Seifertcompetition

Anaïs Tecla Drago

1st Award

Hugo Van Rechem

2nd Award

Tomohiro Ishii

3rd Award

João da Silva

Audience award

Amalia Obrębowska

Special award funded by Krzysztof Penderecki European Music Centre

Aleksandra Kryńska

Classical violinist, jazz violinist and composer, graduate of the Academy of Music in Cracow in the class of Prof.…

Anaïs Tecla Drago

Anaïs Drago is an Italian violinist, born in Biella in 1993. Winner of Top jazz 2022 (referendum organized by Musica…

Hugo Van Rechem

Violinist, multi-instrumentalist and composer crossing bridges between contemporary music, electronic pop and jazz, Hugo…

Tomohiro Ishii

Tomohiro Ishii - violinist, composer. Born in Tokyo in 1994, he started playing violin at the age of four. He has won…

João da Silva

João’s musical journey is an awe-inspiring testament to the power of passion and dedication in transcending artistic…

Amalia Obrębowska

Improviser, composer, leader of the Amalia Umeda Quartet, member of Hand to Earth. The instruments she uses most often…

Aleksandra Kryńska

Classical violinist, jazz violinist and composer, graduate of the Academy of Music in Cracow in the class of Prof.…

Anaïs Tecla Drago

Anaïs Drago is an Italian violinist, born in Biella in 1993. Winner of Top jazz 2022 (referendum organized by Musica…

Hugo Van Rechem

Violinist, multi-instrumentalist and composer crossing bridges between contemporary music, electronic pop and jazz, Hugo…

Tomohiro Ishii

Tomohiro Ishii - violinist, composer. Born in Tokyo in 1994, he started playing violin at the age of four. He has won…

João da Silva

João’s musical journey is an awe-inspiring testament to the power of passion and dedication in transcending artistic…

Amalia Obrębowska

Improviser, composer, leader of the Amalia Umeda Quartet, member of Hand to Earth. The instruments she uses most often…

Kacper Malisz

1st prize

Gabriel Vieira

2nd prize

Amalia Obrębowska

3rd prize

Benjamin Sutin

3rd prize

Eduardo Bortolotti Lopez

Audience prize

Joao Silva

Violinist and composer, born in Ponte de Lima in Portugal in 1991. He comes from a family of amateur musicians. After…

Wojciech Barteczek

He was born in 1996. Bielsko-Biała. He began his musical journey at the age of 6 playing the violin, guitar and piano.…

Kacper Malisz

Kacper Malisz (born 03/10/1999) - violinist, composer. Through family traditions, he is deeply connected with…

Gabriel Vieira

A multi-instrumentalist graduated from the University of the State of Santa Catarina (UDESC) - Brazil, in Violin…

Amalia Obrębowska

Amalia “Umeda” Obrębowska Improvising violinist, composer, leader of the Amalia Umeda Quartet. Amalia started…

Benjamin Sutin

Benjamin Sutin is a grammy-nominated jazz, latin jazz, and klezmer violinist based in the greater NYC area. He began his…

Guilherme Pimenta

Guilherme Pimenta is part of a generation of violinists that have been bringing the instrument into Brazilian styles…

Joao Silva

Violinist and composer, born in Ponte de Lima in Portugal in 1991. He comes from a family of amateur musicians. After…

Lucy Southern

Originally from the San Francisco bay area in California, USA, Lucy Southern studied classical violin at the San…

Wojciech Barteczek

He was born in 1996. Bielsko-Biała. He began his musical journey at the age of 6 playing the violin, guitar and piano.…

Hirsch Serge

Serge Hirsch studied classical music at the conservatory of Amiens (violin, musical analysis) for a few years but his…

Kacper Malisz

Kacper Malisz (born 03/10/1999) - violinist, composer. Through family traditions, he is deeply connected with…

Gabriel Vieira

A multi-instrumentalist graduated from the University of the State of Santa Catarina (UDESC) - Brazil, in Violin…

Amalia Obrębowska

Amalia “Umeda” Obrębowska Improvising violinist, composer, leader of the Amalia Umeda Quartet. Amalia started…

Benjamin Sutin

Benjamin Sutin is a grammy-nominated jazz, latin jazz, and klezmer violinist based in the greater NYC area. He began his…

Eduardo Bortolotti Lopez

Eduardo Bortolotti, Mexican jazz violinist and composer. Living for many years in Poland, graduated from the Karol…

Kristijan Krajnčan

Special award founded by the Zbigniew Seifert Foundation (1.500 EURO)

