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 Winner of 19 international guitar competitions

Many critics and music lovers consider Marcin Dylla one of the most outstanding classical guitar players. He owes this position, among others, thanks to unusual number of awards at musical competitions. In 1996-2007 he was winner of 19 international guitar contests:

1996 - 1st Prize, International Guitar Competition of Edmund Jurkowski memorial in Tychy (Poland)

1997 - 1st Prize, International Guitar Competition in Tredrez-Locquemeau (France)

1998 - 1st Prize, International Guitar Competition “Karl Scheit” in Vienna

1999 - 1st Prize, International Guitar Competition in Liechtenstein

2000 - 1st Prize, International Guitar Competition in Alcoy (Spain)

2000 - 1st Prize, International Guitar Competition in Gargnano (Italy)

2001 - 1st Prize, International Guitar Competition “Forum Gitarre” in Vienna

2001 - 1st Prize, International Guitar Competition in Sernancelhe (Portugal)

2001 - 1st Prize, International Guitar Competition in Alassandria (Italy)

2002 - 1st Prize, International Guitar Competition “Joaquin Rodrigo” in Madrid

2002 - 1st Prize, International Guitar Competition in Almeria (Spain)

2002 - 1st Prize, International Guitar Competition in Crete

2002 - 1st Prize, International Guitar Competition H.R.H. Princess Cristina in Madrid

2003 - 1st Prize, International Guitar Competition in Markneukirchen (Germany)

2003 - 1st Prize, International Guitar Competition “Rene Bartoli” in Aix en Provence (France)

2004 - 1st Prize, International Guitar Concerto Competition “JoAnn Falletta” in Buffalo NY (USA)

2004 - 1st Prize, International Guitar Competition “Printemps de la Guitare” in Charleroi (Belgium)

2006 - 1st Prize, International Guitar Competition in Aranda de Duero (Spain)

2007 - 1st Prize, International Guitar Competition “Guitar Foundation of America” in Los Angeles (USA)

2002, at the 7th International Guitar Convent in Alessandria, he was granted a “gold guitar”, musical critics’ award for the best coming young guitar player. Furthermore, he was honoured many times with awards of the audience and orchestras.

The fame of the artist in the international musical life is confirmed by his cooperation with outstanding musicians and orchestras, recitals in prestigious concert halls (Konzerthaus and Musikverein in Vienna, Auditorio Nacional in Madrid, Philharmonia in St. Petersburg, Kleinhans Music Hall in Buffalo N.Y. etc.), master classes, participation in music festivals, CD recordings: Polish Guitar Music (Settembrini, 1999), Sonatas - Ponce, Tedesco, Brouwer (RTVE, 2003), Sonatas - Rodrigo, José, Ginastera (Fleur du Son, 2005), Guitar Recital (NAXOS, bestseller of 2008).

Marcin Dylla belongs to the most popular and the most internationally requested Polish musicians. In the season 2008/2009 only he made 3 concertours of several weeks to the USA, Canada and Mexico, as well as performed in China, Germany, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Denmark, Rumania, Hungary, Lithuania and Poland, giving together almost 100 concerts and recitals. The prestigious magazine „Classical Guitar” published twice his photo on the front cover.

Marcin Dylla was born 1976 in Chorzów, Poland. He started to learn to play the guitar at the age of 8. In the years 1995-2000 he was studying at the State Academy of Music in Katowice in the guitar class of Ms. Wanda Palacz. He continued his musical education in Music Academy in Basel with professor Oscar Ghiglia, Music Academy in Freiburg with professor Sonja Prunnbauer, and Music Conservatory in Maastricht with Carlo Marchione.

The large repertoire of the artist comprises several recital programmes, as well as  concertos with orchestra like:

- Joaquin Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez

- Manuel Maria Ponce: Concierto del sur

- Joaquin Rodrigo: Fantasia para un gentilhombre

- Astor Piazzolla: Double Concerto

- Jerzy Bauer: Concertino

- Heitor Villa-Lobos: Concierto

RHEIN ZEITUNG, 27 May 2004:

„Ohne Zweifel wird – das lässt sich sehr sicher prognostizieren – Marcin Dylla in naher Zukunft zu den ganz Großen der Gitarristik gehören”

THE WASHINGTON POST, 21 July 2008:

„If there were any doubt that Dylla ranks among the most gifted guitarists on the planet, they were dispelled on Friday night”

HERALD TRIBUNE, 27 March 2009:

„’Incredible’ is a word used far too frequently these days, but the Polish guitarist Marcin Dylla restored the meaning of the word in an absolutely stunning concert. (...)Large-scale, challenging compositions for solo guitar are not heard often, certainly not performed at this level of seemingly effortless technique and intense artistry. It was clear from the outset that we were hearing a major talent performing music of serious proportions with both impressive technique and deeply musical interpretive skill”

„Zuhörern in der Stadthalle bot der polnische Ausnahmekönner, eine wahre Lehrstunde in Sachen subtiler Gitarrenkunst. (...)Im feinsinnig ausgehörten Spiel dieses herausragenden Gitarrensolisten war das ein Hörgenuss für Gitarrenfreunde.”