First prize

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Tomasz Ritter, concert exam alumnus from Prof. Hubert Rutkowski's piano class, has won first prize at the Musica Antiqua Fortepiano Competition 2024 in Bruges.

Musica Antiqua Competition is a competition organized as part of the Musica Antiqua Festival in Bruges (MA Festival Bruges). It is one of the most prestigious competitions of its kind in the field of early music. Winners of the competition include outstanding musicians such as Christophe Rousset, Kristian Bezuidenhout, Dmitry Sinkovsky, Jean Rondeau and Justin Taylor. The winner of the competition receives a cash prize, an invitation to a series of concerts, including at the next edition of the Musica Antiqua festival, and the opportunity to record an album for the Ricercar label. This year's edition of the competition was aimed at musicians who specialize in playing the pianoforte. Tomasz Ritter was one of the five finalists and, in addition to the first prize, also won the Outhere Award, which was donated by one of the competition's partners, the Outhere Music record label.

Vita
"An intrepid seeker of adventure" - Tomasz Ritter was given this nickname in the magazine "International Piano" after his concert in Berlin in spring 2019.
Since he sat down at a piano from Mozart's time in Prague ten years ago, his musical interests - in addition to the modern piano - have expanded to include early music and old instruments: historical pianos, piano choirs and harpsichords.
In September 2018, he won the I. International Chopin Competition on historical instruments in Warsaw. "His interpretation is extraordinary, unique," wrote one of the reviewers after the competition.
He has also won prizes at many other competitions, including the IX International Competition of Young Pianists "Artur Rubinstein in memoriam" in Bydgoszcz and the VIII International Piano Competition for Young Musicians in Warsaw. International Piano Competition for Young Musicians in Enschede.
Tomasz Ritter is a graduate of the Moscow Conservatory (classes of Alexei Lubimov, Mikhail Voskresensky, Maria Uspenskaya and Alexei Shevchenko) and the Hamburg University of Music and Drama with Prof. Hubert Rutkowski (concert exam). He gained further experience in collaboration with Petr Šefl and at masterclasses with Johannes Sonnleitner, Urszula Bartkiewicz (harpsichord), Malcolm Bilson, Andreas Steier and Tobias Koch (piano).
Tomasz can be heard at renowned piano festivals, including Chopin and his Europe in Warsaw, the Chopin Festival in Duszniki Zdrój and the Nohant Festival Chopin in France.