Johannes Dickbauer

2nd prize (5.000 EURO)

Youenn Rohaut

2nd award (5.000 EURO)

Omer Ashano

3rd prize (2.000 EURO)

Clement Janinet

3rd award (2.000 EURO)

Greg Byers

The International Journalists Award (1.000 EURO)

Gabriel Vieira

The audience award (concert organized by the Zbigniew Seifert Foundation)

Dawid Czernik

Special awards: 1. for the best Polish participant founded by SAWP (1.000 EUROS) and 2. concert organized by the Krzysztof Penderecki European Music Centre in Lusławice

Dickbauer Johannes

Violinist Johannes Dickbauer is renowned for his incredible versatility. Classically trained at the Curtis Institute in…

Rohaut Youenn

Youenn Rohaut is a self-taught violinist who comes from a Celtic music background. He discovered jazz at the age of 16…

Ashano Omer

NYC-based jazz violinist Omer Ashano was born in 1993. He started playing violin when he was six years old, later taking…

Janinet Clement

After studying with Didier Lockwood and won a first prize at the National Conservatory of Paris in Jazz and improvised…

Byers Greg

Greg Byers, M.M. uses his talents as a performer, composer, educator and producer to share the wisdom and beauty of…

Vieira Gabriel

A multi-instrumentalist graduated from the University of the State of Santa Catarina (UDESC) - Brazil, in Violin…

Pearce John

Born in Bristol into a musical family, John Pearce began learning the violin at the age of seven. By the age of eleven,…

Silva João

Violinist and composer, born in Ponte de Lima in Portugal in 1991. He comes from a family of amateur musicians. After…

Ingham Dominic

British violinist, singer and composer based in London, who seeks to combine violin techniques from his folk and…

Krajnčan Kristijan

Kristijan Krajnčan is a drummer, cellist, composer and filmmaker. Born in Slovenia in 1986, he started playing…

Dickbauer Johannes

Violinist Johannes Dickbauer is renowned for his incredible versatility. Classically trained at the Curtis Institute in…

Terracciano Gabriel

A native of Portland, Maine, Gabriel Terracciano has been playing the violin since the age of three. After eight years…

Dešukas Tadas

Tadas Dešukas is famed for his talent as an improviser Tadas Dešukas studied violin at the National M.K. Čiurlionis…

Rudanovski Kristjan

Since 2016 he is studying at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre with professor Mari Tampere-Bezrodny who he…

Rohaut Youenn

Youenn Rohaut is a self-taught violinist who comes from a Celtic music background. He discovered jazz at the age of 16…

Ashano Omer

NYC-based jazz violinist Omer Ashano was born in 1993. He started playing violin when he was six years old, later taking…

Janinet Clement

After studying with Didier Lockwood and won a first prize at the National Conservatory of Paris in Jazz and improvised…

Byers Greg

Greg Byers, M.M. uses his talents as a performer, composer, educator and producer to share the wisdom and beauty of…

Vieira Gabriel

A multi-instrumentalist graduated from the University of the State of Santa Catarina (UDESC) - Brazil, in Violin…

Czernik Dawid

Polish jazz violinist born in 1993, he spent his childhood in Poronin in the Polish Tatra Mountains, where he was…

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Forte Mario

1st Prize

Mario Forte Born in Tlemcen in Algeria, he was introduced to making music at the age of three, and to violin a year…

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Al-Rubaye Layth

2nd Prize

Layth Sidiq Globally acclaimed violinist and composer Layth Sidiq is a leading Middle Eastern violinist on the world…

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Terracciano Gabriel

3th Prize

Gabriel Terracciano has been playing the violin since the age of three. After eight years of strictly classical…

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Obrębowska Amalia

Audience Award

Amalia Obrębowska Amalia has been playing violin since she was 7, but her adventure with improvisation did not start…

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Al-Rubaye Layth

Layth Sidiq Globally acclaimed violinist and composer Layth Sidiq is a leading Middle Eastern violinist on the world…

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Delzant Cécile

Cécile Delzant began playing the violin at the age of five and starts studying classical violin at the conservatory of…

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Forte Mario

Mario Forte Born in Tlemcen in Algeria, he was introduced to making music at the age of three, and to violin a year…

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Terracciano Gabriel

Gabriel Terracciano has been playing the violin since the age of three. After eight years of strictly classical…

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von Gutzeit Benni

Benjamin “Benni” von Gutzeit – was born in Bochum, Germany and endowed with a strong musical heritage. His father,…

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Al-Rubaye Layth

Layth Sidiq Globally acclaimed violinist and composer Layth Sidiq is a leading Middle Eastern violinist on the world…

