Strefa Kultury Wrocław invites to participate in one of Poland’s most prestigious and oldest jazz Contests – Wojtek Siwek 2025 Jazz Individuality Contest.
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1. The contest is open, and the following performers are allowed to enter it: bands, musicians: instrumentalists and vocalists who meet the following criteria:
• Are 30 years old or younger by 21 March 2025;
• Are not Grand Prix winners or winners of individual prizes in the Jazz on the Odra festival organised in previous years, however, this also applies to members of the Grand Prix winning band, including those performing as members of another band for which an application was submitted to enter the contest of the 61st Jazz on the Odra festival;
• At least half of the members of performers have the Polish nationality; nevertheless, individual musicians are not allowed to apply for the contest contemporaneously as part of several applications, being members of various bands. Such persons must decide and apply as a member of one band, otherwise all their applications in which they are named as band members will be rejected.
2. The participant, in order to enter the contest, must provide for evaluation by the festival’s selection committee a recording of the participant’s artistic performance on a CD (other media will not be considered) or through electronic means in a wave or mp3 format, including 3 pieces of music chosen by the participant, up to approx. 20 minutes long, however, one of these pieces of music must be based on the following forms: rhythm changes or blues. The recording must be accompanied by a completed and signed application form, according to the template made available by the organiser, and photograph(s) along with a biographical note (in an electronic version).
3. It is allowed to replace only one member of a band qualified for the contest final with a musician who was not a member of such a band named in the application and present on the recording, however, the above provision will not be violated where, due to a random incident, more than one member of a band qualified for the contest final is replaced with another person who was not a member named in the application and present on the recording.
4. The application along with musical material must be sent to the organiser’s registered office address or in electronic form at the following organiser’s email address: konkursjno@strefakultury.pl – please make a note: “OTWARTY KONKURS NA INDYWIDUALNOŚĆ JAZZOWĄ im. Wojtka Siwka (Wojtek Siwek JAZZ INDIVIDUALITY OPEN CONTEST)” – in doc, docx, pdf or jpg and wave or mp3 format. The application to be submitted by the participant must be accompanied by an application form attached to these regulations, which must be completed and signed by all members of a band (the form can be downloaded from the website: https://jazznadodra.pl/konkurs/regulamin/). For applications submitted electronically, forms and documents bearing the signatures of applicants and members of a band must be attached in the form of a scanned document.
APPLICATION FORM: DOWNLOAD
REGULATIONS: HERE
5. The application must be delivered to the organisers’ registered office not later than by 21/03/2025. The date of submitting an application is the date on which a letter is delivered or an email containing an application is received on the organiser’s server.
6. Based on applications received, the selection committee will select the finalists, who will be notified of the selection by the organiser by 7/04/2025.
7. The contest final will take place as part of a concert to be held on 23/04/2025, at a venue designated by the organiser, according to the program of the 61st Jazz on the Odra festival in Wrocław, during a concert at which the finalists will be entitled to stage a public performance. The organiser may make a decision to either hold the concert on-line or cancel it, especially if there is no possibility to perform it with the participation of an audience due to restrictions introduced by the provisions of generally applicable law, e.g. for safety or health protection reasons.
8. The organisers will agree on the rules for performance and the order it is to be staged individually with qualified artists.
9. The contest performance, to be judged by the Jury, should not be longer than 20 minutes. The Jury has the right to interrupt a performance of a participant during the contest if the time limit is exceeded.
10. The Jury’s decision will be announced and prizes will be awarded on 23/04/2025 during the concert held as part of the 60th Jazz on the Odra festival in Wrocław. The winner of the 2025 Wojtek Siwek Jazz Individuality Grand Prix Contest Prize is further required to put on an approx. 40 minutes performance during concert of the the winner of the 2025 Wojtek Siwek Jazz Individuality Grand Prix Contest Prize on 24/04/2025, which will be held as part of the 61st Jazz on the Odra festival, unless the organiser decides otherwise. No remuneration will be paid for participation in this concert – it is covered by the contest prize.
11. The 2025 Wojtek Siwek Jazz Individuality Grand Prix Contest Prize awarded by the Jury of the festival is funded by the President of Wrocław and amounts to PLN 25,ooo.
12. In addition, the Jury will hand out titular awards to bands or members of bands, or for compositions that received recognition of the Jury, however, the Jury may award additional prizes in kind and/or cash prizes. The Jury has the right to divide, at their sole discretion, cash prizes and give awards other than the Grand Prix prize.
13. The amount of prizes will be announced by the Jury in its verdict.
14. The participants of the final will be provided with: a sound system and typical backline comprised of a drum kit, 2 amplifiers and Gran Touch, as well as with accommodation for the duration of the contest final – only for its participants (not for persons accompanying them), and free admission to festival concerts, which will be subject to the availability of seats that can be provided by the organiser.
15. The organiser stipulates that it is not possible to perform with a recorded backing track (the use of effects played by a computer and the use of loop machines are allowed).
16. The organisers will not reimburse travel and transportation costs.
17. At the request of the organiser, the participants of the contest will take part in workshops conducted by professionals – stars of the festival. No remuneration will be paid for participation in these events. The workshop, as decided by the organiser, may be organised online or cancelled, particularly if it is not possible to conduct them with the participation of an audience due to restrictions introduced by the provisions of generally applicable law, e.g. for safety or health protection reasons.
18. The participants of the contest grant, free of charge, to the festival organisers the rights to any radio and television broadcasts and recordings, as well as to make use of any fragments for promotional and advertising purposes of the Jazz on the Odra festival. The participants of the contest consent to their performances being photographed for archive and promotional purposes.
19. Submitting an application for participation in the contest means the acceptance of the provisions contained in the regulations. The detailed regulations of the contest are available at the organisers’ office and on the following website: www.jazznadodra.pl
20. The organiser reserves the right to make amendments to the regulations, in particular in cases where the organisation of the contest under the rules set forth therein is hindered or precluded for reasons beyond the control of the organiser. In particular, the above applies to the case where the possibility of holding the contest or the festival is restricted due to the introduction of regulations restricting the organiser’s activities in this respect by regulations, e.g. for safety or health protection reasons.
Applications must be sent to the following address:
61. Jazz nad Odrą – Konkurs
OTWARTY KONKURS NA INDYWIDUALNOŚĆ JAZZOWĄ im. Wojtka Siwka 2025 (the 61st Jazz on the Odra Festival – 2025 Wojtek Siwek JAZZ INDIVIDUALITY OPEN CONTEST)
Strefa Kultury Wrocław,
Ruska 46A wejście B lok.203
50-079 WROCŁAW
The above information gives a general description of the contest. For detailed regulations of the contest, please visit the following website: www.strefakultury.pl
For further information, please contact – Wioletta Kanczewska, tel. 508 492 030
email: konkursjno@strefakultury.pl
