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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) […]

Last Saturday, 16th July, in the Slovenian town of Postojna, Mak Grgić – one of the guests of this year’s Festival in Tychy – premiered The Beatz Concerto by Leon Firšt, a Slovenian artist of the new generation. This event was held as a part of the 10th Guitar Week in Postojna festival. We will […]

XVIII Silesian Guitar Autumn International Festival and Jan Edmund Jurkowski Memorial Competition 23–30 October 2022 We’re honoured to present artists invited to Silesian Guitar Autumn! Yamandu Costa (Brasil) Enrike Solinís & Euskal Barrokensemble (Spain) Adam del Monte (Spain/USA) Mak Grgić (Slovenia) Jérémy Jouve (France) Evangelina Mascardi (Argentina) Kōki Fujimoto (Japan) François-Xavier Dangremont (France) Jakub Kościuszko […]

The list of prizes in this year’s Jan Edmund Jurkowski Memorial Guitar Competition, held as a part of the 18th International “Silesian Guitar Autumn” Festival! FIRST PRIZE 5000 Euro 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 Republic) […]

Last Sunday, 3rd July, the partner festival of the Silesian Guitar Autumn, the 21st International Biennial Guitar Competition with Mastercourses in Kutná Hora came to an end. The artistic director of our festival, Marek Nosal, sat on the competition jury. The winner in the 2nd category of the competition in Kutná Hora was Marco Piperno […]