Taiwanese guitarist wins international competition in Poland

台灣吉他手在波蘭贏得國際比賽

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Taiwanese guitarist Lin Chia-wei (林家瑋) has won the 17th International “Jan Edmund Jurkowski” Guitar Competition in Tychy, Poland.


In an interview with Central News Agency, Lin said the competition was divided into three rounds, The first involved recording a 15-minute solo performance and sending it to organizers for judgement. Judges selected the top 24 musicians to move through to the live semifinals in Poland.

The semifinal round involved contestants performing a challenging, specially-designated piece, Lin said, as well as a solo selected by themselves. Total performance time for each musician was around 30-35 minutes.

Lin then explained that six musicians were picked to move on to the final round, where contestants each performed three selected concertos. Lin stood out as the winner and took home the championship title.


Lin expressed that he felt the people of Poland have a deep and mature understanding of music. He said he was overjoyed to be selected as the winner among such an incredibly high level of talent.

Lin Chia-wei is 29 years old and grew up in Kaohsiung City (高雄). He has been an award-winning guitarist from a young age, taking home his first title in 2001 at just 12 years old. He won the President Educational Award in his youth among many prizes.