The eleventh edition of Polyhymnia set a record for the number of countries. Young musicians from Macedonia, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Albania, Montenegro, Kosovo, Bulgaria, Greece, Germany, Spain and New Zealand performed on the stages of Skopje.
The laureate in string instruments is Anika Dimitrova (double bass, 2011), Bulgaria. The prize for the most successful young performers went to Slave Timov (violin, 2015), Macedonia, and Andrija Cukrov (violin, 2013), Croatia, and the prize for the best performance of a Macedonian work to Eva Malinovska and Irina Davidovska (cello and piano, 2009) for “Koreni” by Dijana Imeri Ilkoska.
The laureate in piano, wind instruments and solo singing is Stefan Trajanoski (saxophone), Macedonia. The best young competitor is Drini Drishti (piano), Albania.