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1st Prize:
PLN 64 500 (equivalent of EUR 15 000):
Matheus Pompeu

2nd Prize hasn't been awarded

3rd Prize - ex aequo:
PLN 24 080 (equivalent of EUR 5 600):
Marcelina Beucher
Szymon Mechliński
Aleksandra Rybakova

3 Honourable Mentions:
PLN 12 900 (equivalent of EUR 3000):
Bożena Bujnicka
Sergey Kaydalov
Hanna Okońska

Prize for the best accompanist
PLN 4 300 (equivalent of EUR 1000):
Mirella Malorny-Konopka

Prize awarded by the Director of the Institute of Music and Dance – Maxymilian Bylicki
PLN 10 000 for the best performance of an aria by a Polish composer:
Viktor Yankovskyi

Prize of the Mayor of Bytom – Mariusz Wołosz
PLN 10 000 for audience favourite:
Marcelina Beucher

Prize of the Mayor of Katowice – Marcin Krupa
PLN 10 000 for the best Polish participant:
Szymon Mechliński

Prize of the President of the Main Council of Business Centre Club – Andrzej Kubasiewicz
PLN 10 000 for the best bass voice:
Arkadiusz Jakus

Prize awarded by the Director of the Grand Theatre – National Opera, the Coordinator of the celebrations to commemorate the 200th anniversary of Stanisław Moniuszko’s birthday – Waldemar Dąbrowski
Invitation to perform during an open–air concert held on the anniversary of the Composer’s birthday, i.e. 5th May 2019 – for the best performance of an aria by Stanisław Moniuszko:
Szymon Mechliński

Prize awarded by the Secretary General and Artistic Director of Musikverein in Graz – Michael Nemeth
Invitation to participate in a special program for the most talented young singers in the artistic season 2020/21 in Musikverein in Graz:
Hanna Okońska

Prize awarded by the Director of the Grand Theatre in Poznań – Renata Borowska-Juszczyńska
Invitation to participate in an opera performance in the artistic season 2019/20 – for the laureate of the 1st place:
Matheus Pompeu

Prize awarded by the Director of the Warsaw Chamber Opera – Alicja Węgorzewska-Whiskerd
Invitation to participate in an opera performance in the artistic season 2019/20:
Paweł Trojak

Prize awarded by the Director of the Grand Theatre in Łódź – Krzysztof Marciniak
Invitation to participate in a Stanisław Moniuszko opera performance in the artistic season 2019/20:
Szymon Mechliński

Prize awarded by the President of the Board of the Ignacy Jan Paderewski Polish–Ukrainian Foundation – Adam Bala
Invitation to participate in a concert during the International ‘Discovering Paderewski’Festival in the National Philharmonic in Lviv in 2019:
Szymon Mechliński

Special prize awarded by the editor and owner of PRESTO magazine – Kinga A. Wojciechowska:
Media services for a period of a year – value of the prize: PLN 9600
Szymon Mechliński
Bożena Bujnicka

Jury decided to award additional prizes:

Prize awarded by the Mayor of Zawiercie at the request of the Chairman of the Jury Wiesław Ochman
Invitation to participate in Festival in Zawiercie in October 2019:
Elwira Janasik 
Patryk Wyborski

Prize awarded by the Director General of the Lviv National Opera, Vasyl Wowkun
Invitation to participate in a "Traviata" performance in the 2019/2020 artistic season:
Marcelina Beucher

Prize awarded by the Director of Casting of the Great Theatre - National Opera, Izabela Kłosińska
Invitation to participate in a performance of "Halka (Wileńska)" in the 2019/2020 artistic season:
Szymon Mechliński