Category 9

(competitors are ranked in order of best by points scored)

1st Prize and Category Winner

Jugyeong Kim / South Korea / video
repertoire: Dvořák cello concerto in b minor Op. 104 1st movt.

teacher/school: Korea National University of Arts / KANGHO LEE

piano accompaniment: 

1st Prize

David Pěruška / Czechia / video
repertoire:
 Joseph Haydn - Concerto no. 2 D-major, 1st mov. - Allegro moderato (cadenza by Maurice Gendron)
teacher/school: 
Petr Nouzovský, Prague conservatory
piano accompaniment: Stanislav Gallin

Josef Matěj Švec / Czechia / video
repertoire: C. Saint-Saëns Cello concerto no. 1 in a moll Allegro non troppo - Allegro molto - Tempo I -Allegretto con moto
teacher/school: 
Petr Nouzovský, Prague conservatory
piano accompaniment: Stanislav Gallin

Maria Clara Mandolesi / Italy / video
repertoire: Shostakovic, cello sonata op.40 (I-II mov,)

teacher/school: Antonio Meneses (Accademia Stauffer). Asier Polo (CSI)

piano accompaniment: 

2nd Prize

Petr Hamerský / Czechia
repertoire:
 Antonín Dvořák: první věta z Violoncellového koncertu h moll
teacher/school: 
Renata Strašrybková, Pražská konzervatoř
piano accompaniment: doc. Věra Langerová

Hanna Szczęsna / Poland
repertoire: Sergey Prokofiev - Cello Sonata in C major Op. 119

teacher/school: 
Piotr Hausenplas, Zenon Brzewski Music School in Warsaw
piano accompaniment: Maria Sterczyńska

Wiktoria Osińska / Poland
repertoire: J.S.Bach Preludium Suite nr 3 C major,  G. Casado, Dance of the Green Devil

teacher/school: Anna Skibińska-Haponiuk

piano accompaniment: Wojciech Pyrć

3rd Prize

Radosław Garbiec / Poland
repertoire: Joseph Haydn Cello Concerto No. 1 in C major, Hob. VIIb:1, J. S. Bach - Sarabande from Cello Suite No. 2 in D minor BWV 1008

teacher/school: 
Marcin Kusz
piano accompaniment: Krzysztof Minor

Julie Krejčí / Czechia
repertoire:
 Bohuslav Martinů - Variace na slovenskou lidovou píseň
teacher/school: 
Tomáš Strašil, Pražská konzervatoř
piano accompaniment: Alena Grešlová

Polina Hlebnikova / Latvia
repertoire: D. Shostakovich Sonata for Cello & Piano in D Minor, Op. 40

teacher/school: 
Romans Trautmans, Emils Darzins Music School
piano accompaniment: Dace Rijniece

Rainers Liekniņš / Latvia
repertoire: Sergei Rachmaninoff "Vocalise" c sharp minor Op.34, No. 14, Karl Davydov "At the fountain" Op.20, No.2
teacher/school: 
School- Emīls Dārziņš Music school, Teacher- Ieva Upatniece
piano accompaniment: Ieva Sarja