Soyoung Yoon, the First Prize laureate in the International Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition (Poznań, 2011) is invited for many performances in Poland in 2012. On March 30th she will play with Maxim Vengerov, , Miki Kobayashi and Stefan Tarara Concerto No 10 for 4 violins by Mozart in Gdansk.

The finalist of the International Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition Erzhan Kulibaev will perform Wieniawski Concerto in d minor with the Rzeszow Philharmonic Orchestra in Warsaw (22.03.2012). He will play the Giovanni Battista Guadagnini violin (Turin, 1779). The opportunity to use this unique instrument for one year was given to him as a prize from Volkswagen for the wonderful performance in Wieniawski Competition in Poznan.

Nikolay Khozyainov, a 19-year-old virtuoso pianist from Russia has won The Dublin International Piano Competition. The award ceremony was held on May 16th,2012 in Dublin. Nikolay Khozyainov, who started playing the piano at the age of five, was named the ninth winner of the Dublin International Piano Competition. He was one of the youngest entrants to the competition and was congratulated by President Michael D Higgins following his final concerto performance in the National Concert Hall (NCH).His Rachmaninov`s 3ed Concerto was a memorable performance. Nikolay won a prize of 15,000 euro and will perform at some 50 concerts around the world including having debut recitals at Carnegie Hall in New York and the Wigmore Hall in London.

We have an honour to cooperate with the Foundation of the International Chopin Piano Festival in Duszniki Zdroj and professor Piotr Paleczny, the artistic director of the festival, in organizing the 67th edition of the International Chopin Piano Festival in 2012. The festival will traditionally begin on the first Friday of August. For nine days, from 3rd to 11th August, wonderful artists will be giving recitals, among others: Joaquin Achucarro, Mariangela Vacatello, Alberto Nose, Nikolay Khozyainov, Francesco Piemontesi, Soyoung Yoon, Alexander Gavrylyuk, Seong-Jin Cho, Dmirij Alexeev, Alexander Schimpf, Elisso Bolkvadze, piano duo Poskute & Daukantas, Denis Kozhukhin, Janusz Olejniczak. There will also be master classes for the chosen Polish young pianists given by magnificent professors Joaquin Achucarro and Dmitrij Alexeev.

More information follows soon, detail also on the Festival's website: www.chopin.festival.pl.