14th - 15th November 2019 - preliminary concerts/Radio Kraków
16th November 2019 - final gala concert/Słowacki Theatre
1st Prize of Governor LCI District 121 Poland – Classic Harmony/Ireland
2nd Prize of President LC Kraków Śródmieście – Patrycja Baczyńska/Poland
3rd Prize of LC Kraków Bona Sforza and LC Kraków Stańczyk - Mar Gunnarsson/Iceland
The Journalists Award – Mar Gunnarsson/Iceland
The Audience Award – Mar Gunnarsson/Iceland
Special Awards:
Award of the President of the City of Krakow - Ankura Gupta /India
Radio Kraków Award - Olivia Maciejuniec/Poland
Bractwo Kurkowe Award - Tatia Mamukashvili/Georgia
Award of the Marshal of the Małopolska Region - Daisy Opdebeeck/Belgium
Special Prize of Lions Festival - Reliqvia/Georgia
Award of the Centrum Macierzy Polonii - Izabela Diana Ihnatiuc/Italy
ZAIKS Association Award and Polish Association for the Blind Opole Award - Anna Wereszczyńska/Poland
Special Guests:
Agata Zakrzewska/Poland - participant of 1st edition of Lions Festival
Radek Zalud and Petr Bazala/Czech Republic - Popular blind singer, sometimes named as Czech Bocelli. He participated in many international master singing courses, for example of Maestro Antonio Carangelo or Peter Dvorský. As a singer, he released 2 solo albums and as an accordionist, he performed on albums of many famous Czech singers.
Full list of participants:
Clair Butler/Ireland
Roberto Alejandro Fontanellaz/Argentina
Ankur Gupta/India
Aunor Zeneli/Kosovo
Dagmar Sýkorová/Czech Republic
Anna Wereszczyńska/Poland
Chetna Nagpal/India
Oksana Chuchunkova/Russia
Izabela Diana Ihnatiuc/Italy
Omar Taki/Morocco
Zaal Devadze/Georgia
“FaMo” Fabrice Morandeau/France
Rebecca Kelly/Ireland
Simonia Khvicha/Georgia
Mar Gunnarsson/Iceland
Oliwia Maciejuniec/Poland
Tatia Mamukashvili/Georgia
Classic Harmony/Ireland
Daisy Opdebeeck/Belgium
Maria Vittoria Tranquilli/Italy
Reliqvia/Georgia
Jury members:
Sean Olohan/Ireland - Chairman
Krzysztof Szwajgier/Poland
Maarten Willms/The Netherlands