Programme

2nd National Flute Competition Krakow 1992

7th-10th December 1992

Organizers:
Academy of Music in Kraków – Department of Winds, Percussion and Accordion
Ministry of Culture – Department of Artistic Education
Mieczysław Karłowicz Music School Compound in Nowa Huta

Jury: Barbara Świątek-Żelazna (Chairman), Elżbieta Dastych-Szwarc, Elżbieta Gajewska-Gadzina, Liliana Horodecka, Dorota Korpanty, Krzysztof Langman, Stanisław Michalik, Grzegorz Olkiewicz, Aldona Schmidt-Pater, Ewa Stąporek-Pospiech, Adam Trybuś, Antoni Wierzbiński.

There were 36 participants:
Angelika Arendt, Anna Buczkowska, Katarzyna Bury, Elżbieta Cheba, Agnieszka Cywińska, Katarzyna Czerwińska, Bartosz Głowacki, Anna Gruszczyńska, Renata Guzik, Dorota Imienińska, Rafał Jedrzejewski, Ewa Kamińska, Joanna Kontowicz, Katarzyna Kozik, Marcin Kucybała, Anita Luzak, Anna Łuczak, Leonard Marynowski, Monika Mikłas, Beata Miksa, Katarzyna Mitrosz, Anna Mocarska, Robert Nalewajka, Małgorzata Organiściak, Agnieszka Prosowska, Joanna Przewoźniczuk, Małgorzata Romanowska, Monika Sabura, Monika Skołyszewska, Justyna Staciwa, Anna Suchomska, Wiesław Suruło, Ewa Tupik, Elżbieta Turczyńska, Anna Włodarska, Marzena Włosek.

The following 19 participants qualified for the second stage:
Anna Buczkowska, Katarzyna Bury, Agnieszka Cywińska, Bartosz Głowacki, Anna Gruszczyńska, Dorota Imienińska, Joanna Kontowicz, Marcin Kucybała, Anita Luzak, Anna Łuczak, Beata Miksa, Anna Mocarska, Robert Nalewajka, Agnieszka Prosowska, Małgorzata Romanowska, Justyna Staciwa, Wiesław Suruło, Anna Włodarska, Marzena Włosek.

The competition consisted of three stages.

In stage 1, the participants performed two pieces, each chosen from two groups:
Group A: G.F. Haendel, Sonata in A minor Op. 1 No. 4 HWV 362; W.A. Mozart, Sonata in A major, No. 3 KV 12; W.A. Mozart, Sonata in B major, No. 6 KV 15
Group B: J.S. Bach, Sarabande from Sonata in A minor BWV 1013; A. Honegger, Danse de la chévre; C. Debussy, Syrinx.

During the 2nd stage the participants presented stylistically diverse pieces of their own choice. In the 3rd stage the contestants performed one of the two W.A. Mozart concertos: Concerto in G major, KV 313 or Concerto in D major, KV 314. They were accompanied by the Orchestra of the Academy of Music in Kraków conducted by Jacek Mentel.

Members of the jury, contestants, teachers and observers had a chance to take part in the Discussion Forum – a significant didactic event organized during the 2nd National Flute Competition and continued during its future editions.

The Yamaha music instruments exhibition which accompanied the competition also aroused great interest. It was prepared by Janusz Grabowski.

Barbara Świątek-Żelazna: Two representatives of a famous Japanese company [Yamaha] came to the competition: Thomas Capellmann, head manager for Eastern Europe and Rolf Hinrich, wind instruments specialist. Special prize was founded – Yamaha flute, model 311 and an exhibition of flutes and accessories was organized. Janusz Grabowski, an expert in the field, meticulously prepared and supervised the exhibition. All the items were there not only for show purposes – it was possible to try them, also, special presentations took place. It was a unique occasion for all of us.

Another event accompanying the competition and connected with the exhibition was a concert combined with the presentation “Musical illustrations of Yamaha Flute Models” with Henryk Błażej (flute), Teresa Kaban-Błażej (piano) and Janusz Grabowski (commentary). On 8 December 1992 Rolf Hinrich, Yamaha Europa GmbH, representative gave a lecture on Flute Design and Manufacturing.

Barbara Świątek-Żelazna: The competition’s aims are long-term: not only the promotion of those with talent but also initiating rivalry because along with the students of Academies of Music, younger participants may also take part. It is a successful experiment – we can already observe great improvement of the performance standard. The competition is not only for “active rivals” but also for active observers – teachers and students from all over Poland. The interest in the competition was enormous because it gave a unique chance to exchange experience, get to know new didactic methods, aesthetic tendencies and technical achievements. “The words ‘thank you’ are not enough to say what the competition gave me” I heard from one very young person and, I must admit, it gave me particular satisfaction (…) We have wonderful young people, working hard often in difficult conditions, who strive after perfection at the cost of sacrifices.

Andrzej Kosowski: It is a competition for both academic and secondary school students. Such form of young musicians’ promotion and sensitising the older ones to rivalry has been so far successful. Many secondary school students qualified for the finals.(...) The organizers plan another edition of the competition in 1995, this time of international scope with inter-national jury.




WIS: Kraków may become a great city of music. National Flute Competi-tion is taking place in Kraków for the second time. It is a new but already highly valued event. It is organized by the Academy of Music in Kraków...

Barbara Świątek-Żelazna: The flute has been one of the most popular instruments among young people. We may even say that flute is now in vogue, hence the rivalry. The large number of competitors raised the standard of playing and the judges were especially impressed by the mu-sical ability of the younger performers.