4th International F. Liszt Piano Competition in Wroclaw
will be held 16 - 28 September 2008

Age limit: not younger than 16 on the date the Competition starts
(born not later than 16 September 1992), no upper age limit for the competitors.
The application form must be sent by registered letter to arrive not later than 1 July 2008.

The competition was held under the auspices of
Bogdan Zdrojewski, Minister of Culture and National Heritage
Marek Lapinski, Marshal of the Lower Silesia Province

Competition is a Member of the Alink-Argerich Foundation

Competition Director - Juliusz Adamowski
The competition was organised in close cooperation with the "Witold Lutoslawski" Philharmonic in Wroclaw (www.filharmonia.wroclaw.pl ),
"Karol Lipinski" Music Academy in Wroclaw (www.amuz.wroc.pl )
and National Culture Centre in Warsaw ( www.nck.pl).

The Competition was held in the Philharmonic Concert Hall in Wroclaw according to the following schedule:
16 September at 19.00 - opening concert - Stanislav Soloviev - piano, Orchestra "Harmonologia" under Jan Tomasz Adamus. Programme: Program: R. Schumann - Koncert fortepianowy a-moll, Op. 54, F. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy - Symfonia nr 4 A-dur "Wloska", J. Haydn - Sonata D-dur Hob.XVI24, F. Liszt - Harmonies du soir, Sonet de Petrarka N.104, Rigoletto.Paraphrase de concert.
17-21 September - 1st stage auditions
22-24 September from 18.00 to about 21.00 - 2nd stage auditions (semi-finals)
25 September - finalists' rehearsals with orchestra
26, 27 September at 19.00 final auditions (in the mornings - rehearsals with the Symphony Orchestra of W. Lutoslawski Philharmonic under Adam Klocek
28 September at 19.00 concert of the laureates the handing of diplomas to laureates finalists, and semi-finalists

Application overflow for the Competition.
55 candidates from 22 countries applied for the Competition, performed 40 pianists aged 16-41 from 15 countries (Belgium, Bulgaria, Belarus, China, Finland, France, Hungary, Japan, Latvia, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Ukraine, USA, Uzbekistan).

Patrons:
The Competition was financed by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage www.mkidn.gov.pl,
Lower Silesian Province www.umwd.pl,
Commune of Wroclaw www.wroclaw.pl,
National Cultural Centre www.nck.pl,
Performing Artists Association STOART www.stoart.org.pl,
F. Liszt Society in Poland and members' contributions.

Sponsors:
Hotel ORBIS Wroclaw www.orbis.pl
PIANO-FIKS www.piano-fiks.net

Media sponsorship:
In Your Pocket publisher www.inyourpocket.com

Media coverage:
TVP Wroclaw www.wroclaw.tvp.pl
Radio Wroclaw www.prw.pl

Benefactors of artistic prizes:
Polish "F. Chopin" Baltic Philharmonic in Gdansk www.filharmonia.gda.pl
Lower Silesian Philharmonic in Jelenia Góra www.filharmonia-dolnoslaska.art.pl
"Josef Elsner" Philharmonic in Opole www.filharmonia.opole.pl
"Artur Malawski" Philharmonic in Rzeszow www.filharmonia.rzeszow.pl
Polish "I. J. Paderewski" Pomeranian Philharmonic in Bydgoszcz www.musica.pl
"O. Kolberg" Swietokrzyska Philharmonic in Kielce www.filharmonia.kielce.com.pl
"Witold Lutoslawski" Philharmonic in Wroclaw www.filharmonia.wroclaw.pl
Zabrze Philharmonic in Zabrze www.filharmonia.zabrze.pl/index.php
Franz-Liszt-Verein Raiding (Austria) www.lisztverein.at
3de Liszt in Vredenburg Festival (Holland) www.liszt.nl
F. Liszt Society in Spain (SLKE) www.slke.org
The Arthur Rubinstein International Music Foundation in Lodz www.arturrubinstein.pl
Artists Association in Radziejowice – National Culture Institution www.palacradziejowice.pl
"SILESIA" Institution of Promotion and Popularisation of Music in Katowice www.silesia.art.pl
F. Liszt Society in Poland


Current affairs:
Eri Mantani’s recitals 
Eri Mantani, the second prize winner performed a piano recital in the Wroclaw Philharmonic (21 May 2009), in the Parlour of Four Muses in Oborniki Slaskie (22 May) and in the Silesian Piast Dynasty Castle in Brzeg (23 May) within TiFL's "Liszt Evenings".

