Grzegorz Fitelberg International Competition for Conductors

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Grzegorz Fitelberg, 1948

The Grzegorz Fitelberg International Competition for Conductors (Polish: Międzynarodowy Konkurs Dyrygentów im. Grzegorza Fitelberga) is one of Poland's premier conducting competitions. Named in honour of Grzegorz Fitelberg (1879–1953), the competition was admitted as a member of the World Federation of International Music Competitions (WFIMC) based in Geneva IN 1980.[1]

The Grzegorz Fitelberg International Competition for Conductors was founded in 1979 by Karol Stryja, student of Fitelberg and director of the Silesian Philharmonic, who led all its editions until his death in 1998.[2] According to composer Witold Lutosławski: "Fitelberg made a large contribution to Poland’s composing heritage. He was a pivotal figure in promoting young Polish music, without whom creators of the time would not have been able to develop their talents and gain necessary experience".[1]

It is open to all young conductors who are under 35 years of age on its opening day.[3]


The repertoire includes a range of music styles, including Viennese Classicism, Romanticism and 20th-century classical music, including works by Polish composers. The Grzegorz Fitelberg International Competition for Conductors is held in Katowice every 5 years (10th edition, 2017). In previous years, the competition was held at 4-year intervals.[2]

Prize winners[]

8th edition of Grzegorz Fitelberg International Competition for Conductors, Katowice, 2007
Eugene Tzigane, winner of the 8th edition of the competition
Top 3 prize winners since 1979
Year 1st 2nd 3rd
I: 1979 East Germany Claus Peter Flor Canada Uri Mayer Poland Tadeusz Marian Wojciechowski
II: 1983 Japan Chikara Imamura West Germany Anton Zapf West Germany Andreas Weiss
III: 1987 West Germany Michael Zilm France Patrick Fournillier United States Robert Ziegler
IV: 1991 Japan Makoto Suehiro United States/South Korea Shin-ik Hahm

China Jin Wang (tie)

Austria Christoph Campestrini
V: 1995 Ukraine Victoria Zhadko Japan Hidehiro Shindori Germany Achim Fiedler
VI: 1999 Italy Massimiliano Caldi Czech Republic Tomáš Hanus United Kingdom Stephen Ellery

Canada Charles Olivieri-Munroe (tie)

VII: 2003 Serbia Aleksandar Marković

Lithuania Modestas Pitrėnas (tie)

Not awarded Czech Republic Marko Ivanović
VIII: 2007 United States Eugene Tzigane China Chen Lin United States Sean Newhouse
IX: 2012 Australia Daniel Smith Poland Marzena Diakun Austria Azis Sadikovic
X: 2017 Taiwan Su-Han Yang Israel Bar Avni Lithuania Modestas Barkauskas

Laureates by country[]

Country Number
Germany 2
Japan 2
Australia 1
Italy 1
Lithuania 1
Serbia 1
Taiwan 1
Ukraine 1
United States 1

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Katowice – Grzegorz Fitelberg International Competition for Conductors". Retrieved 23 April 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Międzynarodowy Konkurs Dyrygentów im. Grzegorza Fitelberga". Retrieved 23 April 2020.
  3. ^ "The 10th Grzegorz Fitelberg International Competition for Conductors has ended". Retrieved 29 January 2021.

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