Programme
4th International Flute Competition Krakow 2008
under the honorary patronage of Prof. Dr. h.c. Krzysztof Penderecki
6-13 April 2008
Jury of the Competition: Prof. Prof. Barbara Świątek-Żelazna /Krakow/ - Chairman, Elżbieta Gajewska-Gadzina /Warsaw/, Petri Alanko /Helsinki/, János Bálint /Budapest/, Craig Goodman /Strasbourg/, Peter-Lukas Graf /Basel/, Kazimierz Moszyński /Krakow/, Jerzy Mrozik /Wrocław/, Jiři Valek /Prague/, Antoni Wierzbiński / Łódź/.
65 candidates from 18 countries enrolled for preliminary auditions with obligatory programme. Those countries included: Austria, Belgium, Belarus, Brazil, China, Czech Republic, France, Spain, Korea, Latvia, Mexico, Germany, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Venezuela, Hungary, Italy.
40 of the 57 qualified contestants took part in the competition: Abergel Jérémie - France, Badaeva Elena - Russia , Buraczyk Magdalena - Poland, Cebrián Garea André - Spain, Chybowska Maria - Poland, Clémentine Charlot - France, Diniz Barbosa Vitor - Brasil, Drozdowska Elżbieta - Poland, Farkas Anita - Hungary, Fender Marta - Poland, Flügel Tobias - Germany, Frydrych Małgorzata - Poland, Garbacz Estera - Poland, Györi Noémi - Hungary, Hamernik Jozef - Slovakia, Haskin Aleksandr - Republic of Belarus, Janowska Aleksandra - Poland, Jo Ara - South Korea, Karpowicz Anna - Poland, Khvostikov Mikhail - Russia, Kováčiková Katrin - Czech Republic, Kucz Agata - Poland, Kundrátová Iveta - Czech Republic, Larino Iago - Spain, Lee Ji Hae - South Korea, Leonkiewicz Olga - Poland, Lösch Kathrin - Austria, Margańska Magdalena - Poland, Misiak Anna - Poland, Mizerska Ewa - Poland, Pingitzerová Simona - Slovakia, Poloczek Magdalena - Poland, Pressler Nicole Ruth - Germany, Skrzypek Ewa - Poland, Šteňková Eva - Slovakia, Strączek Wioletta - Poland, Sudujko Jagoda - Poland, Szewczyk Karolina - Poland, Vávrová Kateřina - Czech Republic, Yi-Hsien Liao - China.
15 persons were qualified for the 2nd phase:
Abergel Jérémie - France, Badaeva Elena - Russia, Cebrián Garea André - Spain, Farkas Anita - Hungary, Fender Marta - Poland, Flügel Tobias - Germany, Györi Noémi - Hungary, Hamernik Jozef - Slovakia, Haskin Aleksandr - Republic of Belarus, Khvostikov Mikhail - Russia, Kucz Agata - Poland, Larino Iago - Spain, Leonkiewicz Olga - Poland, Mizerska Ewa - Poland, Pressler Nicole Ruth - Germany.
Accompanying events
Flute Forum - on 9 April 2008 a “World Forum of the Flute Playing Art: Confronting Cultures and Generations” was held at the Academy of Music, attended by all the members of the Jury and by over 60 guests: students and pedagogues, who debated over the following topics:
• Art of flute in Scandinavia –the history and the present times
• Cultural transformation of the flute playing art from the historic perspective
• Aesthetic of sound in various kinds of flute music; classic – jazz
• Contemporary virtuoso flute playing – tradition continued
• The heritage of the French flute playing school
• Sound shaping as a component of the musician’s artistic individuality
• Flute in the symphonic orchestra and in the chamber music – changes in the playing trends
Impact of the Polish flute literature on the global flute playing
• Diversity and cohesion of the world flute playing centres
• Role of competitions in the process of improvement of the playing techniques and means of artistic expression .
The opening of the 4th International Flute Competition Krakow 2008 was accompanied by a superb recital of János Bálint, representing the Japanese company Pearl – who, accompanied by the pianist Enikö Bors from Germany – played compositions of Béla Bartók, Zoltán Kodály, Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Gioacchino Rossini, Camille Saint-Saëns and Ferenc Liszt, attracting crowds of enthusiastic listeners.
The shows and exhibition of flutes, organised by Pearl Musical Instrument Corporation, an international flute corporation, in co-operation with Silesia Music Center, and the instrument conservation stand of Jarmuła Music, Tarnow, enjoyed a huge interest of the public.