Winners of past editions

JULIANA GRIGORYAN
GRAND PRIX

MARCELLA SEMBRICH-KOCHAŃSKA PRIZE for the youngest finalist
PRIZE OF THE KATOWICE CITY OF GARDENS – KRYSTYNA BOCHENEK CULTURAL INSTITUTION: participation in a concert during the 32nd International Festival of Young Winners of Music Competitions

NOMBULELO YENDE

FIRST PRIZE female voices

MARIA FOŁTYN PRIZE for the best performance of a Stanisław Moniuszko piece

AUDIENCE PRIZE funded by PZU insurance company for the finalist chosen in a vote by the competition audience
PRIZE OF THE MONIUSZKO MUSIC LOVERS SOCIETY for the best performance of a piece by Stanisław Moniuszko: a statuette by artist Marian Konieczny

AWARD OF PROF. DR HAB. TADEUSZA PSZONKA ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF JAN KIEPURA FESTIVAL in Krynica Zdrój: participation in one of the concerts of the 56th Festival funded by the Cultural Center in Krynica Zdrój

DARIJA AUGUŠTAN

SECOND PRIZE female voices

AWARD OF PROF. DR HAB. TADEUSZA PSZONKA ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF JAN KIEPURA FESTIVAL in Krynica Zdrój: participation in one of the concerts of the 56th Festival funded by the Cultural Center in Krynica Zdrój

YULIIA ZASIMOVA
THIRD PRIZE female voices

SZYMON MECHLIŃSKI

SECOND PRIZE male voices
BOGUSŁAW KACZYŃSKI PRIZE for the best Polish singer

THE LVIV NATIONAL OPERA PRIZE: INVITATION TO PARTICIPATE THE COMPANY’S PERFORMANCE IN THE 2022/23 ARTISTIC SEASON

VOLODYMYR TYSHKOV

SECOND PRIZE male voices

RAFAEL ALEJANDRO DEL ANGEL GARCIA
THIRD PRIZE male voices

GABRIEL ROLLINSON
TEATR WIELKI - POLISH NATIONAL OPERA PRIZE for the most beautiful performance of a Polish song

ELIZA BOOM

CARLO MARIA GIULINI PRIZE awarded in memory of Carlo Maria Giulini for a performance of profound musical expression drawing on the essence of humanity

XIAOMENG ZHANG

CARLO MARIA GIULINI PRIZE awarded in memory of Carlo Maria Giulini for a performance of profound musical expression drawing on the essence of humanity

THEODORE PLATT
JAN AND EDWARD RESZKE PRIZE for the best performance of a Polish work by a foreign entrant

GABRIELA GOŁASZEWSKA
MARTA EGGERTH AND JAN KIEPURA PRIZE for the most promising Polish voice

JAKUB FOLTAK

SEPTEM OCTAVES ASSOCIATION PRIZE sponsored by Agnieszka Rehlis, for the best performance of a piece by a Polish composer

MATTEO IVAN RAŠIĆ

OPERA FOR PEACE PRIZE: mentoring by Opera for Peace Ambassador Jakub Józef Orliński (countertenor) for a young artist at the beginning of their career

ZUZANNA NALEWAJEK

SPECIAL PRIZE FROM PRESTO MAGAZINE: one year’s media care

AWARD OF PROF. DR HAB. TADEUSZA PSZONKA ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF JAN KIEPURA FESTIVAL in Krynica Zdrój: participation in one of the concerts of the 56th Festival funded by the Cultural Center in Krynica Zdrój
SPECIAL AWARD FROM CHAIR OF THE JURY JOHN ALLISON funded by Teatr Wielki – Polish National Opera


ALINA SHEVCHENKO
PRIZE FOR THE BEST YOUNG PIANIST (born not earlier than 6 June 1987)

KATELAN TRẦN TERRELL
PRIZE FOR THE BEST YOUNG PIANIST (born not earlier than 6 June 1987)

MARIA MOTOLYGINA (Russia)
FIRST PRIZE
Prize of the Teatr Wielki - Polish National Opera: invitation to participate in the selected performance

