SM nr 1 Kraków
59.	Małgorzata Szczepara	2007	ZPSM Kraków
60.	Natalia Kazuła	2008	OSM Wrocław
61.	Zofia Nowak	2011	OSM Wrocław
62.	Marcin Chruszcz	2002	POSM Kraków
63.	Paweł Kumorek	2008	PSM Strzelce Opolskie
64.	Katarzyna Naziemiec	2010	SA Siemianowice
65.	Bartosz Gabryś	2005	ZPSM Żory
66.	Agata Porwolik	2006	ZPSM Żory
67.	Wojciech Cebula	2006	ZPSM Kraków
68.	Eryk Kaczmarek	2006	PSM Poznań
69.	Aleksandra Kłoska	2007	ZSM Ruda Śląska
70.	Karol Błaszkiewicz	2008	ZSM Ruda Śląska
71.	Natalia Leciak	2004	GCMiT Mykanów
72.	Nadia Gołda	2007	GCMiT Mykanów
73.	Przemysław Kotarski	2007	ZSM Częstochowa
74.	Michał Krzyżostaniak	2007	PSM Strzelce Opolskie
75.	Ignacy Kapuściak	2008	ZSM Częstochowa
76.	Kacper Męcka	2002	ZSM Częstochowa
77.	Maksymilian Markowski	2006	OSM Płock

 

Young Horn Player Competition

The Jury of the Competition composed of:

• Prof. Wiesław Grochowski – Chairman
• Dr hab. Damian Walentek
• Dr Adam Wolny

has decided to award the following Awards and Distinctions:

1st Group

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1st Prize
Mateusz Klimek

2nd Prize
Paweł Rywalski
Iwo Sawaszkiewicz-Ziomka

3rd Prize
Antoni Chmiel
Paweł Kumorek
Agata Wachowska
Tomasz Zabrowarny

Distinction
Ryszard Grec
Szymon Grzonka
Stanisław Majcherek
Zofia Nowak

 

Grupa II

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1st Prize
Krystian Łabędź

2nd Prize
Leon Jastrzębski

3rd Prize
Wojciech Cebula
Cyprian Chomik
Amelia Czapnik
Karolina Drabczyk
Tomasz Solak

Distinction
Jakub Adamski
Aleksandra Kłoska
Nina Królicka
Mikołaj Krysiak
Michał Krzyżostaniak
Jeremiasz Trzcionkowski
Jan Żurek

 

Grupa III

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1st Prize
Jan Dąbrowski

2nd Prize
Michał Mocek
Justyna Wolny

3rd Prize
Maciej Dujczyński
Martyna Jamrozik
Angela Warzyńska

Distinction
Jin Jin Chen
Marcin Chruszcz
Dawid Lukasczyk

Congratulations!

 

Concert part

As in previous editions, some participants could only choose to participate in the concert part – not evaluated. This was the role of: Katarzyna Naziemiec, Julia Banaś, Karol Błaszkiewicz, Olivier.Pelc, Szymon Wiankowski, Jędrzej Czerski, Magdalena Gerula, Klaudia Bąk, Patrycja Bulicka, Ewa Gach, Piotr Humięcki, Magdalena Kołakowska, Magdalena Łukasiak, Izabella Piotrak and Zofia Walis . The concert of the winners and the performance of the Horn Choir ended the 4th edition of the Academy of the Young French Horn Player 2018.

 

Photo Gallery

 

YHPA 2018 sponsors

The festival was financed by the Center for Artistic Education.

In addition, the sponsors of the 4th Young Horn Player Academy were:

• ZM Concept from Bydgoszcz
• Jarmuła Music from Tarnów
• PH Magnus – a music wholesaler from Zamość