Piotr Banasik performsed on 24th April 2009 in the Lower Silesian Philharmonic in Jelenia Góra.
Piotr Banasik will play P. Tchaikovsky's 1st Piano Concerto B flat minor with the Symphonic Orchestra of the Lower Silesian Philharmonic under Jerzy Swoboda. The concert will be held on 24th April 2009 in Jelenia Góra.
It is an artistic prize funded by the Lower Silesian Philharmonic for the best Polish competitor of the 4th International F. Liszt Competition in Wroclaw.
Piotr Banasik`s recitals
Piotr Banasik, as best Polish competitor performed a recital on 29th January in the Lódz City History Museum as part of celebration of 122nd anniversary of Arthur Rubinstein's birth. The recital was an artistic prize funded by the "Arthur Rubinstein" International Music Foundation in Lódz.
On 20th February 2009, Piotr Banasik performed in Nowy Dom Sztuki at the palace complex in Radziejowice. The "Jerzy Waldorff" Award for best Polish competitor, in the form of this recital, was funded by Artists Association in Radziejowice - National Culture Institution.

Krisztina Taraszova - 4th prize winner performed recitals on 22 Oct 2008 in Katowice within 18th International Festival of Young Laureates of Music Competition organised by IPiUM SILESIA as well as on 24 Oct in Oborniki Slaskie and 25 Oct in Brzeg within TiFL's "Liszt Evenings".

Competitors
Updated on 19 Sep 2008.

BACZYNSKA-KISSAS Dagny, Poland
BALÀZS Jànos, Hungary
BANASIK Piotr, Poland
BESNARD Olivier, France
FATYKHOVA Gulnara, Russia
DELIYSKA Dora, Bulgaria
EHIRO Mari, Japon
FALZONE Christopher, USA
FRÄKI Sonja, Finland
GNIWEK Arnold, Poland
GULZAROVA Irena, Uzbekistan
KANAZAWA Akiko, Japan
KONDRATIEV Ilya, Russia
KORTUS Jacek, Poland
KOVALEVA Daria, Russia
KOZHUKHAR George, Ukraine
KOZIAK Marcin, Poland
LIU Boven, China
LUKYANENKO Anastasiya, Ukraine
LUNIOV Andrij, Ukraine

MAEDA Yusuke, Japan
MANTANI Eri, Japan
MIZUNUMA Toshikazu, Japan
OBSTARCZYK Jacek, Poland
OTSUJI Tomoko, Japan
PETROV Peter, Belgium
PIKŠA Inara, Latvia
RAYKERUS Pavel, Russia
REIFFERSOVÁ Pavla, Slovakia
SCHNEIDER Michael, USA
SOUDELSKIY Andrey, Russia
SZYMCZAK Gracjan, Poland
TAMURA Atsushi, Japan
TARASZOVA Krisztina, Hungary
TARCHAŁA Hanna, Poland
UFNIARZ Agnieszka, Poland
WAKARECY Pawel, Poland
WALECZEK Wojciech, Poland
YAMADA Yoko, Japan
YELETSKIY Pavel, Belarus

Photos of the competition participants PDF

COMPETITORS QUALIFIED TO THE SEMI-FINAL
(in alphabetical order)

1. BALÀZS Jànos - Wegry/Hungary
2. BANASIK Piotr - Polska/Poland
3. BESNARD Olivier - Francja/France
4. FRÄKI Sonja - Finlandia/Finland
5. KONDRATIEV Ilya - Rosja/Russia
6. KORTUS Jacek - Polska/Poland
7. KOZIAK Marcin - Polska/Poland
8. LIU Bowen Chiny/China
9. MAEDA Yusuke - Japonia/Japan
10. MANTANI Eri - Japonia/Japan
11. RAYKERUS Pavel - Rosja/Russia
12. SCHNEIDER Michael - USA
13. TARASZOVA Krisztina - Wegry/Hungary
14. TARCHALA Hanna - Polska/Poland
15. WAKARECY Pawel - Polska/Poland
16. YAMADA Yoko - Japonia/Poland