SLÁVKA ZÁMEČNÍKOVÁ (Slovakia)
SECOND PRIZE
PRIZE OF THE FESTIVAL OF POLISH MUSIC: invitation to give a recital at the Festival of Polish Music in Kraków

LONG LONG (ZHANG) (China)
THIRD PRIZE
THE MARIA FOŁTYN PRIZE for the best performance of a Stanisław Moniuszko Piece
POLISH RADIO PRIZE: invitation to record with the Polish Radio Orchestra
SINFONIA VARSOVIA ORCHESTRA PRIZE: invitation to take part in a concert during a music event organized by the orchestra
PIOTR BECZAŁA’S PRIZE for the best interpretation of a Stanisław Moniuszko aria: invitation to take part in a concert with the Artist
PRIZE OF THE ARTUR RUBINSTEIN ŁÓDŹ PHILHARMONIC: invitation to take part in a concert as the singer of a solo part featuring the Łódź Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra and Choir
PRIZE OF THE MONIUSZKO MUSIC LOVERS SOCIETY for the best performance of a piece by Stanisław Moniuszko: a statuette by artist Marian Konieczny

RUSLANA KOVAL (Ukraine)
FOURTH PRIZE

GIHOON KIM (South Korea)
FIFTH PRIZE
PRIZE OF THE TEATR WIELKI IN POZNAŃ: invitation to take part in a performance of Stanisław Moniuszko’s The Haunted Manor staged as part of the European Opera Directing Prize international competition

PIOTR BUSZEWSKI (Poland)
SIXTH PRIZE
AUDIENCE PRIZE funded by PZU S.A. - sponsor of the Teatr Wielki - Polish National Opera and the 10th International Stnisław Moniuszko Vocal Competition for the Finalist selected by the Competition audience
PRIZE OF THE PRESIDENT OF TVP (POLISH TELEVISION)
BOGUSŁAW KACZYŃSKI PRIZE for the best Polish singer funded by ORFEO - the Bogusław Kaczyński Foundation
PRIZE OF THE LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN ASSOCIATION AND THE LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN EASTER FESTIVAL: invitation to take part in the 24th Ludwig van Beethoven Easter Festival
JERZY SEMKOW POLISH SINFONIA IUVENTUS ORCHESTRA PRIZE in the form of a concert with Sinfonia Iuventus in the 2019/20 season
PRIZE OF THE KAROL NAMYSŁOWSKI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA IN ZAMOŚĆ: invitation to perform with the Karol Namysłowski Symphony Orchestra in Zamość
PRIZE OF THE STANISŁAW MONIUSZKO KOSZALIN PHILHARMONIC: invitation to take part in a concert with the Koszalin Philharmonic Orchestra

JAN ŻĄDŁO (Poland)
Prize for the best performance of a song by Mieczysław Weinberg

STEFAN ASTAKHOV (Germany/Poland)
Prize of the Teatr Wielki - Polish National Opera for the best promising participant, who did not enter the Final

ALINA ADAMSKI (Poland)
POLSKIE WYDAWNICTWO MUZYCZNE PRIZE for the most beautiful performance of a Polish song from the 20th/21st century

MARIA OSTROUKHOVA (Russia)
Prize in memory of Carlo Maria Giulini, for a performance of profound musical expression drawing on the essence of humanity

LUIS QUIROS (Costa Rica)
Prize in memory of Carlo Maria Giulini, for a performance of profound musical expression drawing on the essence of humanity

YAJIE ZHANG (China)
AN AND EDWARD RESZKE PRZIE for the best performance of a Polish work by a foreign entrant

MONIKA BUCZKOWSKA (Poland)
MARTA EGGERTH AND JAN KIEPURA PRIZE for the most promising Polish singer, who is not a winner of a prescribed prize
PRIZE OF THE KAROL NAMYSŁOWSKI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA IN ZAMOŚĆ: invitation to perform with the Karol Namysłowski Symphony Orchestra in Zamość
PRIZE OF THE STANISŁAW MONIUSZKO KOSZALIN PHILHARMONIC: invitation to take part in a concert with the Koszalin Philharmonic Orchestra
KRAKÓW CHAMBER OPERA PRIZE: invitation to take part in a performance at the Kraków Chamber Orchestra

