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XVII International Chopin Piano Competition
The XVII International Chopin Piano Competition ( pl, XVII Międzynarodowy Konkurs Pianistyczny im. Fryderyka Chopina) was held in Warsaw on April 13–24, 2015 (preliminary round) and October 1–23, 2015 (main competition and concerts). Prize winners' concerts were on October 21–23, 2015. Seong-Jin Cho of South Korea won the competition. Awards Seong-Jin Cho won the competition, playing the Piano Concerto in E minor, Opus 11 in the final. The prize money was €30,000. In addition, he also won the €3,000 prize for best polonaise, playing the Polonaise in A flat major, Opus 53 in the second stage. Charles Richard-Hamelin of Canada came second, Kate Liu of the United States came third, Eric Lu of the United States came fourth, Tony Yike Yang of Canada came fifth, and Dmitry Shishkin of Russia was placed sixth. The following prizes were awarded: In addition, four special prizes were awarded independently: Jury The juries consisted of: Preliminary Round jury ...
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National Philharmonic In Warsaw
The National Philharmonic in Warsaw (Polish: ''Filharmonia Narodowa w Warszawie'') is a Polish cultural institution, located at 5 Jasna Street in Warsaw. The building was built between 1900 and 1901, under the direction of Karol Kozłowski, to be reconstructed in 1955 by Eugeniusz Szparkowski. The director of the institution is Wojciech Nowak. It is the main venue of the Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra. Since 1955, the institution hosts the International Chopin Piano Competition. The building hosts the annual festival Warsaw Autumn Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is official .... Gallery File:Warsaw Philharmonic - southern facade.jpg, Warsaw Philharmonic, 1901 File:Filharmonia Warszawska około 1901.PNG, Warsaw Philharmonic, c.1901 File:Warsaw Philharmonic - interi ...
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Szymon Nehring
Szymon Nehring (born 29 September 1995) is a Polish pianist. Born in Kraków, Nehring began piano lessons at the age of five. He won the first prize in the 15th Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition in 2017, and additionally won the prize of Best Performer of a Chopin Piece, the Advanced Studies prize, the Junior Jury prize, as well as the Audience Favorite prize. Previously, he had been a finalist in the XVII International Chopin Piano Competition in 2015. Nehring has performed with such orchestras as the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Santander Orchestra, Polish Sinfonia Iuventus Orchestra, the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century with conductors including Jerzy Maksymiuk, Jacek Kaspszyk, Grzegorz Nowak, Omer Meir Wellber, John Axelrod, and Krzysztof Penderecki. In 2017–2019 he was a student of Boris Berman in the Artist Diploma program at the Yale School of Music The Yale School of Music (often abbreviated to YSM) ...
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IX International Chopin Piano Competition
The IX International Chopin Piano Competition ( pl, IX Międzynarodowy Konkurs Pianistyczny im. Fryderyka Chopina) was held from 6 to 29 October 1975 in Warsaw. The competition was won by Krystian Zimerman of Poland, the youngest winner to that date at the age of 18. Awards The competition consisted of three elimination stages and a final with seven pianists. For the first time, the first three places were presented with gold, silver, and bronze medals respectively, designed by and produced by the Polish Mint. The following prizes were awarded: Two special prizes were awarded: Jury The jury consisted of: * * * * Jan Ekier * * * * * Andrzej Jasiński * * Louis Kentner * Eugene List (vice-chairman) * Yevgeny Malinin (vice-chairman) * Witold Małcużyński * * Federico Mompou * Frantisek Rauch * Bernard Ringeissen * Kazimierz Sikorski (chairman) * * * Amadeus Webersinke * Tadeusz Żmudziński Tadeusz Żmudziński (9 July 1924, in Cho ...
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Katarzyna Popowa-Zydroń
Katarzyna Popowa-Zydroń (Bulgarian: Екатерина Попова) (born 30 April 1948 in Sofia) is a Polish pianist of Bulgarian descent. She studied at the Poznań Music Academy, then graduated with honours from the State High School of Music (Academy of Music) in Gdańsk, in Professor Zbigniew Sliwinski's class, in 1973. She completed her postgraduate studies in the Hochschule für Musik und darstellende Kunst in Vienna, in Professor Alexander Jenner's class. She was a prizewinner of the Polish Competitions: 4th Polish Festival of Young Musicians, 2nd Polish Competition of Piano Music; obtained an honorable mention at the IX International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw in 1975, and entered the semifinals of the Piano Competition in Terni, Italy, 1975, and of the ARD Piano Competition in Munich in 1978. Popowa-Zydroń gave concerts in Polish philharmonic halls as well as in Germany, the Czech Republic, Russia, Bulgaria, Austria and Japan. She was employed as ...
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VIII International Chopin Piano Competition
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Piotr Paleczny
Piotr Paleczny (born 10 May 1946 in Rybnik, Poland) is a Polish classical pianist, winner of the 3rd prize of the VIII International Chopin Piano Competition in 1970. In 1990 he served on the jury of the Paloma O'Shea Santander International Piano Competition; in 2010 on The Sendai International Music Competition in Japan; and in 2011 on the jury of the Prix AmadèO de Piano 2011. He teaches piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a musica ... at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw, and has been a professor at the university since 1998. References External links Piotr Palecznyat culture.pl"Keep Calm and Carry On" - Interview with Piotr Paleczny Living people Polish classical pianists Male classical pianists Prize-winners of the International Chop ...