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Byers Greg

Greg Byers uses his talents as a performer, composer, educator and producer to share the wisdom and beauty of great…

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Delzant Cécile

Cécile Delzant began playing the violin at the age of five and starts studying classical violin at the conservatory of…

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Dešukas Tadas

Tadas Dešukas Famed for his talent as an improviser Tadas Dešukas studied violin at the National M.K. Čiurlionis…

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Dumitriu George

George Dumitru Active as a performer and composer in the field of jazz/improvised music and theatremusic, the Romanian…

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Forte Mario

Mario Forte Born in Tlemcen in Algeria, he was introduced to making music at the age of three, and to violin a year…

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Hałat Marcin

Marcin Hałat graduate of the Faculty of Jazz and Popular Music of the Academy of Music in Katowice in Henryk…

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Obrębowska Amalia

Amalia Obrębowska Amalia has been playing violin since she was 7, but her adventure with improvisation did not start…

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Palazón González Francisco

Francisco Palazón González Born in Madrid, violinist and violist. He obtains the bachelor’s degree of Classic Violin…

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Rohaut Youenn

Youenn Rohaut. Youenn was born in Brittany, an area in western France which has a strong culture in tradition and music.…

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Terracciano Gabriel

Gabriel Terracciano has been playing the violin since the age of three. After eight years of strictly classical…

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von Gutzeit Benni

Benjamin “Benni” von Gutzeit – was born in Bochum, Germany and endowed with a strong musical heritage. His father,…

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Smoczyński Mateusz

1st award

Mateusz Smoczyński graduated from the Fryderyk Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw in the class of Andrzej Gębski. He…

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Carod Requesens Apel·les

2nd ex aequo

Apel-les Carod Requesens, a jazz violinist and composer, was born in Cambrils in Catalonia in 1989. He started playing…

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Rusinowska Dominika

Audience award

Dominika Rusinowska, a violinist born in 1989, completed primary and secondary music schools in Przemyśl, and graduated…

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Forte Mario

3rd award

Mario Forte, a violinist, composer and conductor. He took interest in music at the age of three, and began to play the…

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Willeitner Florian

2nd award ex aequo

Florian Willeitner is a German violinist, composer, and arranger. His works have premiered at major halls and festivals,…

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Braun Stephan

Stephan Braun, born in 1978 in Germany, studied classical cello and jazz cello at the universities of Hamburg and…

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Carod Requesens Apel·les

Apel-les Carod Requesens, a jazz violinist and composer, was born in Cambrils in Catalonia in 1989. He started playing…

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Forte Mario

Mario Forte, a violinist, composer and conductor. He took interest in music at the age of three, and began to play the…

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Smoczyński Mateusz

Mateusz Smoczyński graduated from the Fryderyk Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw in the class of Andrzej Gębski. He…

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Willeitner Florian

Florian Willeitner is a German violinist, composer, and arranger. His works have premiered at major halls and festivals,…

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Braun Stephan

Stephan Braun, born in 1978 in Germany, studied classical cello and jazz cello at the universities of Hamburg and…

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Carod Requesens Apel·les

Apel-les Carod Requesens, a jazz violinist and composer, was born in Cambrils in Catalonia in 1989. He started playing…

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Forte Mario

Mario Forte, a violinist, composer and conductor. He took interest in music at the age of three, and began to play the…

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Hałat Marcin

Marcin Hałat graduated from the Faculty of Jazz of the Academy of Music in Katowice in the class of the violin of…

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Lenczowski Krzysztof

Krzysztof Lenczowski was born in Kraków in 1986, a graduate of the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw in…

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Rusinowska Dominika

Dominika Rusinowska, a violinist born in 1989, completed primary and secondary music schools in Przemyśl, and graduated…

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Sighartner Florian

Florian Sighartner was born in 1980 in Linz in Austria. He started to play violin at the age of ten. At the age of 16,…

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Smoczyński Mateusz

Mateusz Smoczyński graduated from the Fryderyk Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw in the class of Andrzej Gębski. He…

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Willeitner Florian

Florian Willeitner is a German violinist, composer, and arranger. His works have premiered at major halls and festivals,…

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Dworak Bartosz

1st prize

Bartosz Dworak was born on the 11-th of April 1988 in Dabrowa Tarnowska town. At the age of 6 he started his music…

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Carod Requesens Apel·les

2nd award

(Cambrils, Catalonia, 1989). Jazz violinist and composer based in Barcelona. He started playing the violin at age 8,…