22 Sep – Monday
18.00-21.50 semifinals
Janos BALAZS, Piotr BANASIK, Olivier BESNARD
intermission about 20.00 -20.30
Sonja FRÄKI, Ilya KONDRATIEV

23 Sep – Tuesday
18.00-22.40 semifinals
Jacek KORTUS, Marcin KOZIAK,
intermission about 19.20 -19.40
Bowen LIU, Yusuke MAEDA,
intermission about 21.00 -21.20
Eri MANTANI, Pavel RAYKERUS

24 Sep – Wednesday
18.00-21.50 semifinals
Michael SCHNEIDER, Krisztina TARASZOVA, Hanna TARCHA£A
intermission about 20.00 -20.30
Pawel WAKARECY, Yoko YAMADA



COMPETITORS QUALIFIED TO THE FINAL
(in alphabetical order)

1. BANASIK Piotr - Poland
2. BESNARD Olivier - France
3. FRÄKI Sonja - Finland
4. KONDRATIEV Ilya - Russia
5. MANTANI Eri - Japan
6. TARASZOVA Krisztina - Hungary


Final auditions
26 September, at 19.00

Piotr BANASIK
(F. Liszt – Piano Concerto Es major, Hungarian Rhapsody no.6)
Olivier BESNARD
(F. Liszt – Piano Concerto A major, Hungarian Rhapsody no.13)
Sonja FRÄKI
(F. Chopin – Piano Concerto e minor op.11, F. Liszt - Hungarian Rhapsody no.12)

27 September, at 19.00

Ilya KONDRATIEV
(F. Liszt – Piano Concerto A major, Hungarian Rhapsody no.2)
Eri MANTANI
(F. Liszt – Piano Concerto Es major, Hungarian Rhapsody no. 2)
Krisztina TARASZOVA
(F. Liszt – Piano Concerto Es major, Hungarian Rhapsody no.6)

finalists will be accompanied by the
Symphony Orchestra of W. Lutoslawski Philharmony in Wroclaw
under direction of Adam Klocek


COMPETITION RESULTS

Statutory Prizes:

1st – not awarded

2nd- Eri Mantani (Japan) – 35.000 zlotys
(approx. equivalent - 10,350 euros)
financed by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage

3rd - Sonja Fräki (Finland) - 25.000 zlotys
financed by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage

4th - Olivier Besnard (France) – 20.000 zl
financed by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage and the STOART (Performing Artists Association)

4th - Krisztina Taraszova (Hungary) – 20.000 zl
financed by the National Cultural Centre in Warsaw and STOART (Performing Artists Association)

Distinctions awarded by the Jury
Piotr Banasik (Poland) - 7,000 zlotys financed by TiFL
Ilya Kondratiev (Russia) - 7,000 zlotys financed by TiFL

Distinctions awarded by TiFL
Marcin Koziak (Poland) - 1,500 zlotys financed by TiFL
Krisztina Taraszova (Hungary) - 1,500 zlotys financed by TiFL

The Jury appointed Sonja Fräki to participate in the masterclasses and gala concert within 3de Liszt in Vredenburg Festival (Holland) in October 2009.

Artistic prizes for the laureates (pdf)

Detailed schedule of the 1st stage (pdf)

Competition Rules and Regulations (pdf)

Application form (pdf)

F. Liszt "Ave Maria" (für die grosse Klavierschule v on Lebert und Stark) (pdf)
Published by Editio Musica Budapest (New Liszt Edition, Series 1, Works for piano solo, Volume 11 - Individual Character Pieces I)

The repertoire of the 2nd stage has been supplemented on 29th October 2007 with Episode de la vie d`un artiste. Grande Symphonie fantastique de Berioz. Partition de Piano. S.470. The piece increases the list of works by Chopin, Schumann, Brahms and Beethoven-Liszt, which constitute alternatives for F. Liszt's Sonata H minor.