True Musicians Tournament - auditions for bands and soloists

The Philharmonic in Szczecin is hosting the True Musicians Tournament for the third time, gathering performers and lovers of traditional music culture. Competition auditions are the essence of the event – a time of confrontation yet also a motivational meeting of traditional musicians and authors inspired by folk music culture and broadly understood folklore. On the stage of the Chamber Hall the amateurs and professionals will compete, presenting the richness and variety of traditional musical culture.

The tournament will be held in four musical categories: soloists instrumentalists, vocal soloists, vocal ensembles, instrumental and vocal-instrumental ensembles. During the auditions, the participants will have to presented two obligatory pieces. The first is a piece chosen from available sources by the performers themselves. The second is the response of the musicians to a selected theme related to the calendar and ritual year. The participants may perform an additional third piece – an interpretation of the "Tutejsi" theme.

In each of the categories, the first three places will be awarded and the winners receive financial awards. The awarded musicians will perform on Sunday, September 3rd at the Symphony Hall of the Philharmonic during the final concert.

Participants of the True Musicians Tournament will be judged by a jury composed of Weronika Grozdew-Kołacińska Ph D, Bogdan Matławski Ph D, University of Szczecin professor, and Wojciech Ossowski.