User:Damiankisiel/Warsaw Wind Ensemble Conducting Competition

Warsaw Wind Ensemble Conducting Competition - international competition for wind orchestra conductors. The first edition of the competition took place from 23 to 27 October 2019 in Warsaw. The competition is organised by the Warsaw Wind Music Association.

In 2019 the competition consisted of three stages and was attended by 18 conductors from 11 countries. Participants were judged by a jury chaired by Prof. Szymon Kawalla DMus Hab. - Dean of the Faculty of Symphony and Opera Conducting of the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw. The jury consisted of Polish conductors of wind orchestras: Jarosław Ignaszak - conductor of the brass band of the Academy of Music in Kraków, Lieutenant Colonel Adam Czajkowski - long-time chaplain of the General Józef Wybicki Representative Orchestra of the Polish Army Forces and Jarosław Praszczałek PhD - pedagogue of the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw, secretary of the jury and initiator of the competition. The Jury was also assisted by composers Tomasz Dudziński and Artur Słotwiński, whose works were performed by the Competition participants. The competition took place at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw and the Ursynów District Cultural Centre.

The next edition of the Competition was announced in 2021.

Winners
I edition – 2019


 * I award – ex aequo: Chris David Westover (USA) i Daehwan Kim (South Korea)
 * II award – Manataka Shibaoka (Japan)
 * III award – no award