Szymon Nehring

Poland Birthdate: 29.09.1995

Competitor number: 47

Born on 29 September 1995, in Cracow, he began learning piano at the age of five. He attended music school in Cracow and is currently studying with Stefan Wojtas at Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz. He has won numerous prizes and distinctions, including in the International Chopin Competition for Children in Jelenia Góra (2008, Second Prize), ‘Chopin +’ in Budapest (2010, First Prize), ‘A Step to Mastery’ in St Petersburg (2011, Third Prize), the Chopin Competition in Narva (2012, First Prize and the EMCY prize) and Żychlin Festival (2013, Second Prize). In 2014, he won First Prize in the ‘Arthur Rubinstein in memoriam’ Competition in Bydgoszcz, Second Prize in the ‘Premio Academia’ in Rome, and First Prize and a distinction for the best performance of a Chopin nocturne in the ‘Halina Czerny Stefańska in memoriam’ Competition in Poznań. He has performed as a soloist with symphony orchestras in Jelenia Góra and Tallinn, and also with the Warmia-Masuria and Jelenia Góra philharmonic orchestras (in Chopin’s Concerto in E minor). He is a recipient of grants and scholarships from the National Children’s Fund, the ‘Sapere Auso’ Małopolska Scholarship Foundation, the ‘Pro Musica Bona’ Foundation and the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage.

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