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Applications for this year’s Jan Edmund Jurkowski Memorial Guitar Competition of the 19th Silesian Guitar Autumn are open until 31st August, 2024 This prestigious event for classical guitarists from around the world is held biennially and is open to all solo guitarists regardless of age, education and country of residence. Renowned for its high standards […]

On Saturday the 20th, in Freiburg (Germany) a concert was held featuring Cassie Martin,  the first prize winner of the 18th Jan Edmund Jurkowski Memorial Guitar Competition of the Silesian Guitar Autumn 2022, who was honored with  a Special Award funded by the presidents of the Guitar Society in Freiburg (Gitarre-Freiburg e.V.), Mrs. Beata Będkowska-Huang […]

It is with heavy hearts that we remember today the wonderful man who has just left us. Unexpectedly, we have received the news of the passing of Romuald Jurkowski, the son of Jan Edmund Jurkowski, the founder, creator, and first artistic director of the Silesian Guitar Autumn International Festival. For years, Romuald Jurkowski supported us […]

By the decision of the jury this year’s winner is Cassie Martin from France The winner of the first prize received: – a financial award of EUR 5.000 – a Fryderyk Firla romantic guitar worth 15000 PLN recitals at guitar festivals in the following cities: Balatonfüred 2023 (Hungary), Bratislava 2023 (Slovakia), Kutná Hora 2024 (Czech […]

After three days of the second round auditions in Jan Edmund Jurkowski International Guitar Competition part of the 18th Silesian Guitar Autumn, during the evening concert in Mediateka, we met the participants of the Final. The Jury consisting of: Marcin Dylla – the president, Beata Będkowska-Huang, Jacek Hawryluk, Adam del Monte, József Eötvös, Martin Krajčo, […]

We know the participants of the Second Round of Jan Edmund Jurkowski Memorial Guitar Competition of the 18th Silesian Guitar Autumn! The Jury consisting of: Marcin Dylla – the president, Beata Będkowska-Huang, József Eötvös, Martin Krajčo, Thomas Offermann and Petr Saidl, announces that the following artists have qualified for the stage of the live auditions […]

A London gentleman, tireless researcher, jazzman and an authority figure in the field of baroque guitar music. Harvey Hope, as he is the artist in question, was certainly one of the most original figures in the world of the guitar at the turn of the 20th century. A self-taught guitarist, lutherie enthusiast, collector and publicist. […]

One of the many traditions of the Tychy guitar festival is the highly anticipated festive evening, during which a new composition is premiered – a concerto for guitar and orchestra. Since 1988, due to the efforts of the festival directors, the catalogue of Polish music has expanded by several positions of this musical form. The […]

Application for Jan Edmund Jurkowski Memorial Guitar Competition part of the 18th Silesian Guitar Autumn has been closed. The applications have been submitted by 34 participants from as many as 11 countries: Belarus, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Spain, Japan, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Hungary and Italy. Currently, the First Round of the Competition is being held […]

Jakub Kościuszko, one of the artists who will perform during this year’s Silesian Guitar Autumn, has just released a unique album. Music of Harvey Hope is the world premiere of the works of an English composer Harvey Hope (1943-2014). Kościuszko, together with Radom Chamber Orchestra, directed by the outstanding conductor Szymon Morus, recorded (among others) […]