CLUJ INTERNATIONAL MUSIC COMPETITION (2023)
Watch: http://notesandties.ro/watch/
Organizers: Notes&Ties Cultural Association and The Gheorghe Dima Music Academy
Project coordinator: Răzvan Poptean
Project financed by the City Hall and the Council of Cluj-Napoca.
Sponsors and partners: Buffet Crampon – main partner, Bam Cases, Wiener Flötenwerkstatt, Vandoren, Magazinul Aperto, Filarmonica de Stat „Transilvania” din Cluj-Napoca, Universitatea Babeș-Bolyai din Cluj-Napoca, Filarmonica de Stat „Dinu Lipatti”, Satu Mare; Filarmonica Tîrgu Mureș;
Instruments: flute and clarinet
Contestants: Over 300 in over 40 countries
Jury members:
FLUTE: Rafael Adobas Bayog, Alberto Navarra, Joidy Scarlet BLanco Lewis, Alberto Acuña Almela, Marianna Julia Żołnacz, Mario Bruno, Yu Yuan
CLARINET: Shirley Brill, Giovanni Punzi, Sergey Eletskiy, Damien Bachmann, Sérgio Pires, Joë Christophe, Samanta Škorja
President of the juries – Răzvan Cosmin Poptean
Winners and prizes:
FLUTE:
Second prize – Tomás Perreira Celeste
Third prize (ex-aequo) Lorenzo Messina and Marc Monfort Tena
Fourth prize – Laura Richard
Special prize for the best Romanian flutist in the competition: Alma Sonenshtain
CLARINET:
Second prize (ex-aequo) – Geukchan Lee and Federico Martinello
Third prize – Wiktoria Grajewska
Special prize of the jury – Yanchen Zhang
Special prize for the best Romanian clarinettist in the competition:
– Cristian Ciolacu