Kraków International Flute Competition
🥇 First Prize: Monetary award and concert engagements
🥈 Second Prize: Monetary award
🥉 Third Prize: Monetary award
🎖 Special Awards:
■ Best Performance of a Work by Krzysztof Penderecki
Instrument Prize (e.g., professional flute sponsored by Yamaha or partner makers)
■ Recording Session Prize for laureates at the Academy of Music in Kraków
■ (Exact prize amounts and sponsors vary by edition.)
The Kraków International Flute Competition is one of Central Europe’s most respected flute contests, hosted by the Krzysztof Penderecki Academy of Music in Kraków. Established in 1989 and opened to international participants a decade later, the competition promotes artistry, technique, and musical expression while honoring Poland’s distinguished flute tradition.
Under the leadership of Prof. Barbara Świątek-Żelazna, the competition brings together flutists from around the world for a demanding three-round structure, culminating in a public final round and laureates’ concert. Each edition fosters international collaboration, presenting works from the standard repertoire alongside contemporary Polish compositions — particularly those of Krzysztof Penderecki, to whom a special performance prize is dedicated.
Laureates of Previous Competitions
2023
🥇 Tomasz Sierant (Poland) – 1st Prize
🥈 Daniel Mieczkowski (Poland) – 2nd Prize
🥉 Albert Szentgyörgyváry (Hungary) – 3rd Prize
2017
🥇 Yuan Yu (China) – 1st Prize
🥈 Olga Leonkiewicz (Poland) – 2nd Prize
🥉 Aleksandra Pleterski (Slovenia) – 3rd Prize
4th – Riccardo Cellacchi (Italy)
5th – Magnus Mihm (Germany)
6th – Son Sojeong (South Korea)
2014
🥇 Livia Duleba (Hungary) – 1st Prize
🥉 Matvey Demin (Russia) – 3rd Prize
🥉 Yaeram Park (South Korea) – 3rd Prize
4th – Gustav Villegas (Spain)
4th – Veronika Blachuta (Austria)
6th – Alessandro Baticci (Italy)
2011
🥇 Elise Gastaldi (France) – 1st Prize
🥈 Mikhail Khvostikov (Russia) – 2nd Prize
🥉 Seiya Ueno (Japan) – 3rd Prize
4th – Livia Duleba (Hungary)
5th – Agata Kucz (Poland)
6th – Wioletta Strączek (Poland)
2008
🥈 Aleksandr Haskin (Belarus) – 2nd Prize
🥈 Anita Farkas (Hungary) – 2nd Prize
🥈 Nicole Ruth Pressler (Germany) – 2nd Prize
4th – Andre Cebrian Garea (Spain)
5th – Jeremie Abergel (France)
6th – Noemi Györi (Hungary)
2005
🥇 Marion Ralincourt (France) – 1st Prize
🥈 Clement Dufour (France) – 2nd Prize
🥉 Jan Krzeszowiec (Poland) – 3rd Prize
4th – Izabela Czajkowska (Poland)
5th – Vera Lang (Germany)
6th – Maiko Ishiguro (Japan)
2002
🥇 Katalin Kramarics (Hungary) – 1st Prize
🥉 Elżbieta Woleńska (Poland) – 3rd Prize
🥉 Jocelyn Aubrun (France) – 3rd Prize
🥉 Marie-Christine Zupancič (Germany) – 3rd Prize
5th – Andrzej Krzyżanowski (Poland)
6th – Tomoko Takarada (Japan)
1999
🥇 Karl-Heinz Schütz (Austria) – 1st Prize
🥈 Ariel Zuckermann (Israel) – 2nd Prize
4th – Rebecca Lenton (England)
4th – Ronit Berman (Israel)
5th – Pirmin Grehl (Germany)
6th – Claire Constant (France)