The Jury session of the 39th edition of The International Radio Competition Concertino Praga 2004 took place
within 26 - 29 November, 2004 in Prague. Jury members:
Chairperson: Jiří Hlaváč (Czech Republic)
members: Liběna Séquardtová (Czech Republic), Vladimír Rejlek (Czech Republic), Michel Gasciarino (France),
Helena Hiilivirta (Finland), Sven Ake Landström (Sweden), Lovro Sodja (Slovenia).
From the total amount of 43 recordings 2 had to be disqulified due to not meeting the competition requirements. The Jury has reviewed 41 candidates (10 flutes, 6 oboes, 11 clarinets, 3 French horns, 11 trumpets) from 17 countries (Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Croatia, Latvia, Hungaria, Netherlands, Poland, Austria, Romania, Germany, Russia, Slovakia, Serbia and Montenegro, Ukraine, Slovenia, Ireland).
Prizes have been awarded to:
Flute
Obligatory composition: Otmar Mácha - Variations for Flute and Piano
| 1st prize | not awarded | - | - |
| 2nd prize | Martina Kuštárová | born 21. 4. 1990 | Slovakia |
| Honorable mention | Tünde Molnár | born 21. 1. 1987 | Hungaria |
Oboe
Obligatory composition: Luboš Sluka - Three Compositions for Oboe and Piano (1st and 3rd part)
| 1st prize | Alexander Jegorov | born 27. 2. 1987 | Russia |
| 2nd prize | Markéta Halamová | born 20. 2. 1987 | Czech Republic |
| Honorable mention | not awarded | - | - |
Clarinet
Obligatory composition: Josef Páleníček - Little Suite (2nd and 3rd part)
| 1st prize | Vasilij Belov | born 6. 5. 1987 | Russia |
| 2nd prize | Michael Mering | born 2.10. 1991 | Russia |
| Honorable mention | Kristaps Catlaks | born 2. 8. 1988 | Latvia |
| Honorable mention | Renata Raková | born 25. 3. 1987 | Czech Republic |
Trumpet
Obligatory composition: Jan Hanuš - Impromptus, Op. 14
| 1st prize | Rita Thiem | born 8. 10. 1987 | Germany |
| 2nd prize | Gatis Gorkuša | born 12.10. 1989 | Latvia |
| Honorable mention | István Baráth | born 29. 9. 1987 | Hungaria |
| Honorable mention | Florian Brunmayr | born 19. 2. 1988 | Austria |
| Honorable mention | Jaan Ots | born 12. 8. 1988 | Estonia |
French Horn
Obligatory composition: Miloslav Ištván - Suite for French Horn and Piano
| 1st prize | Anna Magdalena Euen | born 6. 8. 1989 | Germany |
| 2nd prize | not awarded | - | - |
| Honorable mention | not awarded | - | - |
HELENA KARÁSKOVÁ PRIZE
(This prize is awarded by the Minister of Education of The Czech Republic to the absolute winner - highest
amount of points - in the memory of the founder of the competition H. Karásková.)
Vasilij Belov, clarinet, Russia
Special prizefor the piano accompaniement:
| Jelena Komisarova | Russia (V. Belov, clarinet) |
| Meeli Ots | Estonia (J. Ots, trumpet) |
| Paul Erdös | Romania (D. M. Beldean, oboe) |
| Miroslava Trnková | Czech Republic (R. Raková, clarinet) |
Special prizefor the candidates from The Czech Republic (awarded by Zdenka Podhajská
Foundation):
public performance on January 5, 2005 within the cycle "Music under Petřín".
Prize winners who were awarded the 1st and 2nd prizes are becoming the "Laureates of Concertino Praga" and they are obliged to defend this title at the concert of laureates on June 18, 2005 in Prague and at other public performances within The South Bohemian Festival of Concertino Praga in June 2005.
Prof. Jiří Hlaváč
Chairperson
MgA. Martin Vojtíšek
Head of the competition
