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News Success Matsvey Mitskavets Wins 2nd Prize in Katowice

Matsvey Mitskavets, clarinettist in the class of Prof. Shirley Brill, was awarded second prize at the competition held as part of the European Clarinet Conference in Katowice, Poland, last weekend. Congratulations!

Matsvey Mitskavets is a prize-winning clarinettist who has won numerous international competitions, including the Sava Dimitrov International Clarinet Competition (1st prize), the 11th Zachodniopomorskie Clarinet Festival in Szczecin (Grand Prix), and the 18th Academic Clarinet Competition in Włoszakowice (2nd prize). He also participated in the 53rd 'Karol Kurpiński' National Competition for Young Musicians. He holds a scholarship from the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage.

As a soloist, he has performed with orchestras in Belarus, Poland and Spain. He also devotes himself to an extensive clarinet repertoire and regularly performs solo programmes.

He is currently studying at Nuremberg University of Music in the class of Prof. Shirley Brill.