The Grzegorz Fitelberg International Competition for Conductors
The Grzegorz Fitelberg International Competition for Conductors is one of Poland's premier conducting competitions. In 1980, the competition was admitted as a member of the World Federation of International Music Competitions based in Geneva.
The Grzegorz Fitelberg International Competition for Conductors was founded in 1979 by Karol Stryja, student of Grzegorz Fitelberg, who led all its editions until his death in 1998.
It is open to all young conductors who are 35 years of age on its opening day.
The repertoire includes a range of music styles, including Viennese Classicism, Romanticism and 20th-century classical music, including works by Polish composers. The Grzegorz Fitelberg International Competition for Conductors is held in Katowice every 5 years (9th edition, 2012). In previous years, the competition was held at 4-year intervals.
Prize winners
- 1979 - Claus Peter Flor (Germany)
- 1983 - Chikara Imamura (Japan)
- 1987 - Michael Zilm (Germany)
- 1991 - Makoto Suehiro (Japan)
- 1995 - Victoria Zhadko (Ukraine)
- 1999 - Massimiliano Caldi (Italy).
- 2003 - Aleksandar Marković (Serbia) and Modestas Pitrėnas (Lithuania) [tie]
- 2007 - 1st Prize: Eugene Tzigane McDonough (USA), 2nd Prize: Chen Lin (China), 3rd Prize: Sean Newhouse (USA)