History of the competition
In 1997 Tadeusz Wroński wrote that this competition was born of his love for the violin. He “invented” it a long time ago, but it was only after many years that He could turn His idea into reality. He returned to it at the end of His long and creative professional life.
The beginning was modest. With the help of His friends and faithful former students, in 1990 T. Wronski organized a competition, with the jury composed exclusively of the members of His musical „family”. While the Fryderyk Chopin University (then Academy) of Music kindly played host, everything else was „home made”: the prizes were founded by T. Wroński and His friends, the jury was composed of His musical “children”, who contributed their time and work, helped finance some of the prizes, and undertook upon themselves a burden of organizational work. It seems they believed that this competition had a future. Time has proved they were right. The success of this first, modest undertaking was big enough for the next competition to be organized in 1992, and then, in 1995, another one – this time of a higher rank, co-organized by the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw, and the-then Ministry of Culture and Arts of the Republic of Poland. Since1997 the competition acquired the status of an international event under the patronage of the President of the Republic of Poland, and the Mayor of the city of Warsaw. T. Wroński died in January 2000, less than three weeks before the 2nd International Competition. His family and friends decided that the best way of remembering Him will be to continue His last creation – the competition for solo violin. For that purpose, the Foundation SKRZYPCE (the Violin), was set up in 2007. Despite many obstacles, in 2009, our Foundation co-organized the 4th International T. Wronski Solo Violin Competition, works to develop it and to preserve its unique nature, keeping it as close as possible to the original idea of its Founder.
1st National Tadeusz Wroński Solo Violin Competition, January 1990
Laureates
I prize – Krzysztof Bąkowski,
II prize – Bartłomiej Nizioł,
III prize – Erika Dobosiewicz,
IV prize – Krzysztof Baranowski,
V prize – Piotr Pławner,
VI prize – Aleksandra Januszajtis
Jury
Tadeusz Wroński (Chairman), Zenon Bąkowski, Krzysztof Jakowicz, Stefan Kamasa, Henryk Keszkowski, Henryk Kowalski, Magdalena Rezler–Niesiołowska (Secretary of the Jury), Magdalena Szczepanowska, Sławomir Tomasik.
2nd National Tadeusz Wroński Solo Violin Competition, January 1992
Laureates
I prize – Krzysztof Chorzelski,
II prize ex aequo – Dominika Falger,
Grażyna Sojka,
IV prize aex aequo – Piotr Prysiążnik, Paweł Rybkowski,
V– Elżbieta Zołotariew,
Jury
Tadeusz Wroński (Poland, Chairman), Krzysztof Bąkowski, Zenon Bąkowski,
Bogusław Bruczkowski, Sally Chisholm, Krzysztof Jakowicz, Franciszek Jurys,
Henryk Keszkowski, Henryk Kowalski, Józef Kratko, Michał Kurkowski, Hanna Lachert-Segal, Eugene Purdue, Magdalena Rezler-Niesiołowska, Magdalena Szczepanowska, Jan Tawroszewicz, Sławomir Tomasik (Poland, Secretary).
3rd National Tadeusz Wroński Solo Violin Competition, February 1995
Laureates
I prize – Ewa Pyrek,
II – Patrycja Jopek,
III – Anna Rechlewicz,
IV – Iwona Boesche,
V – Wieńczysław Kasprzak,
Jury
Tadeusz Wroński (Poland, Chairman), Krzysztof Bąkowski (Poland, Secretary), Kaja Danczowska, Krzysztof Jakowicz, Jadwiga Kaliszewska, Henryk Keszkowski, Konstanty. A. Kulka, Hanna Lachert-Segal, Roman Lasocki, Zenon Płoszaj, Sławomir Tomasik.