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Lubowicz Dawid

3rd prize ex aequo

Dawid Lubowicz comes from Zakopane, from a family of rich music tradition. As a child he was a student of M. Galica…

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Słowiński Stanisław

Audience award

Violinist, arranger, composer, music producer, and multi-instrumentalist. He took up the violin in the fifth year of…

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Janoska Roman

3rd award ex aequo

Roman Janoska was born in 1989 in Bratislava into a musical family, which took note of his talent in his early…

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Bittmann Klemens

violinist, violist, mandolinist, composer, arranger. Born in Graz / Austria. Classical Violin studies at the University…

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Carod Requesens Apel·les

(Cambrils, Catalonia, 1989). Jazz violinist and composer based in Barcelona. He started playing the violin at age 8,…

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Dworak Bartosz

Bartosz Dworak was born on the 11-th of April 1988 in Dabrowa Tarnowska town. At the age of 6 he started his music…

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Janoska Roman

Roman Janoska was born in 1989 in Bratislava into a musical family, which took note of his talent in his early…

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Lubowicz Dawid

Dawid Lubowicz comes from Zakopane, from a family of rich music tradition. As a child he was a student of M. Galica…

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Anick Jason

Talk to the abundantly gifted violinist and mandolin player Jason Anick and the phrase “ jazz without borders”…

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Bittmann Klemens

violinist, violist, mandolinist, composer, arranger. Born in Graz / Austria. Classical Violin studies at the University…

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Carod Requesens Apel·les

(Cambrils, Catalonia, 1989). Jazz violinist and composer based in Barcelona. He started playing the violin at age 8,…

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Dworak Bartosz

Bartosz Dworak was born on the 11-th of April 1988 in Dabrowa Tarnowska town. At the age of 6 he started his music…

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Górewicz Łukasz

Łukasz Górewicz was born in 1980 in Szczecin, where he took his first steps into the world of music. From the very…

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Janoska Roman

Roman Janoska was born in 1989 in Bratislava into a musical family, which took note of his talent in his early…

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Lubowicz Dawid

Dawid Lubowicz comes from Zakopane, from a family of rich music tradition. As a child he was a student of M. Galica…

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Omura Tomoko

Tomoko Omura is among today’s leading voices in jazz violin. “Roots”, her debut album for Inner Circle, is a…

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Slongo Eva

After studying classical violin, obtaining her teaching diploma from the Conservatory of Fribourg (Switzerland) and…

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Słowiński Stanisław

Violinist, arranger, composer, music producer, and multi-instrumentalist. He took up the violin in the fifth year of…

2024 - Winners

Anaïs Tecla Drago

Hugo Van Rechem

Tomohiro Ishii

João da Silva

Amalia Obrębowska

2024 -

Aleksandra Kryńska

Anaïs Tecla Drago

Hugo Van Rechem

Tomohiro Ishii

João da Silva

Amalia Obrębowska

2024 - Semi-finalists

Aleksandra Kryńska

Anaïs Tecla Drago

Hugo Van Rechem

Tomohiro Ishii

João da Silva

Amalia Obrębowska

2022 - Winners

Kacper Malisz

Gabriel Vieira

Amalia Obrębowska

Benjamin Sutin

Eduardo Bortolotti Lopez

2022 -

Joao Silva

Wojciech Barteczek

Kacper Malisz

Gabriel Vieira

Amalia Obrębowska

Benjamin Sutin

2022 -

Guilherme Pimenta

Joao Silva

Lucy Southern

Wojciech Barteczek

Hirsch Serge

Kacper Malisz

Gabriel Vieira

Amalia Obrębowska

Benjamin Sutin

Eduardo Bortolotti Lopez

2020 -

Kristijan Krajnčan

Johannes Dickbauer

Youenn Rohaut

Omer Ashano

Clement Janinet

Greg Byers

Gabriel Vieira

Dawid Czernik

2020 -

Dickbauer Johannes

Rohaut Youenn

Ashano Omer

Janinet Clement

Byers Greg

Vieira Gabriel

2020 - Semi-finalists

Pearce John

Silva João

Ingham Dominic

Krajnčan Kristijan

Dickbauer Johannes

Terracciano Gabriel

Dešukas Tadas

Rudanovski Kristjan

Rohaut Youenn

Ashano Omer

Janinet Clement

Byers Greg

Vieira Gabriel

Czernik Dawid

2018 - Laureaci

2018 - Laureaci

Forte Mario

Al-Rubaye Layth

Terracciano Gabriel

2024 -
Winners

2024 -
Semi-finalists

2022 -
Winners