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Alberto Nosè
Alberto Nosè (born 1979) is an Italian pianist. Biography Born in Villafranca di Verona, Italy, in 1979, Alberto Nosé studied at the Verona Conservatory F. E. Dall’Abaco. He continued his studies with Franco Scala, Boris Petrushansky and Leonid Margarius at the International Piano Academy Incontri col Maestro in Imola. In 2005, Alberto Nosé won the Gran Prize and the Audience Prize of the Paloma O'Shea Santander International Piano Competition. At age of 11 Nosé won the First Prize in the Jugend für Mozart International Competition in Salzburg, then he won the 5th prize of the XIV International Chopin Piano Competition, Second Prize of the 1999 Ferruccio Busoni Competition in Bolzano, First prize of the 2000 Paris Vendôme, First Prize of the 2002 Helsinki International Maj Lind competition, Second Prize at the 2002 London World Piano Competition. and First Prize of the Top of the World Competition 2011 in Tromsø He has performed throughout Europe, Asia and the Uni ...
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Anna Malikova
Anna Malikova (born 14 July 1965) is a Russian pianist. Life Malikova was born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, where she received her first musical education with Tamara A. Popovich at Uspensky Music School. At the age of 14 years she entered Central Music School in Moscow in the class of Lev Naumov. Later, she continued her studies with Naumov at Tchaikovsky Conservatory. After her graduation she taught at the conservatory as Naumov's assistant from 1992 until 1996. Her career started afterwards, first in the Soviet Union. Today she lives in Vienna/Austria Performances She played recitals in Moscow, Leningrad, Omsk, Baku and with orchestras in Ekaterinburg, Minsk, Nizhny Novgorod, Kazan and Tashkent. After winning the 1st Prize at ARD Competition Munich she began to perform worldwide. Today she plays in recitals and with orchestra, gives master classes and judges in competitions in Armenia, China, Europe, Japan, Korea, and South America. From 2002 until 2005 she was substitute professo ...
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Ivan Klánský
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Santander Piano Competition He has performed as a soloist and chamber musician internationally since. In addition, he has recorded for



Andrzej Jasiński
Andrzej Jasiński (born 23 October 1936 in Częstochowa) is a Polish pianist. In 1959 he graduated with honors from the University of Music in Katowice in the piano class of Władysława Markiewiczówna. The following year he won the Maria Canals Competition, and subsequently completed his training under Magda Tagliaferro. He launched an international career (debut - 1961; RAI Orchestra in Turin, Carlo Zecchi) and began his pedagogical work for which he is best known. He taught pianists such as Krystian Zimerman, Joanna Domańska, Jerzy Sterczyński, Krzysztof Jabłoński, Magdalena Lisak, Zbigniew Raubo, Rafał Łuszczewski and Beata Bilińska. Jasiński, a honoris causa doctor from the Fryderyk Chopin Music Academy The Chopin University of Music ( pl, Uniwersytet Muzyczny Fryderyka Chopina, UMFC) is a musical conservatorium and academy located in central Warsaw, Poland. It is the oldest and largest music school in Poland, and one of the largest in Europe.
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Yves Henry
Yves Henry (born 2 April 1959) is a French pianist who specializes in romantic music. He debuted at 13 performing Ludwig van Beethoven's 1st Piano Concerto with the Berlin Philharmonic. After graduating from the Conservatoire de Paris (where he now teaches), he was the first Western European pianist to win the Robert Schumann Competition (1981) and was subsequently prized at the Casadesus Competition (1985). He performs and records at an international level, and often judges international piano competitions. Currently he serves as the president of the Nohant Festival (fr). Yves Henry is also a music transcriber and a composer, known for his music tale ''Tubulin''. He has been awarded the rank of Officer in the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres The ''Ordre des Arts et des Lettres'' (Order of Arts and Letters) is an order Order, ORDER or Orders may refer to: * Categorization, the process in which ideas and objects are recognized, differentiated, and understood * Heterarchy, ...
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V International Chopin Piano Competition
The V International Chopin Piano Competition ( pl, V Międzynarodowy Konkurs Pianistyczny im. Fryderyka Chopina) was held from 21 February to 20 March 1955 in Warsaw. The competition was won by Adam Harasiewicz of Poland. The competition was held in the rebuilt National Philharmonic, the date having been moved from October 1954 to February 1955, temporarily increasing the gap between two competitions to six years. Competitors were accommodated in the Hotel Polonia, where 70 practice pianos were installed. Awards The competition consisted of three elimination stages, with 74, 41 and 21 pianists respectively. Vladimir Ashkenazy was considered the favorite up until the final stage, where he performed less strongly, ultimately coming in second after Adam Harasiewicz. The following prizes were awarded: One special prize was awarded: Jury The jury consisted of: * Guido Agosti * Stefan Askenase * Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli * * Harold Craxton (vice-chairman) * Z ...
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