On September 14, the Program Committee for the Institute of Music and Dance chose the nominees for the 2015 Koryfeusz Polish Music Award in the categories: ‘Personality of the Year’, ‘Event of the Year’ and ‘Honorary Award’. The award aims to honor individuals, groups of artists and institutions working in the field of broadly understood artistic genres and Polish music. Amongst 115 candidates, the five nominees this year are:
- composer Marcin Stańczyk
- composer Paweł Mykietyn
- jazz pianist Nikola Kołodziejczyk
- saxophonist Paweł Gusnar
- choral conductor Anna Szostak-Myrczek
Winners will be announced on November 11th at 7:30pm during the gala awards ceremony that will take place at the Witold Lutoslwaski Polish Radio Concert Studio in Warsaw.
[Sources: dzienniklodzki.pl, malta-festival.pl]