The Board of the Paderewski Music Association in Bydgoszcz have the pleasure to inform you that on April 9, 2010, the General Assembly, who met in Banff, Canada accepted the International Paderewski Piano Competition in Bydgoszcz, Poland as a new member of the World Federation of International Music Competitions.

It is fifth polish music competition in Geneva (after Katowice Grzegorz Fitelberg International Competition for Conductors, International Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition, Warsaw Witold Lutosławski International Cello Competition and International Frederick Chopin Piano Competition).