The Self-Government of the Kuyavia and Pomerania Voivodeship is a patron of the Paderewski Music Association

The Bydgoszcz City Hall is a patron of the Paderewski Music Association




The Competition is a member of the Alink - Argerich Foundation since 2004.

The Competition is a member of the World Federation of International Music Competitions based in Geneva since 2010.

I edition

Composition of the jury:

First All-Polish
Ignacy Jan Paderewski

Piano Competition
Bydgoszcz, December 1 - 10, 1961


  • Henryk Sztompka - Chairman,
  • Wanda Chmielewska,
  • Zbigniew Drzewiecki,
  • Jan Hoffman,
  • Natalia Hornowska,
  • Gertruda Konatkowska,
  • Wiktor Weinbaum,
  • Maria Wiłkomirska,
  • Bolesław Woytowicz,
  • Jerzy Żurawlew

Arnold Rezler conducted the Orchestra of the Pomeranian Philharmonic and Bolesław Woytowicz was the solist.

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