170 and at the Hamamatsu International Piano Academy. In addition to her busy performing and teaching schedule, Noriko regularly judges at international competitions such as the BBC Young Musician, Munich International Piano Competition, Honens International Piano Competition and the Scottish International Piano Competition. Cunmo Yin, Piano Cunmo Yin was the Bronze Medalist at the 16th Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition (2021). His previous achievements include 1st Prize and Chamber Music Special Prize at the International Telekom Beethoven Competition Bonn (2019), Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli Prize, Piano Academy Eppan (2019), 1st Prize and Public Special Prize at the Scriabin International Piano Competition (2018), 2nd Prize and Prize of the "Verein Junger Musiker Deutschland" at the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Conservatory Competition (2018). Born in China in 1993, Cunmo received his first piano lessons at the age of 9 and had his first concert a few months later. At the age of 14, he recorded a CD of all Franz Liszt's Transcendental Etudes, an unbelievable virtuoso achievement. In 2009 he won 2nd prize at the Shanghai Piano Competition while being the youngest competitor. Yin continued his studies at the Central Music Conservatory in Beijing and the Music Academy in Shanghai. He is currently studying at the University of Music, Drama and Media in Hanover with Professor Gerrit Zitterbart and with Andrea Bonatta, since 2019. Yin’s performances include numerous recitals throughout China. He also played with major orchestras in China, such as the Beijing Symphony Orchestra, the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, the Shanghai Opera Philharmonic, and the Xiamen Philharmonic. He played with the Longwood Symphony in America, the Orchestra of the Technical University of Braunschweig and the Israel Philharmonic. He made his New York debut in the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall in October 2022. Cunmo Yin currently teaches at the Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media. Paweł Przytocki, Conductor Paweł Przytocki is one of the most talented and exciting Polish conductors of his generation. He studied at the Academy of Music in Kraków, where he graduated with honors in the Faculty of Conducting (1985) under Professor Jerzy Katlewicz. He perfected his skills at the Bartók International Seminar with Peter Eötvös and the Master Conducting Course within the Oregon Bach Festival in Eugene with Helmuth Rilling. From 1987 Przytocki collaborated with the Grand Opera Theatre in Łódz. From 1988 he was the conductor and Music Director of the Baltic Philharmonic Orchestra in Gdańsk. In 1990 he made his debut with the National Philharmonic in Warsaw. From 1995 to 1997 Przytocki was Music Director of the Arthur Rubinstein Philharmonic Orchestra in Łódz. From 2005 he was the conductor of the National Opera in Warsaw. Since 2008, he has worked at the Conducting Department of the Academy of Music in Kraków, where he runs a conducting class. Opening Event photo Ireneusz Skąpski
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