Karol Szymanowski International Music Competition - NOSPR
Karol Szymanowski International Music Competition

Karol Szymanowski International Music Competition is an opportunity for outstanding young artists. An opportunity to broaden the scope and increase the momentum of their career. An opportunity to get international recognition and to win a great prize.
The competition takes place every five years in four performing disciplines: piano, violin, string quartet and voice. The fifth, special category is the composing competition, taking place a year ahead of the performing competition.
In each category, the participants are judged by a jury made up of the most outstanding personalities of the musical world and listened to by influential critics, agents, media, and warmly supportive audiences. Winning the competition might become a transformative moment in each participant’s life.
The repertoire, selected with great consideration, encourages one to discover music, moving beyond canons and fossilized habits. It is a tribute to the phenomenon of Karol Szymanowski and other exquisite artists, ones equally uncompromising as him. It is a tribute to music as the spiritual language of the whole humanity.
The participants find great allies in the amazing concert halls of the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music and the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra in Katowice, boasting unique acoustic properties. Another factor of no mean significance is the unique atmosphere of Katowice, a city bustling with surprises and contrasts, successfully redefining its post-industrial identity through music.
More info on the Competition's website.
Upcoming events

The Table with Musical Scores – installation / Katowice Culture Nature Festival „Melancholy and Ecstasy”
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Katowice Culture Nature Festival / Paris Spleen / Piano Recital: Alexandre Tharaud
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Melancholic Yoga, Ecstatic Yoga with live music / Katowice Culture Nature Festival „Melancholy and Ecstasy”
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Together Among Sounds / for children aged 6 to 18 months / Katowice Culture Nature Festival „Melancholy and Ecstasy”
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Melancholic Yoga, Ecstatic Yoga with live music / Katowice Culture Nature Festival „Melancholy and Ecstasy”
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Together Among Sounds / for children aged 19 months to 3 years / Katowice Culture Nature Festival „Melancholy and Ecstasy”
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The Long Night of Museums / A Special Tour for Visitors with Reduced Mobility and Families with Children
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The Long Night of Museums / A surprise concert / Katowice Culture Nature Festival „Melancholy and Ecstasy”
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The Long Night of Museums / FLAMENCO / Anna Colom with her band / Katowice Culture Nature Festival „Melancholy and Ecstasy”
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