First prize - 20 000 euros

Photo by Piotr Droździk
Photo by Piotr Droździk

Gidaszewska / Łaguniak Duo

Special Prizes:

Henryk Wieniawski Philharmonic in Lublin ? invitation to a concert during the artistic season 2019/2020

Witold Lutosławski Chamber Philharmonic in Łomża ? invitation to a recital performance during the artistic season 2020/2021

Oskar Kolberg Świętokrzyska Philharmonic in Kielce ? invitation to a concert during the artistic season 2020/2021

Józef Kolinek Prize ? Artistic Director of Music Festivals in Podkowa Leśna and Chełmno

Witold Lutosławski National Forum of Music in Wrocław ? invitation to a concert at the National Forum of Music

Association of Polish Chamber Musicians ? invitation to a concert during the fourth or fifth edition of the Rzeszów Music Autumn Festival    

Marta Gidaszewska ? violin

Robert Łaguniak ? violin

The Gidaszewska/Łaguniak Duo was formed in 2014. They won the First Prize in 2014 and the Grand Prix in 2015 at the Turniej Kameralny w Trzech Odsłonach in Bydgoszcz, the First Prize at the National Chamber Music Competition in Łódź, the Second Prize at the Warszawskie Forum Kameralne (Warsaw Chamber Forum) and the vice-championship at the International Music Tournament in Bydgoszcz (all of them in 2015). As soloists, they have appeared in national and international violin competitions, where they were awarded the top prizes (more than 150 in total garnered in such countries as Japan, Serbia, Greece, Sweden, England, France, Italy, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Germany and Poland).

The artists' full biographical note and the programme performed during the Competition ? in the tab Participants.