Programme
1st National Flute Competition Krakow 1989
27th February – 1st March 1989
Organizers:
Academy of Music in Kraków – Department of Winds, Percussion and Accordion
Ministry of Culture – Department of Artistic Education
Department of Culture of the Kraków City Council
City Culture Centre in Kraków
Jury: Barbara Świątek-Żelazna (Chairman), Elżbieta Czapor, Elżbieta Dastych-Szwarc, Andrzej Łęgowski, Kazimierz Moszyński, Katarzyna Mrozek-Lech, Stanisław Pawlik, Antoni Róg, Aldona Schmidt-Pater, Antoni Wierzbiński.
Out of 42 applicants, 35 contestants took part in the competition:
Wojciech Bajer, Anna Baranowska, Anna Bartczak, Jolanta Boczar, Ewa Chochołowska, Dorota Chociejewska, Violetta Cielek, Katarzyna Czerwińska, Małgorzata Drewnowska, Katarzyna Flasza, Beata Glinka, Ewa Głowacka, Agnieszka Grzybczak, Małgorzata Gulko, Tomasz Kiniorski, Iwona Kozieł, Barbara Krzemień, Grażyna Kuberek, Marcin Kucybała, Aneta Latawska, Hanna Łącka, Krzysztof Malicki, Jadwiga Motykiewicz, Paweł Muszkieta, Barbara Pieczara, Joanna Popek, Agnieszka Prosowska, Małgorzata Romanowska, Izabella Rudak, Izabella Sawicka, Aneta Sidulska, Joanna Tabor, Hanna Turonek, Dorota Wilk, Aleksandra Wodzyńska.
The competition was both for the students of Academies of Music and secondary music school students. There was one stage during which the candidates presented three chosen pieces: sonata, concerto and a piece of their own choice.
The Laureates’ Concert of the 1st National Flute Competition was an artistic event that was received enthusiastically by the audience. It took place in the Room of the Prussian Homage at the National Museum in Kraków. Due to the large number of people who arrived hoping to see and hear the young Polish virtuosos, admission into the concert hall had to be limited.
The organizers’ endeavours brought unexpected results. Polish musical world was greatly interested in the event. Among the number of young competition participants secondary music school students constituted a significant group. Their desire to improve their individual performance skills and courage by competing with the students of Academies of Music also turned out to be a way to improve the standards of young flutists’ education in Poland. Opinions expressed by members of the jury, participants and observers confirmed the organizers’ hope of holding future editions of the competition. The Polish flute milieu were thrilled by the announcement of another competition to be held in 1992. Solid preparation of the candidates improved the artistic standard of the competition which, in turn, influenced the effectiveness of instrumental training in the future years.