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Baird Competition

The Tadeusz Baird Competition for Young Composers (formerly the Youth Competition of Polish Composers’ Union) has been organised annually since 1958. Its aim is to help young Polish composers launch their careers and to encourage their independent activity. Till 1990, the Competition rules stated that its subject was any piece lasting more than 5 minutes. The participants obtained a 3-month scholarship from the Ministry of Culture and Art for work on this composition. The 1st prize was a scholarship in a Western country, the 2nd prize - participation in a music festival in some country of the Eastern block, the distinction - free stay and participation in the “Warsaw Autumn” Festival in Warsaw. After 1990, the Ministry ceased to grant artistic scholarships. Since then, the main prize - the Tadeusz Baird Award of 2500 dollars for further composition study - has been funded by Alina Sawicka-Baird, wife of the late composer. The distinctions are financed by Polish Composers’ Union Management Board. Since 1990, the Tadeusz Baird Competition is open to all Polish composers who did not turn 35 until the closing date (earlier, it was reserved only for graduates from state higher schools of music composition classes). The subject of the competition is different in each year. Since 2003 the competition has two periods. Pieces chosen by Jury to 2nd period are performed during public concert after which ultimate verdict is declared. Then, we learn names of laureates.

REGULATIONS OF THE LAST COMPETITION

LAUREACI KONKURSU

I Competition (1958)Juliusz Łuciuk for Szkic symfoniczny
II Competition (1959)Krzysztof Penderecki for Strofy
III Competition (1960)Henryk Mikołaj Górecki for Monologi I
IV Competition (1961)Romuald Twardowski for Antifone per tre gruppi
V Competition (1962)not awarded
VI Competition (1963)not awarded
VII Competition (1964)not awarded
VIII Competition (1965)Zbigniew Bargielski for Parady
IX Competition (1966)Piotr Warzecha for Ewolucje
X Competition (1967)not awarded
XI Competition (1968)not awarded
XII Competition (1969)Marian Sawa for Assemblage
XIII Competition (1970)not awarded
XIV Competition (1971)not awarded
XV Competition (1972)Zbigniew Pniewski for Muzyka
XVI Competition (1973)not awarded
XVII Competition (1974)not awarded
XVIII Competition (1975)Stanisław Moryto for Nocturn
XIX Competition (1976)Sławomir Czarnecki for Gradito per orchestra
XX Competition (1977)Ryszard Szeremeta for Próżno płakać
XXI Competition (1978)Wiesława Alicja Garr for Sura I
XXII Competition (1979)Paweł Szymański for Gloria
XXIII Competition (1980)Paweł Buczyński for Muzyka opadających liści
XXIV Competition (1981)Piotr Radko for Poemat kontemplacji
XXV Competition (1982)not awarded
XXVI Competition (1983)Katarzyna Bortkun for De Caritate
XXVII Competition (1984)not awarded
XXVIII Competition (1986)not awarded
XXIX Competition (1987)Andrzej Dziadek for Poemat symfoniczny
XXX Competition (1988)Wiesław Rentowski for Wayang
XXXI Competition (1989)not awarded
XXXII Competition (1990)not awarded
XXXIII Competition (1991)not awarded
XXXIV Competition (1992)ex aequo: Alicja Gronau for Okna and Robert Kurdybacha for Symfonia kameralna
XXXV Competition (1993)not awarded
XXXVI Competition (1994)not awarded
XXXVII Competition (1995)ex aequo: Marcin Bortnowski for Kwartet smyczkowy and Adam Falkiewicz for Po drugiej stronie słońca
XXXVIII Competition (1996)Wiesław Pluskota for Trio na 3 klarnety i taśmy
XXXIX Competition (1997)Marcel Chyrzyński for Ferragosto per tromba, pianoforte e batteria
XL Competition (1998)not awarded
XLI Competition (1999)ex aequo: Aleksander Kościów for Noc świętojańska and Bartosz Kowalski for Studium przestrzeni
XLII Competition (2000)not awarded
XLIII Competition (2001)ex aequo: Bartosz Kowalski for Sny o przeobrażeniach materii and Daria Jabłońska for Images of Broken Light
XLIV Competition (2002)not awarded
XLV Competition (2003)ex aequo: Paweł Strzelecki for Piano Quintet and Bartosz Kowalski-Banasewicz for Stadium
XLVI Competition (2004)not awarded
XLVII Competition (2005)ex aequo: Adrian Foltyn for Son'tasy 2.1 and Dariusz Przybylski for The Rest is Silence
XLVIII Competition (2006)Ist prize - Wojciech Blecharz for "dim" and two IInd prizes: Sławomir Kupczak for "Lament" and Artur Zagajewski for "Glassmusic-motet"
XLIX Competition (2007)Ist prize ex aequo: Zofia Dowgiałło for Turmalin and Łukasz Godyla for Three glances at music
L Competition (2008)Two IInd prizes ex aequo: Artur Zagajewski for Liście and Marcin Zieliński for Fuci
LI Competition (2009)Ist Prize - Ignacy Zalewski; two IInd prizes ex aequo: Wojciech Błażejczyk i Michał Jakub Papara
LII Competition (2010)Ist prize - Wojciech Blazejczyk for Exhorta; IInd prize - Magdalena Glocka for On the Edge of the Moon
LIII Competition (2011)Ist prize - Piotr Tabakiernik for piece Paroles gelees