One of the most successful years of the “younger sister” of Kocianka – the Heran Cello Competition – is over. From 25 April, 42 participants from 9 countries competed in the music school concert hall. And foreign competitors won three of the four categories! Only among the youngest was the best Czech Benedikt Záruba-Pfeffermann. Aleksandra Maria Tralla from Estonia won the most numerous 2nd category (13 participants), while in the 3rd category, the performance of the Serbian Nikola Raskovic was the most impressive. The 12-member final of the oldest category offered several outstanding performances. Czech representatives Naďa Strnadová and Barbora Švábová finished in a split second place. Still, the evident winner of the category and laureate title was Fryderyk Leon Midor from Poland, chosen by the expert jury led by AMU professor Miroslav Petráš. For Fryderyk, this was his second triumph at Heranka, having succeeded in the competition’s online edition three years ago.