Marcin Sroka – 1st Prize with Special Mention, Piano
Marcin Sroka
Country: Poland
Category: Piano
My name is Marcin Sroka. I was born on 1 August 2013 and I live with my parents, sister and brother in Iwanowice Duże in the Silesian Voivodeship, Poland.
Since the age of five I have been learning to play the piano at the State Music School of the 1st degree in Olesno in the class of Professor Irena Żołędź. At the same time, I attended Primary School in Iwanowice Duże and now I attend the Maria Konopnicka Primary School in Opatów.
Among my most important achievements are:
1st prize at the National Piano Competition in Ruda Śląska (2023),
2nd prize in the 12-year-olds category at the Charleston International Piano Competition 2026 in the USA,
title of Outstanding Laureate and 1st prize at the World’s Best Musicians Competition,
gold and silver prizes at the Colors of Chopin International Piano Competition (Waltz and Junior category),
2nd prize at the International Music Competition OPUS,
3rd prize at the 14th Musical Meetings of the Youngest Pianists in Sieradz (2022),
awards and distinctions at the VIRTUOSO! competition OPUS competition (2021-2024), Classical Music Stars and other national and international piano competitions.
I perform works by, among others, Fryderyk Chopin, Johann Sebastian Bach, Heitor Villa-Lobos and Artur Malawski. Besides music, I enjoy reading books and playing sports – especially table tennis, where I achieve good results, as well as football, volleyball, running and cycling.
Music is for me an important way of expressing emotions.