CODY QUATTLEBAUM (USA)
MARCELLA SEMBRICH-KOCHAŃSKA PRIZE for the youngest finalist - funded by the Marcella Sembrich Memorial Association (USA)
PRIZE OF THE LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN ASSOCIATION AND THE LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN EASTER FESTIVAL: invitation to take part in the 24th Ludwig van Beethoven Easter Festival

YURIY HADZETSKYY (Ukraine)
PRIZE OF THE SOCIETY OF OPERA AND BALLET LOVERS AFFILIATED WITH THE TEATR WIELKI - POLISH NATIONAL OPERA for the best singer among 2nd stage participants not chosen for the finals

ZLATA KHERSHBERG (Russia/Israel)
PRIZE OF THE CASTLE OPERA IN SZCZECIN: invitation to take part in the International Opera Gala ending the Moniuszko Inspiration! Festival

ALEXANDRA NOWAKOWSKI (USA/Poland)
PRIZE OF THE CASTLE OPERA IN SZCZECIN: invitation to take part in the International Opera Gala ending the Moniuszko Inspiration! Festival

MATHEUS POMPEU (Brazil)
PRIZE OF THE CASTLE OPERA IN SZCZECIN: invitation to take part in the International Opera Gala ending the Moniuszko Inspiration! Festival

PAWEŁ TROJAK (Poland)
PRIZE OF THE MOSCOW SUMMER OPERA FESTIVAL „NEW OPERA WORLD 2019”: invitation to take part in the Festival

VLADISLAV BUYALSKIY (Ukraine)
PRIZE OF THE FESTIVAL OF POLISH MUSIC: invitation to give a recital at the Festival of Polish Music in Kraków

HUBERT ZAPIÓR (Poland)
PRIZE OF THE ARTUR MALAWSKI PODKARPACKA PHILHARMONIC IN RZESZÓW – invitation to take part in a concert
SPECIAL PRIZE FROM PRESTO MAGAZINE: one year’s media care - the prize

ALEKSANDER CHODACKI (Poland)
Prize for the best pianist (born not earlier than on 6 May 1984)

RADOSŁAW ZAWORSKI (Poland)
Prize of the Teatr Wielki - Polish National Opera for the outstanding pianist (born not earlier than on 6 May 1984)

SALOME JICIA (Georgia)
FIRST PRIZE female category
Maria Fołtyn Award for the best interpretation of a Stanisław Moniuszko piece
Award of the Director of the Łódź Grand Theatre – an invitation to perform in Halka (after a necessary rehearsal period)

ANDRZEJ FILOŃCZYK (Poland)
FIRST PRIZE male category
Marcella Sembrich-Kochańska Award for the youngest finalist funed by the Marcella Sembrich Memorial Association, USA
Bogusław Kaczyński Award for the best Polish voice funded by the Bogusław Kaczyński ORFEO Foundation
Maria Fołtyn Memorial Award of the Mayor of Radom for the best Polish voice – concert with the Radom Chamber Orchestra

EWA TRACZ (Poland)
SECOND PRIZE female category

JAKUB JÓZEF ORLIŃSKI (Poland)
SECOND PRIZE male category

JOANNA ZAWARTKO (Poland)
THIRD PRIZE female category
Award of the Director of the Łódź Grand Theatre – an invitation to perform in Halka (after a necessary rehearsal period) 

LEON KOŠAVIĆ (Croatia)
THIRD PRIZE male category
Jan and Eward Reszke Award for the best interpretation of a Polish piece by a foreign national – Kosciuszko Foundation award funded by Ms Ann Cox Zagoreos

AGATA SCHMIDT (Poland)
Award for the best interpretation of a Polish song

DAGMARA BARNA (Poland)
Carlo Maria Giulini Award (female category) for delivering an interpretation of profound expression and drawing on the essence of humanity – a Kościuszko Foundation award funded by Ann Cox Zagoreos

