Paweł Zawadzki (Chairman) - piano
Karolina Mikołajczyk - violin | Marta Nowicka - soprano | Adam Piechociński - violin
Grace Pinkowski - Secretary of the Jury
Michał Buczkowski - Wanda Wiłkomirska Award
Prof. Paweł Zawadzki (Wrocław, Poland) - piano , Chairman of the Jury
Paweł Zawadzki, PhD, Dsc, ProfTit - pianist and educator, laureate and juror of piano competitions. He graduated with distinctions from the Karol Lipiński Music Academy in Wrocław under the supervision of professor Grzegorz Kurzyński.
The artist has appeared on the stages of music halls around the world, performing piano concerts under the baton of renowned conductors such as Tadeusz Strugała, Marek Pijarowski, Jacek Kaspszyk, Tadeusz Wojciechowski, Szymon Makowski, Wojciech Rodek, Eugene Tzigane, Giancarlo de Lorenzo, Kai Baumann, Lee Hong-Jin, Alexiei Vasiliev, Massimiliano Caldi, Juan Cantarell. He gave concerts in Germany, France, Austria, the Netherlands, Turkey, Finland, Denmark, Scotland, Bulgaria, Russia, Belarus, South Korea and Australia. He has made multiple recordings for both the radio and the television and, in the phonographic field, he recorded albums of Frederic Chopin's and Ferenc Liszt's musical composition for the Selene recoding studio.
As a consultant of the Artistic Education Centre, he teaches numerous piano classes. Additionally, he is a lecturer of the piano master courses in Krynica-Zdrój, Opole and Łańcut. He is very active in the educational field and his students and pupils have received various awards in prominent competitions worldwide. They are scholars of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, Młoda Polska scholarship programme, Prime Minister, Mayor of Wrocław and the National Children's Fund. In 2011, the pianist initiated the Lower Silesian Frederic Chopin Association and he was its chairman until 2020. His artistic and educational accomplishments were acknowledged by the President of the Artistic Education Centre in Warsaw as he was presented with an award for his significant contribution to the development of the artistic education in Poland. By the order of the President of Poland, he was decorated with the Silver Cross of Merit. In 2022, for his outstanding achievements in the pedagogical and artistic fields, he received the prestigious Annual Award of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage in the field of Artistic Education. At present, he is the Head of the Piano Department of the Karol Lipiński Music Academy in Wrocław.
Adam Piechociński (Melbourne) - violin
Adam Piechociński is a violinist and violin teacher. He was born in Poland and commenced his music education at the Szymanowski School of Music at the age of 7. A year after his matriculation he completed his Diploma of Music Grade 2 and furthered his studies at the Krakow Academy of Music.
After migrating to Australia in 1989, he became a member of the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra and performed with conductors and soloists, including Paul Dyer, Elizabeth Wallfish, Ivonne Kenny and Andreas Scholl. He also played in ARIA award-winning recordings for ABC Classics, at the opening Concert of the City Recital Hall Angel Place in Sydney and Diana, Princess of Wales.
Adam’s interest in romantic and contemporary music led him to additional study with Warwick Adeney and John Curro at the Queensland Conservatorium where in 2007 and 2009 he was awarded Griffith Award for Academic Excellence, and graduated with Master of Music Studies in Violin Performance and Orchestra Playing.
Since June 2012 Adam has lived in Melbourne playing as freelance violinist, soloist, and concertmaster of the Royal Melbourne Philharmonic Orchestra. He works at Ivanhoe Grammar School as Head of Strings, teacher, chamber music and orchestra conductor, and judicator.
Jury in previous editions:
2024
Paweł Zawadzki (Chairman) - piano
Stanisław Deja - piano | Maciej Pawela - piano | Adam Piechociński - violin | Zdzisław Kowalik - viola
Grace Pinkowski - Secretary of the Jury
Marta Nowicka - Secretary of the Jury (Sydney)
Extended Jury of the first qualifying stage for the PolMusicA 2024 competition
Aleksandra Jeleńska -piano | Michał Buczkowski - violin | Mikołaj Kuńczyk - piano
2020 - 2023
Paweł Zawadzki (Chairman), Aleksandra Jeleńska, Mikołaj Kuńczyk - piano
Michał Buczkowski, Adam Piechociński - violin; Zdzisław Kowalik - viola
2019
Stanisław Deja (Chairman) - piano
Adam Piechociński - violin
Benjamin James - representative of the Friends of Chopin Australia
2018 - PolArt Brisbane - cancelled
2004 - 2015 Ewa Malewicz Competition - Sydney
(Executive Director, co-founder of the competition : Marianna Łacek)
2015
Maciej Pawela (Chairman) - piano
Robert Sęk, Joanna Kubiak-Sęk - violin
2012
Włodzimierz Kamirski (Chairman) – conductor
Maciej Pawela – piano
Robert Sęk – violin
2010
Wanda Wiłkomirska (Chairman) - violin
Maciej Pawela – piano
Robert Sęk – violin
2008, 2006, 2004
Wanda Wiłkomirska (Chairman, co-founder of the competition ) - violin
Włodzimierz Kamirski – conductor
Maciej Pawela – piano
