7th JOZEF CIEPLUCHA INTERNATIONAL ACADEMIC OBOE AND BASSOON COMPETITION

Konkurs oboistów i fagocistów

The organizer of the 7^th Jozef Cieplucha International Academic Oboe and Bassoon Competition is the Department of Wind Instruments of the Grazyna and Kiejstut Bacewicz University of Music in Lodz. Its idea is to promote the best instrumentalists from Polish and foreign music academies. It is held in two separate categories: oboe and bassoon. The Competition is open to undergraduate and graduate students of oboe and bassoon classes of all nationalities who are under 26 years of age at the start of the event. The Competition is also open to talented high school students who meet the programme requirements.

The Competition has a long-standing tradition. It began its history at the turn of the 1960s and 1970s in Wloszakowice - the birthplace of Karol Kurpinski. Its organiser was Ludwik Kurkiewicz – for many years the head of the Department of Wind Instruments at the Academy of Music in Warsaw. In the 1990s the event was held in Sieradz as the National Oboe and Bassoon Competition (1996), then as the International Academic Oboe and Bassoon Competition (1999). Under the same name, the next four editions were held in Lodz (2002, 2005, 2008, 2011). Since 2014, the Competition has been named after Jozef Cieplucha.

This year’s seventh edition of the Competition is scheduled for May 6^th–8^th, 2024 (2^nd stage and 3^rd stage). According to the organisers' decision dated March 10^th, 2024, the application form must be completed and sent by March 26^th, 2024, together with a link to the recording of the 1^st stage (elimination) programme. The results of the 1^st stage (preliminaries) will be announced on April 5^th, 2024.

PARTICIPANTS QUALIFIED TO THE 1^st STAGE

PARTICIPANTS QUALIFIED TO THE 2^nd STAGE

PARTICIPANTS QUALIFIED TO THE 3^rd STAGE

COMPETITION CALENDAR

6^th May 2024, Monday

THE 2^nd STAGE AUDITION – OBOE

9.00-17.00
Room 31, The Karol Poznanski Palace, University of Music in Lodz, 32 Gdanska Street

OPENING CONCERT

18.15
Inauguration of the 7^th Jozef Cieplucha International Academic Oboe and Bassoon Competition

CONCERT PROGRAMME

7^th May 2024, Tuesday

THE 2^nd STAGE AUDITION – BASSOON

9.00-21.00
Room 31, The Karol Poznanski Palace, University of Music in Lodz, 32 Gdanska Street

8^th May 2024, Wednesday

THE 3^rd STAGE AUDITION

9.00-10.30 – OBOE
Room 12, The Karol Poznanski Palace, University of Music in Lodz, 32 Gdanska Street
11.00-13.00 – BASSOON
Room 12, The Karol Poznanski Palace, University of Music in Lodz, 32 Gdanska Street

ANNOUNCEMENT OF RESULTS OF THE COMPETITION AND PRIZE WINNER’S CONCERT

17.00
Room 12, The Karol Poznanski Palace, University of Music in Lodz, 32 Gdanska Street

COMPETITION TERMS AND CONDITIONS download

APPLICATION FORM go to

HONORARY PATRONAGE

Patronat honorowy

MEDIA PATRONAGE

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Co-financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland
from the Culture Promotion Fund – a state purpose fund

Ministry of Culture and National Heritage

PATRON OF THE COMPETITION

JOZEF CIEPLUCHA (1940-2006)

Józef Ciepłucha An outstanding Polish oboist, pedagogue and conductor. He studied at the State Higher School of Music in Lodz in the oboe class of Antoni Olejnik, and graduated with honours in 1963. In 1959 he joined the State Philharmonic Orchestra in Lodz. In the following years he played in the Orchestra of the Lodz Opera, the Orchestra of the National Philharmonic and in the years 1965-1992 again in the Orchestra of the Lodz Philharmonic, holding the position of first oboist. He also collaborated with the Orchestra of the Lodz Polish Radio Broadcasting Station, the Poznan Philharmonic Orchestra, the Czestochowa Philharmonic Orchestra, the Bautzen Symphony Orchestra, the Karol Teutsch Chamber Orchestra in Warsaw and the “Pro Musica” chamber orchestra in Lodz, performing oboe concertos from various eras with these ensembles. His artistic accomplishments also included numerous recitals, recordings made for radio and television stations and film studios. He was a co-founder of the Lodz Philharmonic Wind Quintet, with which he performed for 20 years. He also collaborated with the old-time instruments ensemble “Fistulatores et Tubicinatores Varsovienses” and other ensembles. In 1978 he established the Chamber Orchestra of the Lodz Philharmonic, later transformed into the “Rubinstein Sinfonietta”, nd toured abroad with it as its artistic director and conductor. He began his teaching career in 1960 as an oboe teacher in music schools in Lodz. From 1970 he worked at the State Higher School of Music in Lodz, which was transformed into the Academy of Music in 1981. He brought up many outstanding oboists. Numerous of his students became laureates of national and international competitions and festivals. From 1981, he served as Head of the Department of Wind and Percussion Instruments for 25 years. Prof. Cieplucha was repeatedly invited to the juries of national and international music competitions. He taught chamber ensembles during summer music courses in Bayreuth, Mietne, Duszniki and Olsztyn. In 1996 and 1999 he organised the National Oboe and Bassoon Competitions in Sieradz. On his initiative and under his direction, two editions of the International Academic Oboe and Bassoon Competition were held in Lodz – in 2002 and 2005. He was also the creator and director of nationwide courses for teachers. For many years he was a member of the Management Board of the Association of Polish Artist Musicians. For his versatile activity he was awarded the Gold Badge of the Association of Polish Musicians, the Honorary Badge of the City of Lodz, the Silver and Gold Cross of Merit, and the Cavalier Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta.