13th International Festival "Silesian Guitar Autumn" Competition Winners

Li Xingye won the first prize of the competition, 4.500 EUR, a Pavlos Gypas concert guitar, recording and edition of a CD and concerts in Poland and Czech Republic (Kutna Hora). The prizes are:

  • First prize: Li Xingye (China)
  • Second prize: Tomasz Kandulski (Poland)
  • Third Prize: Marko Topchii (Ukraine)
  • Fourth place: Noriyuki Masuda (Japan)

The jury: Marcin Dylla (Poland, chairman), Beata Będkowska - Huang (Poland), Adam Giska (Poland), Lynn Mc Grath (USA), Hubert Käppel (Germany), Stephen Mattingly (USA), Marek Nosal (Poland), Paolo Pegoraro (Italy), Wojciech Świtała (Poland), Janina Mikołajczak (Poland, secretary).

In the second stage of the competition participated 12 guitarists:

  • Thomas Fechner (Poland)
  • Tomasz Grzybowski (Poland)
  • Kandulski Tomasz (Poland)
  • Klyushin Pavel (Russia)
  • Alexander Knapek (Poland)
  • Xingye Li (China)
  • Noriyuki Masuda (Japan)
  • Francisco Franco Morais (Portugal)
  • Paprot Bartosz (Poland)
  • Joule-Radkiewicz Monika (Poland)
  • Lore Raus (Belgium)
  • Marko Topchii (Ukraine)

Source: http://www.guitar.tychy.pl/