SPECIAL AWARDS
Award funded by the ORLEN Gift of the Heart Foundation of PKN ORLEN –
a scholarship worth 25,000 euros,
for the top-scoring Polish participant in the Competition
Rafał Blechacz
Award founded by Ryowa Life Create
10 000 USD for the 1st Prize Winner
Rafał Blechacz
Award funded by Krystian Zimerman – 10,000 Swiss francs,
for the best performance of a sonata
Rafał Blechacz
The Alfred Cortot Award funded by Annerosa Taddei Vio – 3,000 euros,
for the best pianist who did not qualify for the Competition Final
Piotr Banasik
Award funded by the Frédéric Chopin Society in Geneva –
4,000 Swiss francs and a recital in Geneva,
for the youngest pianist from the European Union or Switzerland who did not qualify for the Competition Final
Krzysztof Trzaskowski
Award funded by Schweizerische Chopin-Gesellschaft in Basel – 2,000 Swiss francs and a concert in Basel,
for the youngest Competition finalist
Jacek Kortus
Award funded by Barbara Hesse-Bukowska - $1,000,
for the best Polish female pianist in the Competition
Aleksandra Mikulska
The Janina Nawrocka Award funded by Dr Bolesław Nawrocki - $1,000,
for the Polish pianist displaying exceptional musicality and beautiful sound who did not qualify for the Competition Final
Gracja Szymczak
The Prof. Zbigniew Drzewiecki Award funded by Barbara Drzewiecka and Zbigniew Fryderyk Drzewiecki – 1,000 euros,
for the best Polish pianist who did not qualify for the Competition Final
Piotr Banasik
The Zofia, Henryk and Tomasz Dębowski Award funded by Ewa Dębowska-Mycak - $1,000,
for the top-scoring Polish pianist in Stage 2 who did not qualify for the Competition Final
Piotr Banasik
Award funded by the Regina Smendzianka Foundation – a Yamaha piano, model GC1 E/P,
for the best Polish participant in the Competition
Rafał Blechacz
Award funded by the National Library –a luxury facsimile edition of Frédéric Chopin’s 24 Preludes,
for all the Competition award-winners
Award funded by the Foundation for the National Edition of the Works of Frédéric Chopin – a complete set of the scores of the National Edition published to date,
for the top-scoring Pole in the Competition
Rafał Blechacz
Award funded by the Frédéric Chopin Society in Moscow and the company Megapolis Group in Moscow – a non-cash prize and an invitation to concerts (debuts) in Moscow:
a piano recital and a concert with a symphony orchestra,
for the winner of the Competition’s First Prize
Rafał Blechacz
Award funded by the Association of Polish Musicians (SPAM) – the SPAM Medal,
for the youngest Polish pianist in the Competition
Jacek Kortus
Award funded by the International Federation of Chopin Societies – an invitation to take part in three International Chopin Festivals, in Paris (France), Valldemossie (Majorca) and Gaming (Austria),
for the youngest Competition finalist
Jacek Kortus
Award funded by the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, a piano recital in the series “Great Recitals at the University’s Grand Auditorium”,
for the winner of the Competition’s First Prize
Rafał Blechacz
Award funded by the Częstochowa Philharmonic – a concert with an orchestra,
for the top-scoring Polish participant in the Competition
Rafał Blechacz
Award funded by The Paderewski Society for the Promotion of Polish Music from Basel – a series of recitals of works by Frédéric Chopin and Ignacy Jan Paderewski,
for the best Polish pianist in Stage 2 who did not qualify for the Competition Final
Piotr Banasik
Award funded by the Polish Canadian Congress (Quebec) – a week’s stay in Montreal with the possibility of playing recitals for the Montreal community, meetings at the local music conservatories and meetings with expatriate Poles and for expatriate Poles,
for the best Polish participant in the Competition
Rafał Blechacz
LATEST NEWS
Jacek Kortus was offered a recording session in Houston. His CD will be financed and released by Houston Public
Radio KUHF, which will also promote the planned album.