KACPER SZELĄŻEK (Poland)
Carlo Maria Giulini Award (male category) for delivering an interpretation of profound expression and drawing on the essence of humanity – a Kościuszko Foundation award funded by Ann Cox Zagoreos

KRZYSZTOF BĄCZYK (Poland)
Marta Eggerth and Jan Kiepura Award for the most promising Polish voice – a Kościuszko Foundation award funded by Ann Cox Zagoreos

KEON WOO KIM (South Korea)
Award of the Chair of the Jury, Izabella Kłosińska

SYLWIA OLSZYŃSKA (Poland)
Ady Sari Award funded and awarded by Małopolskie Centrum Kultury SOKÓŁ in Nowy Sącz for the yougest coloratura soprano 

MICHAŁ BIEL (Poland)
Award for a distinguishing young pianist funded by the Teatr Wielki – Polish National Opera, Warsaw

MARIUSZ KŁUBCZUK (Poland)
Award for a distinguishing young pianist funded by the Teatr Wielki – Polish National Opera, Warsaw

FIRST PRIZE
OLGA BUSUIOC (Moldova)
ANATOLI SIVKO (Belarus)

SECOND PRIZE
GIUSEPPINA BRIDELLI (Italy)
PAVEL PIATROU (Belarus)

THIRD PRIZE
ANNA PATALONG (UK)
ALEXEI BOTNARCIUC (Moldova)

Maria Fołtyn Grand Prix 
ELIZA KRUSZCZYŃSKA (Poland/Italy)

FIRST PRIZE
ALEKSANDRA KUBAS (Poland)
YURI GORODETSKY (Belarus)

SECOND PRIZE
GELENA GASKAROVA (Russia)
ADAM PALKA (Poland)

THIRD PRIZE
KATARZYNA OLEŚ-BLACHA (Poland)
ANDREI BONDARENKO (Ukraine)

FIRST PRIZE
OXANA SHILOVA (Russia)
ALEXEY MARKOV (Russia)

SECOND PRIZE
KRISTINA KAPUSTYNSKA (Ukraine) 
RAFAŁ BARTMIŃSKI (Poland)

THIRD PRIZE
MAŁGORZATA OLEJNICZAK (Poland)

Maria Fołtyn Grand Prix 
VLADIMIR MOROZ (Belarus)

FIRST PRIZE
LORRAINE HINDS (USA) 
MIKHAIL KOLELISHVILI (Russia)

SECOND PRIZE
VICTORIA YASTREBOVA (Russia)
ILYA BANNIK (Russia)

THIRD PRIZE
EWA BIEGAS (Poland)
ARSEN SOGHOMONYAN (Armenia)

FIRST PRIZE
MONIKA WALEROWICZ-BARANOWSKA (Poland)
TOMASZ KUK (Poland)

SECOND PRIZE
BIXIA WU (China)
TOMASZ KRZYSICA (Poland)

THIRD PRIZE
ANNA KIKNADZE (Russia)
YEKATERINA SOLOVYOVA (Russia)
DANIIL SHTODA (Russia)

FIRST PRIZE
ALEKSANDRA KURZAK (Poland)
JACEK JANISZEWSKI (Poland)

SECOND PRIZE
ELENA WISZNIEWSKA (Ukraine) 
MIKHAIL GUBSKY (Russia)

THIRD PRIZE
GUO LING LI (China)
KATARZYNA TRYLNIK (Poland)
ANDRIEI GRIGORIEV (Russia)
ANDRIEI ROMANENKO (Ukraine)

FIRST PRIZE
CARA O’SULLIVAN (Ireland)

SECOND PRIZE
KYUNG-HYE LA (South Korea) 

THIRD PRIZE
NATALIA YUTESH (Ukraine)

FIRST PRIZE
URSZULA KRYGER (Poland)
ANDREI SPEKHOV (Russia)

SECOND PRIZE
BARBARA DOBRZAŃSKA (Poland)
ANDRIY SHKURHAN (Ukraine)

THIRD PRIZE
MARIA J. COSTA DI FABIO (Uruguay)
MARCIN BRONIKOWSKI (Poland)
ADAM ZDUNIKOWSKI (Poland)