$7600 will be divided amongst this year’s laureates.

Barbara Żołnierczyk

1st prize winner Barbara Żołnierczyk

The 10th Polish National Violin Competition Zdzisław Jahnke in Poznań, Poland has announced its prizes.

First prize goes to the 20-year-old violinist Barbara Żołnierczyk - currently studying with Bartosz Bryła and Karina Gidaszewskiej at the I. J. Paderewski Academy of Music.  Żołnierczyk is a former prize winner at the Karol Szymanowski, Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst and Serwaczyński International Violin Competitions.

Second prize was awarded jointly to 19-year-old Wiktoria Białostocka and 17-year-old Wojciech Niedziółka.

Third prize was awarded to 21-year-old Justyna Grudzień.

Joint fourth prize was awarded to 22-year-old Bartosz Skibiński and 21-year-old Karolina Podorska.

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$7600 will be divided amongst this year’s laureates. Open to Polish violinists between the ages of 16 and 30 years of age, this year’s competition was held as a closed event - without an audience.

The 2020 jury comprised: Bartosz Bryła (Jury Chair), Łukasz Błaszczyk, Andrzej Gębski, Wiesław Kwaśny, Adam Mokrus, Jarosław Pietrzak, Paweł Radziński and Małgorzata Skorupa.