4th Competition – 1st International Tadeusz Wroński Solo Violin Competition, April 1997
Laureates
I prize – Wilfried Hedenborg, Austria
II prize – Lisa Tien – Un Lee, USA
II prize – Sebastian Liebig, Poland
IV prize – Szymon Krzeszowiec, Poland
V prize ex aequo – Katarzyna Duda, Poland, Dmytro Tkaczenko, Ukraine
Jury
Tadeusz Wroński (Poland, Chairman), Ruggiero Ricci (USA) (Vice-chairman),
Peder Ebaek (Danmark), Tadeusz Gadzina, Krzysztof Jakowicz, Henryk Keszkowski (Poland), Bogodar Kotorovich (Ukraine), Henryk Kowalski (USA), Konstanty Andrzej Kulka, Roman Lasocki (Poland), Magdalena Rezler-Niesiołowska (Germany), Sławomir Tomasik (Poland, Secretary), Wolfgang Ziolkowski (Germany).
2nd International Tadeusz Wroński Solo Violin Competition, February 2000
Laureates
I prize – Alona Bayeva – Russia
II prize – Aude Perrin Durreau – France
III prize – Grzegorz Szydło – Poland
IV prize – Bartosz Cajler, Poland
V prize – Marianna Terterian, Russia
Jury
Krzysztof Jakowicz, (Poland Chairman), Peder Elbaek (Danmark), Giorgio Ferrari (Italy), Tadeusz Gadzina (Poland), Eduard Gracz (Russia), Konstanty A. Kulka, Henryk Keszkowski, Roman Lasocki (Poland), Machie Oguri (Japan), Niella Pierrou (Belgium), Sławomir Tomasik (Poland, Secretary), Yun Jin Young (S. Korea).
3rd International Tadeusz Wroński Solo Violin Competition, April 2004
Laureates
I prize – Eugen Tichindeleanu, Romania
II – Katja Rachimova, Russia
III – Magdalena Makowska, Poland
IV – Natsu Takehara, Japan
V – Paweł Zalejski, Poland
Jury
Magdalena Rezler – Niesiołowska (Germany, Chair), Krzysztof Bąkowski (Poland), Laurent Albrecht Breuninger (Germany), Kaja Danczowska (Poland), Peder Elbaek (Danmark), Tadeusz Gadzina (Poland), Eduard Gracz (Russia), Henryk Keszkowski (Poland), Henryk Kowalski (USA), Konstanty Andrzej Kulka (Poland), Eszter Prenyi (Hungary), Sławomir Tomasik (Poland, Secretary).
4th International Tadeusz Wroński Solo Violin Competition, September 2009
Laureates
I prize ex aeqo – Hitoshi Ooka, Japan, Igor Pikayzen, Russia.
III – Christian Danowicz, Argentina
IV – Marta Kowalczyk, Poland
V – Ewa Kacperczyk. Poland
Jury
Krzysztof Jakowicz (Poland, Chairman), Krzysztof Bąkowski (Poland), Henryk Kowalski (USA, Sweden), Konstanty Andrzej Kulka (Poland), Oleg Krysa (Ukraine), Magdalena Rezler – Niesiołowska (Germany), Roman Lasocki, Magdalena Szczepanowska (Poland), Ryoko Tanabe (Japan), Jan Tawroszewicz (New Zealand), Sławomir Tomasik (Poland, Secretary),
The 5th International Tadeusz Wronski Solo Violin Competition, March 2015
Laureates:
I prize – Orest Smovzh, Ukraine
II prize – Marta Kowalczyk, Poland
III prze – Roksana Kwaśnikowska, Poland
IV prize – Małgorzata Wasiucionek, Poland
V prize – Aleksandra Bucholc, Poland
JURY
Krzysztof Jakowicz (Poland, Chairman), Oleh Krysa (USA, Vice-chairman), Sławomir Tomasik (Poland, Secretary of the Jury), Stefan Kamasa (Poland, Judge of Trust), Konstanty Andrzej Kulka (Poland), Roman Lasocki (Poland); Bartłomiej Nizioł (Poland, Switzerland), Magdalena Rezler-Niesiołowska (Germany), Jan Stanienda (Poland), Magdalena Szczepanowska (Poland), Mieczysław Szlezer (Poland), Ryoko Tanabe (Japan).